Daily GDPR breach notifications are up 20% and fines are up 39% according to a new report. Law firm DLA Piper has published their third annual GDPR Fines and Data Breech Survey which reveals the number of breaches being reported is rising along with the number and level of fines being imposed. In the post-BrexitRead more
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The American CISA has warned they have detected ongoing attacks against several organisations cloud services. The alert from CISA states that: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is aware of several recent successful cyberattacks against various organizations’ cloud services. Threat actors are using phishing and other vectors to exploit poor cyber hygiene practices withinRead more
Three years after the initial warning, Adobe has officially killed off Flash software. In recent years Flash had developed a reputation for being a security risk on many systems due the high number of vulnerabilities discovered and exploited in the software. Now the software reached end-of-life on 31 December 2020 and Adobe will no longerRead more
Taiwan based Zyxel Networks has issued patches for their enterprise grade firewalls after a hard coded credential vulnerability was discovered by security researchers. The vulnerability provides attackers with root level access over SSH or the Web Administration interface allowing firewall rules to be changed to permit easy access to the network behind the firewall. ZyxelRead more
A recent court case underlines the importance of good operational security procedures to manage employee and contractor exits to ensure all their access is revoked. A man has been sentenced to two years after deleting 456 virtual machines from Cisco’s infrastructure – 4 months after resigning from the firm. As a result of the maliciousRead more
SolarWinds provides tools used by security and network managers in many of the largest businesses and governments in the world. Since March 2020 hackers inserted their own code into SolarWinds Orion software which was downloaded by some 18,000 customers – providing a backdoor into those customers’ networks. SolarWinds Orion is a network health and performanceRead more
A research paper just published by NortonLifeLock analysed details of app installations on 12 million Android devices and determined that most malware and unwanted apps are actually downloaded from the Google Play store. The research paper examined the installation details of almost 8 million different apps onto 12 million devices during the Autumn of 2019Read more
On Monday 9th November, Facebook ads started to appear targeting the Campari Group which is still mired in the middle of a ransomware attack. It appears the criminals behind the attack on Campari used a hacked Facebook account to place the ads in order to increase the pressure on Campari to pay the demanded ransom.Read more
The NSA (National Security Agency) recently published a security advisory about the publicly known vulnerabilities currently being exploited by Chinese state-sponsored actors. While this security advisory is focused on the activities of state-sponsored actors, it does show the threats and vulnerabilities considered most useful for exploitation. Taking a quick look at the list could provideRead more
NatWest Bank has partnered with Malwarebytes to provide endpoint protection software to NatWest customers. Malwarebytes Premium edition will be available to download for free from within NatWest customer’s online banking portal. NatWest is the only UK bank to provide premium virus protection to their customers according to Alasdair MacFarlane, Head of Fraud Prevention at NatWest.Read more
