CISA adds a Fortinet flaw to its “must patch” list. Splunk releases fixes for 11 vulnerabilities in Splunk Enterprise. ErrorFather is a new malicious Android banking trojan. New evidence backs secure-by-design practices. CISA warns that threat actors are exploiting unencrypted persistent cookies. The FIDO Alliance standardizes passkey portability. Cybercriminals linger on Telegram. On our Industry Voices segment today, our guest is Matt Radolec, Vice President, Incident Response and Cloud Operations at Varonis, discussing how AI amplifies the need for data privacy regulation and opens doors for abuse. We mark the passing of the co creator of the BBS.

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On our Industry Voices segment today, our guest is Matt Radolec, Vice President, Incident Response and Cloud Operations at Varonis, discussing how AI amplifies the need for data privacy regulation and opens doors for abuse.

Selected Reading

Tens of thousands of IPs vulnerable to Fortinet flaw dubbed 'must patch' by feds (CyberScoop)

Fortinet FortiGuard Labs Observes Darknet Activity Targeting the 2024 United States Presidential Election (Fortinet)

Splunk Enterprise Update Patches Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek)

Cerberus Android Banking Trojan Deployed in New Multi-Stage Malicious Campaign (Infosecurity Magazine)

Organizations can substantially lower vulnerabilities with secure-by-design practices, report finds (CyberScoop)

Eight Million Users Download 200+ Malicious Apps from Google Play (Infosecurity Magazine)

TrickMo malware steals Android PINs using fake lock screen (Bleeping Computer)

CISA: Hackers abuse F5 BIG-IP cookies to map internal servers (Bleeping Computer)

FIDO Alliance is Standardizing Passkey Portability (Thurrott)

So far, cybercriminals appear to be just shopping around for a Telegram alternative (The Record)

Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78 (Ars Technica)

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