> TODAY'S SUMMARY (14 articles)
Today's cybersecurity news highlights several significant threats and trends. A major cyberattack on French bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa resulted in fraudulent transactions totaling $133 million, emphasizing the risks associated with third-party service providers. Scammers are increasingly impersonating trusted brands in fake gift card schemes, collecting personal information from unsuspecting consumers. The rise of IoT vulnerabilities is underscored by recent hacks affecting critical infrastructure, such as blood labs and grocery stores. Additionally, vulnerabilities in SonicWall's SonicOS have been exploited, prompting CISA to add these to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Developers are also reminded of security best practices, as sensitive credentials were found exposed in public GitHub repositories.
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Swede admits defrauding over 3,500 victims with elaborate crypto pension scam
Survey finds girls no longer share their views online for fear of being abused
Next week (on March, 9th 2021) I will be speaking at the Hong Kong Information Security Summit 2021.
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I was invited to share my thoughts around protecting the modern (and remote) workplace. Of course, my talk is addressing this topic from a red teaming point of view. Conference details ar...
Cyber-attack on Cochise Eye and Laser impacts up to 100,000 people
What trends are we seeing in regard to the representation of women in tech?
Each month we publish numerous new articles and known issues to the WatchGuard Knowledge Base. Here is the new content published in February:
Articles
Comcast SecurityEdge may prevent DNSWatch from monitoring or controlling DNS requests
Enable logging for subscription service dashboards
Firebox and...
Study detects a 650% surge in account takeovers last year
New data claims BEC scammers are also getting in on the act
It is a truism in modern software development that a robust continuous integration (CI) system is necessary. But many projects suffer from CI that feels brittle, frustrates developers, and actively impedes development velocity. Why is this? What can you do to avoid the common CI pitfalls? Continuous...
Extortion demands doubled as more groups tried big-game hunting
CIISec argues sector risks stagnation without diversity drive
Greetings, WatchGuard Partners!
We would like to inform you that before you can manage accounts and licenses for Threat Detection and Response (TDR), you are required to perform a one-time migration procedure. During this migration, you manually link an existing WatchGuard Cloud Tier-2 account to an...
Disappearance of North Carolina teenagers allegedly linked to men they met online
Unionized workers at Communications Security Establishment authorize strike over wages
Credits John
Github: https://github.com/johnjhacking
Aubrey Cottle
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kirtaner
Jackson Henry
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JacksonHHax
Robert Willis
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rej_ex
Identification During security research, John Jackson stumbled upon the Keybase Client dir...
Launch of new Rapid7 office in Ireland to create 150 new jobs
Microsoft discusses the changing threat landscape
Connect to the Tor network from an EC2 instance without alerting GuardDuty.
Call recordings of clients and customers on unsecured bucket
SpyCloud’s latest report reveals persistent threat of account takeovers