Also, free pianos are the latest internet scam bait, Cooler Master gets pwned, and some critical vulnerabilities Infosec in brief  Cybersecurity software vendor Check Point is warning customers to update their software immediately in light of a zero day vulnerability under active exploitation.… READ MORE HERE…

Infosec house claims Ticketmaster, Santander hit via cloud storage Infosec analysts at Hudson Rock believe Snowflake was compromised by miscreants who used that intrusion to steal data on hundreds of millions of people from Ticketmaster, Santander, and potentially other customers of the cloud storage provider. Snowflake denies its security was defeated.… READ MORE HERE…

Who needs experts when you have an army of hand-picked super users telling you what you want to hear? Twitch has reportedly dismantled its Safety Advisory Council, and apparently plans to replace the panel with chosen “ambassadors.”… READ MORE HERE…

Similar cases have resulted in serious sanctions, and they were on a far smaller scale Serial tech and digital privacy critic Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) laid into UnitedHealth Group’s (UHG) CEO for appointing a CISO Wyden deemed “unqualified”– a decision he claims likely led to its ransomware catastrophe of late.… READ MORE HERE…