> 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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// AI-powered summary generated at 20:00
Video streams on some models now safe from snooping
People need to come together in areas such as setting standards and data sharing
Security metrics are an interesting topic.
Over the years I used âscoresâ as a tool to identify and shine light on problematic areas or highlight lack of engineering and security quality of certain teams.
A security score should not seen as an objective or absoulte measure, but it allows to compare...
Remote workers targeted with phishing, brute force and more
Hackers stole data from EMA in December
United Nations Environment Programme Breached, 100K+ Employee Records Accessed Executive Summary We noticed that The United Nations had a Vulnerability Disclosure Program and a Hall of Fame, therefore Sakura Samurai æĄăźäŸ our security research group, set out to look for vulnerabilities to report to...
Tallahasseeâs first ethics officer arrested for allegedly stalking former city auditor
US imprisons RG Coins owner for role in international multimillion-dollar online fraud scheme
Each month we publish numerous new articles and known issues to the WatchGuard Knowledge Base. Here is the new content published in December:
Articles
Reserved Firebox-DB authentication server user names
macOS Big Sur 11.x software compatibility
Fireware v12.5.7 and v12.6.4 beta releases in Wa...
Gaming company warns ransomware attack may have compromised data of up to 390k customers
Security vendor says attackers used it to access Microsoft 365 accounts
Malware authors continued to use COVID-19 lures to launch attacks
Improving privacy controls and transparency is becoming increasingly critical
First Patch Tuesday of 2021 featured updates for just 83 CVEs
Imperva says attacks Surged 51% in December alone
Cybereason will add the solution to its defense platform
International law enforcement operation takes DarkMarket offline
Social networking giant begins permanent suspension of accounts associated with QAnon
Revelation has led to fears the information could be abused
Surge in downloads of messaging apps Signal and Telegram