Tag: cyber security today

This episode reports on cyber insurance rate trends, a penalty for the Wegmans grocery chain, cyber attacks on a provider of services to US governments and why an insider was fired at

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This episode features a discussion on a regulator’s order to Canadian telecom providers to block botnets, the CISA’s recommendation to companies using Microsoft Exchange Online to move to better authenticatio

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This episode reports on why Carnival Cruise Line was fined over cyber inadequacies, an FBI warning to HR departments over deepfake video job applications

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This episode reports on the updating of two important vulnerabilities list, a warning to Kubernetes administrators, a U.S. regulator punishes the current and former owners of a website for a data breach and SOHO routers bein

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This episode reports on the danger of unprotected VoIP appliances, vulnerable packages in the PyPi repository and access to compromised Atlassian Confluence systems

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This episode features a discussion on Cloudflare’s service outage, a US bank’s discovery of a second data breac

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Unpatched VMware applications are still being exploited, ransomware used as a decoy, and a COVID text scam. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, June 24th, 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.   It’s hard to believe with all of the news stories earlier this year, but threat actors continue to

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A possible lesson from a bank’s second data breach, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.   A U.S. bank has acknowledged a second recent hack. Flagstar said this one happened in December and led to the theft of personal information

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This episode reports on the need to get rid of Cisco Small Business RV routers, QNAP NAS devices under attack again, a Russian-based botnet dismantle

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This episode reports on a way ransomware could hit Microsoft 365 files in SharePoint and OneDrive, and a warning to web developers  using the Telerik U

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This episode reports on the latest attacks using the BlackCat /AlphV ransomware strain, a huge DDoS attack and security updates issued from Microsoft and others

The post Cyber Security Today, June 15, 2021 – BlackCat ransomware hits again, a huge DDoS attack and security updates issued first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode reports on vulnerabilities in a web-connected physical security system, new Linux ransomware and wireless security advice

The post Cyber Security Today, June 13, 2022 – Serious bugs found in a building access control system, ransomware news and more first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode features a discussion on the LockBit gang’s claim it has stolen data for sale from Mandiant, Mandiant’s denial, ransomware and more

The post Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, June 10. 2022 first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode reports on the continued rise of the Emotet botnet, more malware going after vulnerabilities in Confluence and a Facebook scam

The post Cyber Security Today, June 10, 2022 – The Emotet botnet is spreading first appeared on IT World Canada.

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Today’s episode reports on two data breaches, a warning about a  serious unpatched Windows flaw and more

The post Cyber Security Today, June 8, 2022 – A huge US healthcare provider data breach, a warning about a Windows flaw and more first appeared on IT World Canada.

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Today’s episode reports on critical security updates issued by Atlassian and GitHub, a ransomware attack on Foxconn and the  takedown of the FluBot Android malware 

The post Cyber Security Today, June 6, 2022 – Atlassian and GitHub issue patches for critical bugs first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode reports on vulnerabilities found in pre-installed  Android utilities in phones from some Canadian and U.S. wireless carriers, Clop ransomware increases, and a warning to higher-ed institutions

The post Cyber Security Today, May 30, 2022 – Canadian and U.S. wireless carriers update their Android utilities, a jump seen in Clop ransomware victims, and more first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode features a discussion about the latest move by the Conti ransomware gang and more

The post Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday May 27, 2022 first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode reports on more compromised open-source packages found, and the arrest of an alleged leader of a business email compromise gang 

The post Cyber Security Today, May 27, 2022 – Another warning to app developers, and an alleged leader of a business email compromise gang is arrested first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode reports on the spread of a Linux trojan, malware targeting at security researchers, phishing attacks on Russian government entities, GM rewards program hacked and more

The post Cyber Security Today, May 25, 2022 – A Linux trojan is spreading, malware aimed at security researchers and more first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode reports on being prepared for working from hone, hacking contents winners, a ransomware attack on a third-party public school data provider amd more

The post Cyber Security Today, May 23, 2022 – A work from home warning, students are victims of ransomware, and more first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode features a discussion a report on security problems IT need to address, an international survey of CISOs and the EU coming closer to beefing up security standards

The post Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday May 20, 2022 first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode has an excerpt of a report on one of the biggest ransomware gangs, reports on some of the latest security patches and warns of another Zoom meeting scam

The post Cyber Security Today, May 20, 2022 – A look inside the Wizard Spider hacking gang first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode reports on credit card web scraping with PHP, Conti ransomware gang threatens overthrow of Costa Rica, a warning to users of Bluetooth Low Energy smart locks patches from Nvidia

The post Cyber Security Today, May 18, 2022 – A warning to e-commerce sites, Conti ransomware gang squeezes Costa Rica and more first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode reports on a new variant of the SYS-RV botnet, fileless malware,

The post Cyber Security Today, May 16, 2022 – Beware of this botnet, new phishing campaigns spotted and cybersecurity oversight boosted in the EU first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode features a discussion on ransomware, incident response planning and insider attacks

The post Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday May 13, 2022 first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode reports on the latest addition to the Budapest Convention on fighting cybercrime, how some websites secretly capture personal data, prison time for a hacker and more

The post Cyber Security Today, May 13, 2022 – The Budapest Convention on fighting cybercrime is improved, and some websites secretly capture personal data first appeared on IT World Canada.

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Today’s podcast reports on the need to patch F5 BIG-IP devices , a proposed settlement on a Clearview AI lawsuit would limit some sales of its facial recognition software and Colonial Pipeline may be fined for its response after ransomware attack

The post Cyber Security Today, May 11, 2022 – F5 BIG-IP devices under attack, a proposed settlement on a Clearview AI lawsuit and Colonial Pipeline may be fined first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode reports on data breaches, a new trick by a hacker and GitHub’s determination to get developers to use two-factor authentication

The post Cyber Security Today, May 9, 2022 – Breaches of security controls at Ikea Canada and two American healthcare providers first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode features a discussion on wiperware, cyber incident reporting obligations, security control over SaaS applications  and World Password Day

The post Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, May 6, 2022 first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode reports on the use of removable storage devices to infect companies, a three-year-old campaign to steal intellectual property, another database left open on the internet and patches from Cisco and F5 Networks

The post Cyber Security Today, May 6, 2022 – Hacking helped by infected removable storage devices, corporate espionage, and more first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode reports on taking advantage of World Password Day, tactics of an updated ransomware strain and warnings to toughen email security

The post Cyber Security Today, May 4, 2022 – Advice to IT managers and individuals for World Password Day first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode reports on ransomware, wiperware, the latest attacks by APT29 and a warning to NAS users

The post Cyber Security Today, May 2, 2022 – More on how the Conti ransomware gang works, individuals victimized by ransomware, news on wiperware and more first appeared on IT World Canada.

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This episode features discussion on ransomware, the Lapsus$ extortion gang, third party cyber attacks and the top 15 vulnerabilities used by hackers

The post Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday April 29, 2022 first appeared on IT World Canada.

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