Today's Headlines and the latest #cybernews from the desk of the #CISO:

Log4Shell Vulnerability

Microsoft Details Building Blocks of Widely Active Qakbot Banking Trojan

Mirai-Based 'Manga' Botnet Targets Recent TP-Link Vulnerability

FTC: Americans lost $148 million to gift card scams this year

 

Story Links:

https://www.securityweek.com/companies-respond-log4shell-vulnerability-attacks-rise (https://www.securityweek.com/companies-respond-log4shell-vulnerability-attacks-rise)

https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-expands-must-patch-list-log4j-fortios-other-vulnerabilities (https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-expands-must-patch-list-log4j-fortios-other-vulnerabilities)

https://thehackernews.com/2021/12/microsoft-details-building-blocks-of.html (https://thehackernews.com/2021/12/microsoft-details-building-blocks-of.html)

https://www.securityweek.com/mirai-based-manga-botnet-targets-recent-tp-link-vulnerability (https://www.securityweek.com/mirai-based-manga-botnet-targets-recent-tp-link-vulnerability)

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ftc-americans-lost-148-million-to-gift-card-scams-this-year/ (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ftc-americans-lost-148-million-to-gift-card-scams-this-year/)

 

 

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