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Last week iOS 14.7 appeared, adding features including support for Apple’s magnetic battery pack. Unfortunately, the update also interrupted the “Unlock with iPhone” feature that Apple Watch wearers used for easy access to their wristwear. Now, another update is going out to fix that. However, even if you don’t have an Apple Watch, you should…

Written by Tim Starks Jul 28, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP Digital sleuths at cyber threat intelligence firms have found clues that a seemingly new ransomware organization has links to DarkSide and REvil, two gangs that suddenly disappeared shortly after major attacks. From the moment DarkSide vanished following the Colonial Pipeline incident and REvil went dark after…

Three new Kaseya zero-day vulnerabilities were just disclosed in Kaseya Unitrends, including an RCE and an authenticated privilege escalation on the client-side. According to a recently released public advisory warning, the Kaseya serice should be kept off the internet until a patch is made available. “Do not expose this service or the clients directly to…

Embracing new technologies lead to qualitative growth but simultaneously holds high chances of quantitative data breaches. While adopting cloud technology, it is important to see the security of cloud infrastructure as one of the crucial responsibilities. There are various organizations out there that are still unsure of the security of their data present in the…

U.S. President Joe Biden has warned that cyberattacks could escalate into a full-blown conflict as tensions with Russia and China grew because of a succession of hacking incidents impacting American organizations, agencies, and infrastructure. During a speech at the National Counterterrorism Center of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Biden stated: You know,…

Regularly rebooting smartphones can make even the most sophisticated hackers work harder to maintain access and steal data from a phone As a member of the secretive Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Angus King has reason to worry about hackers. At a briefing by security staff this year, he said he got some advice on how…

UC San Diego Health, the academic health system of the University of California, San Diego, has disclosed a data breach after the compromise of some employees’ email accounts. UC San Diego Health is one of the nation’s best hospitals, being repeatedly ranked as the best health care system in San Diego, according to the 2021-2022 U.S….

Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management Europol Says Initiative Has Saved Ransomware Victims Over $1 Billion Rashmi Ramesh • July 28, 2021     EU law enforcement agency Europol says the No More Ransom Project, a portal launched five years ago, so far has helped…

Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service Expert: More Likely, an Affiliate Has Repurposed REvil’s Crypto-Locking Malware Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • July 28, 2021     BlackMatter’s dedicated data leak site (Source: Recorded Future) Has the REvil – aka Sodinokibi – ransomware operation come storming back? See Also: Live Webinar | Improve Cloud…