Port 22

~ 19 May 2020 ~

With millions upon millions out of work in the US, here come the scammers claiming victims' unemployment money using stolen info

The Importance of C-Suite and Boards Engaging in Third-Party Cyber Risk Management

~ 18 May 2020 ~

Attorney General: We didn't need Apple to crack terrorist's iPhones tho we still want iGiant to do it in future

Attorney General: We didn't need Apple to crack terrorist's iPhones tho we still want iGiant to do it in future

Apple's MagicPairing for Bluetooth fails to enchant after mischief-making bugs found hiding in the stack

Apple's MagicPairing for Bluetooth fails to enchant after mischief-making bugs found hiding in the stack

The FBI Backs Down Against AppleAgain

Pingcastle Active Directory Security Assessment Tool

Microsoft gives Office 365 admins the heads-up: Some internal queries over weekend might have returned results from completely different orgs

Microsoft gives Office 365 admins the heads-up: Some internal queries over weekend might have returned results from completely different orgs

This Service Helps Malware Authors Fix Flaws in their Code

European supercomputers hacked to mine cryptocurrency

Private Equity Firm Stalls $1.9B Forescout Acquisition

Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallets Can Get Hacked, Too

Netwalker Fileless Ransomware Injected via Reflective Loading

Ramsey Malware

I know what you leased last summer: Asset database leak hits Capita, Rolls-Royce, Tesco (every little helps, eh?)

I know what you leased last summer: Asset database leak hits Capita, Rolls-Royce, Tesco (every little helps, eh?)

I know what you leased last summer: Asset database leak hits Capita, Rolls-Royce, Tesco (every little helps, eh?)

A real loch mess: Navy larks sunk by a truculent torpedo

A real loch mess: Navy larks sunk by a truculent torpedo

Dutch spies helped Britain's GCHQ break Argentine crypto during Falklands War

Dutch spies helped Britain's GCHQ break Argentine crypto during Falklands War

NewsBites Drilldown for the Week Ending 15 May 2020

~ 17 May 2020 ~

Now Chrome Can Block Ads That Leach Power From Your CPU

~ 16 May 2020 ~

Hackers Claim to Have Dirty Laundry About Donald Trump

How to Avoid SpamUsing Disposable Contact Information

U.S. Secret Service: Massive Fraud Against State Unemployment Insurance Programs

~ 15 May 2020 ~

Cyber attack against UK power grid middleman Elexon sparks in-house IT recovery efforts

Microsoft Open Sources Its Coronavirus Threat Data

You can't have it both ways: Anti-coronavirus masks may thwart our creepy face-recog cameras, London cops admit

Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Microsoft fixes vulnerability affecting all Windows versions since 1996

The Entertainment Biz Is Changing, But the Cybersecurity Script Is One We've Read Before

On Marcus Hutchins

Vint Cerf suggests GDPR could hurt coronavirus vaccine development

Brit defense contractor hacked, up to 100,000 past and present employees' details siphoned off report

HTTP Status Codes Command This Malware How to Control Hacked Systems

Increasing Success with a Development Methodology Agnostic Approach to Critical Path Activities and Constraints

~ 14 May 2020 ~

The US Says Chinese Hackers Went Too Far During the Covid-19 Crisis

As Businesses Rush to the Cloud, Security Teams Struggle to Keep Up

QNodeService: Node.js Trojan Spread via Covid-19 Lure

Project Aims to Unmask Disinformation Bots

Using Real-Time Events in Investigations

Using Real-Time Events in Investigations

79% of Companies Report Identity-Related Breach in Past Two Years

Facebook Fails to Staunch Coronavirus Misinformation

Multi-part Android spyware lurked on Google Play Store for 4 years, posing as a bunch of legit-looking apps

Cyberthreats on lockdown

Mikroceen: Spying backdoor leveraged in highprofile networks in Central Asia

US Government Exposes North Korean Malware

'iOS security is f**ked' says exploit broker Zerodium: Prices crash for taking a bite out of Apple's core tech

Opto 22 SoftPAC Project

Emerson WirelessHART Gateway

COMpfun authors spoof visa application with HTTP status-based Trojan

There's Norway you're going to believe this: World's largest sovereign wealth fund conned out of $10m in cyber-attack

There's Norway you're going to believe this: Government investment fund conned out of $10m in cyber-attack

US-CERT lists the 10 most-exploited security bugs and, yeah, it's mostly Microsoft holes people forgot to patch

Effective Business Continuity Plans Require CISOs to Rethink WAN Connectivity

Aussie money-manager MyBudget goes down for five days

Improper Microsoft Patch for Reverse RDP Attacks Leaves 3rd-Party RDP Clients Vulnerable

~ 13 May 2020 ~

Now there's nothing stopping the PATRIOT Act allowing the FBI to access web browser histories without a warrant

Senator Wyden demands deep probe into NSO Group after spyware-hacking toolkit offered to American cops

Senator demands deep probe into spyware-for-cops after NSO Group touts hacking toolkit to American plod

Stop tracking me, Google: Austrian citizen files GDPR legal complaint over Android Advertising ID