The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 8 – 14 January 2024
Welcome to this week’s round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these…
January 2024
The Story of the Mirai Botnet
Over at Wired, Andy Greenberg has an excellent story about the creators of the 2016 Mirai botnet.
Experts warn of mass exploitation of Ivanti Connect Secure VPN flaws
Experts warn that recently disclosed Ivanti Connect Secure VPN and Policy Secure vulnerabilities are massively exploited in the wild. Last…
Experts warn of a vulnerability affecting Bosch BCC100 Thermostat
Researchers warn of high-severity vulnerability affecting Bosch BCC100 thermostats. Researchers from Bitdefender discovered a high-severity vulnerability affecting Bosch BCC100 thermostats.…
How to rebuild trust after a cyber security breach
By Rupal Hollenbeck, President, Check Point With cyber attacks rising and trust in institutions declining, having a cyber security resilience…
The Cyber Risk Nightmare and Financial Risk Disaster of Using Personal Messaging Apps in The Workplace
By Anurag Lal, President and CEO of NetSfere Using personal messaging apps for business communication and collaboration is harmless –…
Over 178,000 SonicWall next-generation firewalls (NGFW) online exposed to hack
Researchers from Bishop Fox found over 178,000 SonicWall next-generation firewalls (NGFW) publicly exploitable. SonicWall next-generation firewall (NGFW) series 6 and…
Weekly Update 382
Presently sponsored by: Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for…
Phemedrone info stealer campaign exploits Windows smartScreen bypass
Threat actors exploit a recent Windows SmartScreen bypass flaw CVE-2023-36025 to deliver the Phemedrone info stealer. Trend Micro researchers uncovered…
Voice Cloning with Very Short Samples
New research demonstrates voice cloning, in multiple languages, using samples ranging from one to twelve seconds. Research paper.