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January 19, 2022 9:16 am

Advertisement Whether it’s Office 365, Salesforce, Slack, GitHub or Zoom, all SaaS apps include a host of security features designed to protect the business and its data. The job of ensuring that these apps’ security settings are properly configured falls on the security team. The challenge lies within how burdensome this responsibility is: 1. Each...

Russia Lays the Smackdown on REvil Ransomware Gang

January 14, 2022 4:28 pm

Advertisement Members of the hacker group, also known as Sodinokibi, have been charged with crimes in Russia, and its infrastructure has “been liquidated,” the public relations arm of Moscow’s FSB security agency told Russia’s Interfax news agency. The special operation, conducted by Russian authorities, was reportedly at the request of the United States. “The FSB...

New Flaws Expose EVlink Electric Vehicle Charging Stations to Remote Hacking

December 27, 2021 12:44 pm

Advertisement Schneider announced the availability of patches on December 14, when it urged customers to immediately apply patches or mitigations. The flaws have been found to impact EVlink City (EVC1S22P4 and EVC1S7P4), Parking (EVW2, EVF2 and EVP2PE) and Smart Wallbox (EVB1A) devices, as well as some products that have reached end of life. The vendor...

Ukraine Attack: Hackers Had Access for Months Before Causing Damage

Issued by: Security Week

Tens of Ukrainian government websites were hacked earlier this month, many of them defaced with messages suggesting the attack was in response to the country’s pro-Western stance. Ukraine has blamed Russia for the attack, but the Kremlin has denied the accusations. The attack involved a...

Assange Wins First Stage in Effort to Appeal US Extradition

Issued by: Security Week

The High Court in London gave Assange permission to appeal the case to the U.K. Supreme Court. But the Supreme Court must agree to accept the case before it can move forward. “Make no mistake, we won today in court,” Assange’s fiancee, Stella Moris, said...

Nigerian Authorities Arrest 11 Members of Prolific BEC Fraud Group

Issued by: Security Week

The 11 suspects were arrested as part of a 10-day operation (December 13-22, 2021) in which the Nigerian Police collaborated with Interpol and private security firms Palo Alto Networks and Group-IB. The individuals are believed to be collectively involved in BEC attacks targeting more than...

Insurance and Fintech Firm Acrisure Launches Cyber Services Division

Issued by: Security Week

The new division provides clients with an integrated offering that combines cyber insurance with vulnerability scanning, email and endpoint security, and backup and recovery services. Headed by Bill Meara, who joins the company from private equity giant Abry Partners, Acrisure Cyber Services expands on the...

Living Off the “Edge” of the Land

Issued by: Security Week

Edge computing is eminently practical in that it solves several important problems, many of which are related to the latency created when data must travel long distances. The edge offers significant functional and economic benefits, such as the emergence of a new breed of real-time...

Google Pays Out Over $100,000 for Vulnerabilities Patched With Chrome 97 Update

Issued by: Security Week

A total of 22 vulnerabilities addressed with the latest Chrome refresh were reported by external researchers, including one critical-severity, 16 high-severity, and five medium-severity issues. There were 12 use-after-free bugs reported externally, impacting Safe Browsing, Site isolation, Web packaging, Omnibox, Printing, Vulkan, Scheduling, Text Input...

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Ukraine Attack: Hackers Had Access for Months Before Causing Damage

Product showcase: Adaptive Shield SaaS Security Posture Management

U.S. Government, Tech Giants Discuss Open Source Software Security

Mozilla Patches High-Risk Firefox, Thunderbird Security Flaws

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