Created by John Tuckner and the team at workflow and automation platform Tines, the SOC Automation Capability Matrix (SOC ACM) is a set of techniques designed to help security operations teams understand their automation capabilities and respond more effectively to incidents. 
A customizable, vendor-agnostic tool featuring lists of automation opportunities, it’s been shared

Multiple attacks exploit vulnerabilities in an IT remote access tool to deliver a variety of different payloads into business environments

A sophisticated group of hackers managed to break into VARTA AG’s systems,
affecting battery production at all of its global production plants, the energy
giant said.

VARTA discovered the intrusion around two weeks ago, prompting it to inform
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market watchers and investors that it would temporarily shut down IT systems and
battery production for “security reasons.”

The energy beh

Did you know that WhatsApp has a feature that allows you to hide conversations
that you wish to keep private? This feature comes in handy when someone else
opens your WhatsApp account and you have chats you’d rather keep away from
prying eyes.

Whether it’s for flirting with a secret crush or planning a surprise party, the
“secret code” feature enables you to keep your locked chats secure and
confidential.

What it is and how it works

WhatsApp offers a Chat Lock feature that allows you to prote

Details have emerged about a now-patched high-severity security flaw in Apple’s Shortcuts app that could permit a shortcut to access sensitive information on the device without users’ consent.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-23204 (CVSS score: 7.5), was addressed by Apple on January 22, 2024, with the release of iOS 17.3, iPadOS 17.3, macOS Sonoma 14.3, and 

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has hit antivirus vendor Avast with a $16.5 million fine over charges that the firm sold users’ browsing data to advertisers after claiming its products would block online tracking.
In addition, the company has been banned from selling or licensing any web browsing data for advertising purposes. It will also have to notify users whose browsing data was

Wireless customers with AT&T, Cricket Wireless, T-Mobile, and Verizon all reported outages across the country this morning. And just like clockwork, some folks online pounced on the disruption as evidence of a global conspiracy.

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