179th Airlift Wing to become ANG’s first Cyber Warfare Wing – Alert 5

179th Airlift Wing to become ANG’s first Cyber Warfare Wing – Alert 5

The 179th Airlift Wing at Mansfield-Lahm Air National Guard Base in Ohio has been chosen as the Air National Guard’s first Cyber Warfare Wing. United States Air Force, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsThe eight C-130H transports at the wing are scheduled to be retired in fiscal year 2022. The new mission will bring approximately 175…

Researchers, cyber security agency urge action by Microsoft cloud database users, United States News & Top Stories

Researchers, cyber security agency urge action by Microsoft cloud database users, United States News & Top Stories

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Researchers who discovered a massive flaw in the main databases stored in Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform on Saturday (Aug 28) urged all users to change their digital access keys, not just the 3,300 it notified this week. As first reported by Reuters, researchers at a cloud security company called Wiz discovered this…

Tech companies pledge billions in cybersecurity investments

Tech companies pledge billions in cybersecurity investments

Some of the country’s leading technology companies have committed to investing billions of dollars to strengthen cybersecurity defences and to train skilled workers, the White House has announced, following President Joe Biden’s private meeting with top executives. The gathering was held Wednesday during a relentless stretch of ransomware attacks that have targeted critical…

Microsoft Issues Security Advisory on ProxyShell Flaws

Microsoft Issues Security Advisory on ProxyShell Flaws

Governance & Risk Management , Patch Management Alert Urges Organizations to Patch as Vulnerabilities Are Exploited Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • August 27, 2021     Four months after Microsoft released the first security update for three vulnerabilities in several versions of its on-premises Exchange Server software – collectively called ProxyShell – the company has issued…

Vulnerability Allows Remote Hacking of Annke Video Surveillance Product

Vulnerability Allows Remote Hacking of Annke Video Surveillance Product

Vulnerability Allows Remote Hacking of Annke Video Surveillance Product | IT Security News 27. August 2021 This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek RSS Feed Researchers at industrial and IoT cybersecurity firm Nozomi Networks have discovered a critical vulnerability that can be exploited to hack a video surveillance product made by Annke, a Hong Kong-based…

Azure Database Service Flaw Could Affect Thousands of Firms

Azure Database Service Flaw Could Affect Thousands of Firms

Governance & Risk Management , IT Risk Management , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Microsoft Mitigates Flaw That Researchers Say Was ‘Trivial’ to Exploit Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • August 27, 2021     A vulnerability in Microsoft Azure’s database service Cosmos DB has potentially put at risk thousands of Azure customers, including many Fortune 500…

T-Mobile CEO Apologizes for Mega-Breach, Offers Update

T-Mobile CEO Apologizes for Mega-Breach, Offers Update

Governance & Risk Management , Incident & Breach Response , IT Risk Management Hacker Claiming Responsibility for Attack Calls Company’s Security ‘Awful’ Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • August 27, 2021     T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert on Friday issued an official mea culpa for the data breach that exposed information on 54…

UK Cyber Security Council opens membership application process

UK Cyber Security Council opens membership application process

Member organisations will be able to make committee nominations as the Council prepares to commence activities and develop the profession London – August 26th 2021 – The UK Cyber Security Council, the self-regulatory body for the cyber security education and skills sector, today announced that it has begun accepting applications from organisations for membership. Any…