ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 62.  It is Monday, February 10th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Evolution is Inevitable

This podcast is brought to you by Nwaj Tech, a Client Focused and Security Minded IT Consultant based in Central Connecticut.  You can visit us at nwajtech.com 

Frustration grows in China as face masks compromise facial recognition

Apple fined for slowing down old iPhones

North Miami Beach Affected By Cyber Attack

Don’t Fall For The PayPal SMS Scam That Steals Your Personal Details

Google Chrome To Bar HTTP File Downloads

Magecart Gang Attacks Olympic Ticket Reseller and Survival Food Sites

Emotet Hacks Nearby Wi-Fi Networks to Spread to New Victims

Windows 7 Users Suddenly Can't Shut Down Their PCs, How to Fix

Lock My PC Used By Tech Support Scammers, Dev Offers Free Recovery

Health Share of Oregon Notifies 654,000 Members About Business Associate Data Breach

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 61.  It is Friday, February 7th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Does Anyone Have $15?

This podcast is brought to you by Nwaj Tech, a Client Focused and Security Minded IT Consultant based in Central Connecticut.  You can visit us at nwajtech.com 

DoJ Asks Victims of the Quantum DDoS Service to Come Forward

Ransomware Exploits GIGABYTE Driver to Kill AV Processes

BEC Scammers’ Interest in the Real Estate Sector Rises

Critical Android Bluetooth Flaw Exploitable without User Interaction

Cisco Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

U.S. Finance Sector Hit with Targeted Backdoor Campaign

The $15 terabyte hard drive is coming

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 60.  It is Thursday, February 6th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and I am Not Gonna Say It Again...Who Am I Kidding

This podcast is brought to you by Nwaj Tech, a Client Focused and Security Minded IT Consultant based in Central Connecticut.  You can visit us at nwajtech.com 

Do not open emails purporting to have Coronavirus updates, alerts, warnings or vaccines.  Delete them and/or report them as phishing because that’s what they are. If you want to stay up to date on the latest Coronavirus news follow the CDC, HHS and other related government agencies on Twitter

Critical Cisco ‘CDPwn’ Flaws Break Network Segmentation

 

New Lemon Duck Malware Campaign Targets IoT, Large Manufacturers

Ransomware Attack Hinders Toll Group Operations

These Highly Exploited Vulnerabilities Indicate Organizations are Still Failing to Apply Patches

GDPR Officials Probe Tinder For Potential Privacy Infringement

Bug in Philips Smart Light Allows Hopping to Devices on the Network

Charming Kitten Hackers Impersonate Journalist in Phishing Attacks

Mailto (NetWalker) Ransomware Targets Enterprise Networks

Windows 10 Search Is Broken and Shows Blank Results, How to Fix

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 59.  It is Wednesday, Feb 5th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and the floodgates have opened. 

This podcast is brought to you by Nwaj Tech, a Client Focused and Security Minded IT Consultant based in Central Connecticut.  You can visit us at nwajtech.com 

Chrome 80 Released With 56 Security Fixes, Cookie Changes, More  80.0.3987.87

NIST Releases Draft Guidelines To Curb The Ransomware Epidemic

NIST tests methods of recovering data from smashed smartphones

Twitter hands over student’s account to his college

Google Bug Sent Private Google Photos Videos to Other Users

WhatsApp Bug Allowed Attackers to Access the Local File System

FBI Warns of DDoS Attack on State Voter Registration Site

Emotet Gets Ready for Tax Season With Malicious W-9 Forms

IRS Launches “Identity Theft Central” Webpage

Report: Only Three Out of Top 100 Airports Pass Cybersecurity Checks

New York Nursing Center and Phoenix Children’s Hospital Affected by Phishing Attacks

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 58.  It is Tuesday, Feb 4th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Now For This Mornings Traffic

This podcast is brought to you by Nwaj Tech, a Client Focused and Security Minded IT Consultant based in Central Connecticut.  You can visit us at nwajtech.com 

