Headline NEWS
- Linux kernel team has sorted Retbleed chip flaw
- Microsoft warns that new Windows updates may break printing
- Cisco Releases Patches for Critical Flaws Impacting Nexus Dashboard for Data Centers
- CISA Urges Patch of Exploited Windows 11 Bug by August 2
- Atlassian fixes critical Confluence hardcoded credentials flaw
- Okta Exposes Passwords in Clear Text for Possible Theft
- Microsoft Warns of Large-Scale AiTM Phishing Attacks Against Over 10,000 Organizations – how 2FA/MFA is compromised
- The growth in targeted, sophisticated cyberattacks troubles top FBI cyber official
- A crack in the Linux firewall
- Microsoft starts blocking Office macros by default, once again
- Apple releases macOS Monterey 12.5, watchOS7, and iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS 15.6
- Apple patches “0-day” browser bug fixed 2 weeks ago in Chrome, Edge
- The Return of Candiru: Zero-days in the Middle East
- Digital security giant Entrust breached by ransomware gang
Other News Events of Note and Interest
- Virtual CISOs Are the Best Defense Against Accelerating Cyber-Risks
- Account lockout policy in Windows 11 is enabled by default to block brute force attacks
- Google, Oracle cloud servers wilt in UK heatwave, take down websites
- Microsoft had a prolonged Exchange Online, Outlook outage this week
- LinkedIn Still Number One Brand to be Faked in Phishing Attempts
- Denmark bans Chromebooks and Google Workspace in schools over data transfer risks
- Deepfakes are getting better at mimicking real people – serious emerging threat vector
- Attacks on Online Ordering Platforms, Recent Campaigns Infect 311 Restaurants
- Log4j: The Pain Just Keeps Going and Going
- 8220 Gang has expanded their botnet to roughly 30,000 hosts globally
- Neopets data breach exposes personal data of 69 million members
- FBI recovers $500,000 healthcare orgs paid to Maui ransomware
- Building materials giant Knauf hit by Black Basta ransomware gang
- Disable Basic Authentication in Office 365
- Security Experts Warn of Two Primary Client-Side Risks Associated with Data Exfiltration and Loss
- Russian APT29 Hackers Use Online Storage Services, DropBox and Google Drive
- Experts Uncover New CloudMensis Spyware Targeting Apple macOS Users
- Atlas Intelligence Group (A.I.G) – The Wrath of a Titan, recruiting cyber–mercenaries
- New “free-to-use” Redeemer ransomware version promoted on hacker forums
- Kaseya CEO Fred Voccola On The Raucous Town Hall Meeting That Ruffled Datto Employees’ Feathers
- Suspected Gozi malware gang ‘CIO’ extradited to US on fraud, hacking charges
- LockBit Ransomware affiliates using servers to spread ransomware throughout networks
- New Air-Gap Attack Uses SATA Cable as an Antenna to Transfer Radio Signals
- China fines Didi more than $1 billion for breaking data security laws
- NIST Updates Guidance for Health Care Cybersecurity to help comply with HIPAA
- Microsoft’s latest security patch creates troubles for Windows 11 users
- Windows 11 KB5015882 update fixes bugs causing File Explorer to freeze
- Oops, Google blocks site of largest computing society for being ‘harmful’
- Hackers Use Evilnum Malware to Target Cryptocurrency and Commodities Platforms
- Twitter data breach exposes contact details for 4M accounts; on sale for $30k
- A small Canadian town is being extorted by a global ransomware gang
- T-Mobile will pay out $350M to customers in data breach settlement
- Walmart–controlled flight booking service, Cleartrip, suffers substantial data leak
- Sonic Corp. data breach financial institutions $5.73M class action settlement
- 9 Million Healthcare Records Breached in Ransomware Attack
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