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ISO/SAE 21434: It’s time to put the brakes on connected car cyber-threats

July 6, 2020 TH Author 0

Connected cars are on the move. Globally their number is set to grow 270% between 2018 and 2022 to reach an estimated 125 million in a couple of years. Increasingly, these vehicles are more akin to high-performance mobile computers with wheels than traditional cars, with features including internet access, app-based remote monitoring and management, advanced…
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Packet Storm

Schools Already Struggled With Cybersecurity. Then Came COVID-19

July 3, 2020 TH Author headline,government,privacy

MongoDB Hacker Threatens To Report Breach To GDPR

July 3, 2020 TH Author headline,hacker,government,privacy,database,data loss

BMW Customer Database For Sale On Dark Web

July 3, 2020 TH Author headline,hacker,privacy,data loss

This Week in Security News: Payment Card Skimmer Attacks Hit 8 Cities and Survey Finds 72% of Remote Workers Have Gained Cybersecurity Awareness During Lockdown

July 3, 2020 TH Author Current News, Security

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, read about eight U.S. cities that recently had payment card data stolen via point-of-sale skimming malware on their Click2Gov online payment platforms. Also, learn about the cybersecurity…
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The Register

Fighting BEC and EAC: Why whack-a-mole won’t work

July 3, 2020 TH Author

No organisation is immune: Nearly nine in ten experienced these attacks last year Sponsored Business Email Compromise (BEC) and Email Account Compromise (EAC) are the most expensive cyber threats facing businesses around the globe. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reports that both scams have resulted in worldwide losses of $26 billion since 2016 – with $1.7 billion in the last year alone.… READ MORE HERE…

ZDNet | Security

Police take down encrypted criminal chat platform EncroChat

July 3, 2020 TH Author

The UK’s ‘biggest ever’ law enforcement operation results in arrest of 746, so far.
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The Register

F5 emits fixes for critical flaws in BIG-IP gear: Hopefully yours aren’t internet-facing while you ready a patch

July 3, 2020 TH Author

Not to worry, there are only *searches* several thousand devices apparently exposed online Network administrators are urged to patch their F5 BIG-IP application delivery controllers following the disclosure of a pair of critical remote takeover bugs.… READ MORE HERE…

The Register

Holy Guacamole! Researchers find Apache remote desktop software was silently pwnable for snooping on sessions

July 2, 2020 TH Author

Best get updating pronto, folks The Apache Project’s popular Guacamole open-source remote desktop software contained vulns allowing remote attackers to steal login creds and hijack targeted machines, researchers have said.… READ MORE HERE…

The Register

Euro police forces infiltrated encrypted phone biz – and now ‘criminal’ EncroChat users are being rounded up

July 2, 2020 TH Author

Continental capers lead to 750 UK arrests French and Dutch police have boasted of infiltrating and killing off encrypted chat service EncroChat, alleging it was used by organised crime gangs to plot murders, sell drugs, launder criminal profits and more.… READ MORE HERE…

The Register

Hold off that rush into the July 4 weekend – you may need this: Microsoft patches pwn-by-picture pitfalls in Win 10

July 2, 2020 TH Author

Redmond also praised for blocking malware control systems on its clouds Microsoft has emitted a pair of security patches to address flaws in Windows 10 that can be potentially exploited by miscreants to hijack PCs. A victim simply needs to be tricked into opening a file containing a specially crafted image on a vulnerable system.… READ MORE HERE…

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