Cybersecurity Headlines

Open source developer poisons his own well

Hacker group self-pwns

Microsoft finds TCC bypass vulnerability in macOS

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Hackers have been sending malware-filled USB sticks to U.S. companies disguised as gifts

Swiss army asks its personnel to use the Threema instant-messaging app

Norton 360 faces blowback for crypto feature

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This week's Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, Jan 3-7, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with our guest, Adam Glick, CISO, SimpliSafe

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Increasing ransomware attacks and their evolving sophistication have been putting more pressure on security teams than ever before. Luckily, managed detection and response (or MDR) has emerged as a critical component for improving security operations, reducing ransomware risk, and minimizing the overall impact an attack can have. Visit deepwatch.com to see how we help to prevent breaches for our customers, by working together.

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Honda, Acura cars hit by Y2K22 bug that rolls back clocks

New trick could let malware fake iPhone shutdown to spy on users secretly

Attackers exploit flaw in Google Docs' comments feature

Thanks to our episode sponsor, deepwatch

Increasing ransomware attacks and their evolving sophistication have been putting more pressure on security teams than ever before. Luckily, managed detection and response (or MDR) has emerged as a critical component for improving security operations, reducing ransomware risk, and minimizing the overall impact an attack can have. Visit deepwatch.com to see how we help to prevent breaches for our customers, by working together.

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Microsoft's digital signature verification exploited

New York AG warns of credential stuffing attacks

Google acquires Siemplify

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Increasing ransomware attacks and their evolving sophistication have been putting more pressure on security teams than ever before. Luckily, managed detection and response (or MDR) has emerged as a critical component for improving security operations, reducing ransomware risk, and minimizing the overall impact an attack can have. Visit deepwatch.com to see how we help to prevent breaches for our customers, by working together.

FTC warns of potential penalties for failing to fix Log4j flaws

UScellular discloses data breach after billing system hack

SlimPay fined for exposing data of 12 million customers for 5 years

Thanks to our episode sponsor, deepwatch

Increasing ransomware attacks and their evolving sophistication have been putting more pressure on security teams than ever before. Luckily, managed detection and response (or MDR) has emerged as a critical component for improving security operations, reducing ransomware risk, and minimizing the overall impact an attack can have. Visit deepwatch.com to see how we help to prevent breaches for our customers, by working together.

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Broward Health discloses major data breach

Beware of the command line copy-paste backdoor

HomeKit bug can crash iOS devices

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Increasing ransomware attacks and their evolving sophistication have been putting more pressure on security teams than ever before. Luckily, managed detection and response (or MDR) has emerged as a critical component for improving security operations, reducing ransomware risk, and minimizing the overall impact an attack can have. Visit deepwatch.com to see how we help to prevent breaches for our customers, by working together.

Microsoft Exchange year 2022 bug breaks email delivery

Uber email breach allows anyone to email as Uber

Crypto security breaches cause $4.25 billion in losses in 2021

Thanks to our episode sponsor, deepwatch

Increasing ransomware attacks and their evolving sophistication have been putting more pressure on security teams than ever before. Luckily, managed detection and response (or MDR) has emerged as a critical component for improving security operations, reducing ransomware risk, and minimizing the overall impact an attack can have. Visit deepwatch.com to see how we help to prevent breaches for our customers, by working together.

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Defense bill includes cybersecurity provisions for private-sector

Server firmware rootkit discovered

Microsoft Defender showing Log4j false positives

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LastPass confirms credential stuffing attack against its users

Alexa issues deadly challenge to 10-year-old girl

Apple aims to retain talent with up to $180,000 bonuses

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