Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Microsoft Warns of Clever Social Engineering Using ‘BazaCall’ Malware Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • August 3, 2021 Ransomware actors have set up a call center to trick victims into running a malicious macro in an Excel document, giving them control…
Written by Tonya Riley Aug 3, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP Of eight federal agencies audited for their cybersecurity programs, only the Department of Homeland Security showed improvements in 2020, according to a report from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Released by the panel on Tuesday, the report expresses concerns about the state of…
Governance & Risk Management , Incident & Breach Response , Legislation & Litigation Judge Says Users Agreed With Arbitration When Accepting Terms and Conditions Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • August 3, 2021 Zynga develops mobile games such as Words With Friends 2 (Photo: Zynga) Yet another lawsuit filed in the wake of a…
BBC Click’s Jen Copestake looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Twitter begins testing a new online shopping feature US President Joe Biden warns a cyber-attack on the country could lead to a “real shooting war” An untethered bi-pedal robot, developed at Oregon State University, teaches itself to run…
Nearly one third (28.22 per cent) of PC home users in India are at high risk of cyber attacks, according to a report by digital security and privacy provider Avast. Avast’s latest Global PC Risk Report also looked into the possibility of users facing aadvanced’ threats — defined as more sophisticated or threats never seen…
Security vulnerabilities in two domestic electric car chargers were discovered by researchers.
Toll was the only company contacted by the parliamentary inquiry that failed to rule itself out. A number of other companies hit by cyber attacks in recent years – Telstra, Optus, Atlassian, Qantas, Google Cloud and Australian Gas Infrastructure Group – said they did not believe they were the company singled out by Ms Noble….
On July 28, 2021, President Biden issued a Memorandum on Improving Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Control Systems. The Memo recognizes that the protection of the nation’s critical infrastructure lies not only with government, i.e., at the federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial levels, but with critical infrastructure owners and operators. In addition, the Memo states…
PwnedPiper flaws in PTS systems affect 80% of major US hospitals | IT Security News 2. August 2021 This article has been indexed from Security Affairs Cybersecurity researchers disclosed multiple flaws, dubbed PwnedPiper, that left a widely-used pneumatic tube system (PTS) vulnerable to attacks. Researchers from cybersecurity Armis disclosed a set of nine vulnerabilities collectively…
A Chinese national flag flutters outside the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) building on the Financial Street in Beijing, China July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang BEIJING, Aug 1 (Reuters) – China’s securities regulator said on Sunday it will seek closer cooperation with its U.S. counterpart and will support overseas listings, after U.S. regulators tightened disclosure…
