Headline NEWS
- 64% of Businesses Suspect They’ve Been Targeted or Impacted by Nation-State Attacks
- US House appropriators want to fund more than $15 billion for cybersecurity
- Microsoft adds virtual core licensing to Windows Server – major cloud hosts excluded
- VMware Introducing vSphere 8: The Enterprise Workload Platform
- US issues rare security alert as Montenegro battles ongoing ransomware attack
- Apple backports fix for actively exploited iOS zero-day to older iPhones
- Microsoft will disable Exchange Online basic auth next month – starting October 1
- Chrome patches 24 security holes, enables “Sanitizer” safety system – update now
- WatchGuard firewall exploit threatens appliance takeover
- IRS admits it exposed confidential information of 120,000 taxpayers online
Other News Events of Note and Interest
- Portuguese Airline Foils Cyber Attack, But Experts Warn Criminal Hackers Have The Aviation Industry in Their Sights
- Britain’s NHS cyberattack causing ‘total chaos’ in hospitals could take a year to recover
- CISA: Prepare now for quantum computers, not when hackers use them
- CISA Adds 10 New Known Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities to its Catalog
- Pirate sites ban in Austria took down Cloudflare CDNs by mistake – German language article
- New Golang Ransomware “Agenda” Customizes Attacks
- Indian Akasa Air Passenger Data Targeted By Hackers – data breach
- You can never have too many backups. Also, you can never have too many backups
- Vulnerability in Insta360 Cameras Lets Anyone Download Your Photo
- Leading library services firm Baker & Taylor hit by ransomware
- How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability
- Hackers hide malware in James Webb telescope images
- Microsoft Azure outage knocks Ubuntu 18.04 VMs offline after buggy update
- Hackers use AiTM attack to monitor Microsoft 365 accounts for BEC scams
- FBI issues warning over alarming increase in cyber security attacks
- Windows 10 KB5016688 update fixes major issues – C Update, will roll out in September Patch Tuesday
- Global Ransomware Damages to Exceed $30bn by 2023
- Google Launches New Open Source Bug Bounty to Tackle Supply Chain Attacks
- Intel releases Wi-Fi drivers optimized for Windows 11 22H2, updates and fixes included
- Russian streaming platform confirms data breach affecting 5M users – Russian Language article
- 3 strategies for protection against ransomware – Microsoft article
- Microsoft found a severe one-click exploit in TikTok’s Android app – now patched
- Japan to change laws that require use of floppy disks
- Millions of student loan accounts exposed in data breach – over 2.5 million leaked
- US Restricts Sales of Sophisticated Chips to China and Russia
- The government of Chile has suffered a severe ransomware event – Spanish language article
- Researchers Detail Emerging Cross-Platform BianLian Ransomware Attacks
- Cyberattack forces Wheat Ridge, Colorado to close city hall
- PyPI Phishing Campaign | JuiceLedger Threat Actor Pivots from Fake Apps to Supply Chain Attacks
- Crypto Exchange Founder Faruk Fatih Özer Fled With $2 Billion Busted, Faces 40,564 Years in Jail
- Linux devices ‘increasingly’ under attack from hackers, warn security researchers
- Samsung USA suffered a data breach – customer data is involved
- No Honor Among Thieves – Prynt Stealer’s Backdoor Exposed
- Neopets Hackers Had Network Access for 18 Months, exposing 69 million accounts and source code
- Police Across US Bypass Warrants With Mass Location-Tracking Tool
- Italy’s Energy Agency Suffered Malware Attack, Halted IT Systems
- Danmart suffered a Hive ransomware attack – restoration is underway – French language article
Cyber Insurance News
- Cyber-Insurance Firms Limit Payouts, Risk Obsolescence
- Who Pays for an Act of Cyberwar? The insurance definition of “warlike” actions remains blurry
- Fascinating article on A Brief History of Cyberinsurance
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