Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
I talk about the vulnerabilities in Microsoft products a lot – whatever anyone thinks, in business, we live in a Microsoft world. However I have posts about Linux, MacOS and smartphone OS’s – here is one that can impact Mac users. Uncovering a macOS App Sandbox escape vulnerability: A deep …
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This a data breach of sensitive client information from the finance company LendingTree – the data is apparently for sale on the Dark Web: LendingTree denies connection to data breach affecting 200,000, but confirms a different one – The Record by Recorded Future
This is an interesting story from Cedric Pernet at TechRepublic looking at the types of threats and attacks faced by journalists: State-sponsored cyberespionage campaigns continue targeting journalists and media | TechRepublic It gives you an idea of the investment in time, money and technical resources state sponsored hacking groups make. …
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This report is from HP’s Threat Research Blog and is about a threat discovered impacting hotels in South America. But it illustrates the wide range of threats that can get to you via an email attachment and has some examples you can look at. Stealthy OpenDocument Malware Deployed Against Latin …
This is a longer read from the Microsoft Security Blog and the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and it illustrates that all businesses and organisations regardless of size or ability to pay are in the threat actor’s sights: North Korean threat actor targets small and midsize businesses with H0lyGh0st ransomware …
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