SpyFone & CEO Banned From Stalkerware Biz
The FTC’s first spyware ban nixes a company whose “slipshod” security practices led to exposure of thousands of victims’ illegally collected personal data.
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Author: Lisa Vaas
Cisco Patches Critical Authentication Bug With Public Exploit
There’s proof-of-concept code out for the near-maximum critical – rated at 9.8 – authentication bypass bug, but Cisco hasn’t seen any malicious exploit yet.
Read MoreLockBit Jumps Its Own Countdown, Publishes Bangkok Air Files
The ransomware gang claims to have pulled off successful attacks against two airlines and one airport with help from its Accenture attack.
Read MoreBEC Scammers Seek Native English Speakers on Underground
Cybercrooks are posting help-wanted ads on dark web forums, promising to do the technical work of compromising email accounts but looking for native English speakers to carry out the social-engineering part of these lucrative scams.
Read MoreQNAP Is Latest to Get Dinged by OpenSSL Bugs Fallout
The NAS maker issued two security advisories about the RCE and DoS flaws, adding to a flurry of advisories from the vast array of companies whose products use OpenSSL.
Read MoreLockBit Gang to Publish 103GB of Bangkok Air Customer Data
The airline announced the breach on Thursday, and the ransomware gang started a countdown clock the next day.
Read MoreT-Mobile’s Security Is ‘Awful,’ Says Purported Thief
John Binns, claiming to be behind the massive T-Mobile theft of >50m customer records, dissed the security measures of the US’s No. 2 wireless biggest carrier. T-Mobile is “humbled,” it said, announcing new partnerships with security heavyweights o…
Read MoreFIN8 Targets US Bank With New ‘Sardonic’ Backdoor
The latest refinement of the APT’s BadHatch backdoor can leverage new malware on the fly without redeployment, making it potent and nimble.
Read More‘Pay Ransom’ Screen? Too Late, Humpty Dumpty – Podcast
Splunk’s Ryan Kovar discusses the rise in supply-chain attacks a la Kaseya & how to get ahead of encryption leaving your business a pile of broken shells.
Read MoreF5 Bug Could Lead to Complete System Takeover
The worst of 13 bugs fixed by the August updates could lead to complete system compromise for users in sensitive sectors running products in Appliance mode.
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