New EmoCheck Tool Checks if You're Infected With Emotet

Iranian Hackers Target U.S. Gov. Vendor With Malware

Sudo Bug Lets Non-Privileged Linux and macOS Users Run Commands as Root

Attackers Exploit Security Flaws in Smart Building Systems

OpenSMTPD Vulnerability

DoD to Require Cybersecurity Certification From Defense Contractors

DoppelPaymer Ransomware Sells Victims' Data on Darknet if Not Paid

'Hack' Creates Fake Google Maps Traffic Jams With 99 Cell Phones

Data Breaches Reported by Manchester Ophthalmology, UnitedHealthcare, and Cook County Health

Malware Attack Results in Corruption of Medical Records: 30,000 Patients Affected

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 57.  It is Monday, Feb 3rd 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and You’re Not in Kansas Anymore, Toto

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Congrats to the Kansas City Chiefs on their win in Super Bowl 54.

Phishing Scams using the Coronavirus Outbreak as the subject have been spotted around the world including in the US.  

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Magento

Sodinokibi Ransomware Group Sponsors Hacking Contest

Russia Threatens Facebook, Twitter With Fines, Demands User Data

UN hacked via unpatched SharePoint server

Louisiana Criticizes MSP Industry’s Security Practices; Employs MSSP

Ashley Madison Hack Returns To ‘Haunt’ Its Victims: 32 Million Users Now Watch And Wait

Ransomware infects City of Racine computer systems

Ransomware Attacks Hit Three Law Firms in Last 24 Hours

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 56.  It is Friday, January 31st, 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and We’re Making Up For Yesterday

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Facebook to Pay $550M to Settle Class Action Case Over Facial Recognition

Dell, HP Memory-Access Bugs Open Attacker Path to Kernel Privileges

Google Sets Record High in Bug-Bounty Payouts

Cisco Releases Security Updates for Cisco Small Business Switches

UN Offices in Geneva and Vienna Suffered Major Hacking Attack Last Year, Says New Research

Trello exposed! Search turns up huge trove of private data

NEC Defense Contracts Info Potentially Compromised in Breach

Microsoft Detects New Evil Corp Malware Attacks After Short Break

Severe ‘Perfect 10.0’ Microsoft Flaw Confirmed: ‘This Is A Cloud Security Nightmare’

Website Error Exposed Personal and Health Data of LabCorp Patients

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 55.  It is Thursday, January 30th, 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Thursday is the New Friday, Allegedly.  

This podcast is brought to you by Nwaj Tech, a Client Focused and Security Minded IT Consultant based in Central Connecticut.  You can visit us at nwajtech.com 

Intel to Soon Roll-out Fixes for CacheOut Bugs

Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week

Malware Tries to Trump Security Software With POTUS Impeachment

Google Chrome Tests Replacing URLs With Search Queries in Address Bar

200K WordPress Sites Exposed to Takeover Attacks by Plugin Bug

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 54.  It is Wednesday, January 29th, 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Oh the Irony

This podcast is brought to you by Nwaj Tech, a Client Focused and Security Minded IT Consultant based in Central Connecticut.  You can visit us at nwajtech.com 

Wawa Breach May Have Compromised More Than 30 Million Payment Cards

Zoom Bug Could Have Let Uninvited People Join Private Meetings

NSA Releases Guidelines to Improve Cloud Security

New Report Shows Employees at Large Organization Send Over 130 Emails Every Week to the Wrong Person

Apple Releases Multiple Security Updates

 FBI Warns of Rise in Social Security Scams Spoofing Its Phone Number

Magento 2.3.4 Fixes Critical Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 53.  It is Tuesday, January 28th, 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Today is World Data Privacy Day

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World Data Privacy Day: Learn To Manage And Safeguard Your Personal Data

N.Y. Could Ban Cities from Paying Ransomware Attackers

Windows 7 To Get Post End of Life Update to Fix Wallpaper Bug

Hackers hijack social media accounts for the NFL and 15 teams

Iowa Department of Human Services Notifies 4,784 Patients About Improper Disposal Incident

Beaumont Health Discovers 20-Month Insider Breach