Tag: infosec
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The Register: US lawmakers seek answers on alleged Salt Typhoon breach of telecom giants
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/11/us_lawmakers_salt_typhoon/ Source: The Register Title: US lawmakers seek answers on alleged Salt Typhoon breach of telecom giants Feedly Summary: Cyberspies abusing a backdoor? Groundbreaking Lawmakers are demanding answers about earlier news reports that China’s Salt Typhoon cyberspies breached US telecommunications companies Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, and hacked their wiretapping systems. They also…
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The Register: Marriott settles for a piddly $52M after series of breaches affecting millions
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/09/marriott_settlements_data_breaches/ Source: The Register Title: Marriott settles for a piddly $52M after series of breaches affecting millions Feedly Summary: Intruders stayed for free on the network between 2014 and 2020 Marriott has agreed to pay a $52 million penalty and develop a comprehensive infosec program following a series of major data breaches between…
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The Register: ‘Critical’ CUPS vulnerability chain easy to use for massive DDoS attacks
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/07/critical_cups_vulnerability_chain_easy/ Source: The Register Title: ‘Critical’ CUPS vulnerability chain easy to use for massive DDoS attacks Feedly Summary: Also, rooting for Russian cybercriminals, a new DDoS record, sneaky Linux server malware and more Infosec In Brief The critical vulnerability in the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) reported last week might have required some…
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The Register: Apple’s latest macOS release is breaking security software, network connections
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/23/security_in_brief/ Source: The Register Title: Apple’s latest macOS release is breaking security software, network connections Feedly Summary: PLUS: Payer of $75M ransom reportedly identified; Craigslist founder becomes security philanthropist, and more Infosec In Brief Something’s wrong with macOS Sequoia, and it’s breaking security software installed on some updated Apple systems.… AI Summary and…
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The Register: Microsoft is updating Windows to avoid repeat of CrowdStrike catastrophe
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/13/microsoft_is_updating_windows_to/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft is updating Windows to avoid repeat of CrowdStrike catastrophe Feedly Summary: Existing low-level kernel access for security solutions will undergo a rework Microsoft says it’s working on Windows to allow endpoint security solutions to operate outside of the operating system’s kernel, all with a view to preventing…
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The Register: Mind the talent gap: Infosec vacancies abound, but hiring is flat
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/11/mind_the_talent_gap_infosec/ Source: The Register Title: Mind the talent gap: Infosec vacancies abound, but hiring is flat Feedly Summary: ISC2 argues security training needs to steer toward what hiring managers want The shortfall between the number of working security professionals and the number of security job openings has reached 4.8 million – a new…
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The Register: Security biz Verkada to pay $3m penalty under deal that also enforces infosec upgrade
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/05/verkada_ftc_settlement/ Source: The Register Title: Security biz Verkada to pay $3m penalty under deal that also enforces infosec upgrade Feedly Summary: Allowed access to 150k cameras, some in sensitive spots, but has been done for spamming Physical security biz Verkada has agreed to cough up $2.95 million following an investigation by the US…