The Top 15 Security Posts – Vetted & Curated *Threats & Defense* 1. At Least 30,000 U.S. Organizations Newly Hacked Via Holes in Microsoft’s Email Software (Krebs on Security, Mar 05 2021) “At least 30,000 organizations across the United States — including a significant number of small businesses, towns, cities
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cybersecurity Management & Strategy On Not Fixing Old Vulnerabilities (Schneier on Security, Mar 09 2021) “How is this even possible? …26% of companies Positive Technologies tested were vulnerable to WannaCry, which was a threat years ago, and some even vulnerable
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Identity Management & Web Fraud Verkada Workers Had Extensive Access to Private Customer Cameras (Bloomberg, Mar 10 2021) More than 100 employees at security camera startup Verkada Inc. could peer through the cameras of its thousands of customers, including global
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cloud Security, DevOps, AppSec Cloud has put security configuration errors in the spotlight (SC Media, Mar 04 2021) Capital One was hit with an $80 million fine because of a cloud misconfiguration. Today’s columnist, Carolyn Crandall of Attivo Networks, offers
A Review of the Best News of the Week on AI, IoT, & Mobile Security Deepfake videos of Tom Cruise went viral…to boost awareness. (NBC News, Mar 05 2021) The creator of a series of deepfake Tom Cruise videos that garnered more than 11 million views on TikTok said he
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cyber Threats & Defense At Least 30,000 U.S. Organizations Newly Hacked Via Holes in Microsoft’s Email Software (Krebs on Security, Mar 05 2021) “At least 30,000 organizations across the United States — including a significant number of small businesses, towns,
The Top 15 Security Posts – Vetted & Curated *Threats & Defense* 1. NSA Publishes Guidance on Adoption of Zero Trust Security (SecurityWeek, Mar 01 2021) The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has published guidance on how security professionals can secure enterprise networks and sensitive data by adopting a Zero
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cybersecurity Management & Strategy Microsoft: Chinese Cyberspies Used 4 Exchange Server Flaws to Plunder Emails (Krebs on Security, Mar 02 2021) Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to plug four critical security holes that attackers have been using to plunder
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Identity Management & Web Fraud How $100M in Jobless Claims Went to Inmates (Krebs on Security, Feb 25 2021) “The U.S. Labor Department’s inspector general said this week that roughly $100 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims were paid in