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FBI warns of PYSA Ransomware attacks against Education Institutions in US and UK | IT Security News Sponsors Endpoint Cybersecurity www.endpoint-cybersecurity.com – Consulting in building your security products– Employee awareness training– Security tests for applications and pentesting… and more. Daily Summary Patreon Categories CategoriesSelect Category(ISC)2 Blog  (323)(ISC)2 Blog infosec  (13)(ISC)² Blog  (326)2020-12-08 – Files for an ISC diary…

The latest update patches a total of five vulnerabilities affecting the browser’s desktop versions Google has rolled out an update for its Chrome web browser that fixes five security flaws, including a zero-day vulnerability that is known to be actively exploited by malicious actors. The bugs affect the Windows, macOS, and Linux versions of the…

Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Check Point Research Tracks Tenfold Increase in 5 Days Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • March 16, 2021     From Thursday through Monday, Check Point Research tracked a tenfold increase in the number of attempts to exploit vulnerable on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers as many organizations are…

At the time of the Twitter hack and his arrest, Graham Ivan Clark was 17, therefore, being sentenced as a “youthful offender.” Graham Ivan Clark, the mastermind of the high-profile Twitter hack leading to the Bitcoin scam on July 15th, 2020 has been sentenced to 3 years in prison.  Clark was arrested on July 31st,…

Google Chrome urgently requires an update to patch a severe vulnerability. You may be tired of updating Chrome (the latest urgent update was just last month), but it’s that time again, and with good reason: Cybercriminals have already exploited this vulnerability. What is CVE-2021-21193? On March 12, Google released stable build 89.0.4389.90 for Chrome, patching…

Blender’s Official Website Under Maintenance Following Hacking Attempt | IT Security News Sponsors Endpoint Cybersecurity www.endpoint-cybersecurity.com – Consulting in building your security products– Employee awareness training– Security tests for applications and pentesting… and more. Daily Summary Patreon Categories CategoriesSelect Category(ISC)2 Blog  (323)(ISC)2 Blog infosec  (13)(ISC)² Blog  (325)2020-12-08 – Files for an ISC diary (recent Qakbot activity)  (1)2020-12-11 – Quick…

Breach Notification , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Email Security & Protection Microsoft Investigating; Devcore Pen Testers Say They’re in the Clear Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • March 14, 2021     It has been an open question as to how a half-dozen hacking groups began exploiting Exchange servers in an automated fashion in the days…