This Week in Security News – January 28th, 2022

Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, read the third installment of Trend Micro’s Codex series. Also, read about the White House’s latest zero-trust approach to its cybersecurity strategy.

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Update now! Apple patches another actively used zero-day

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 21:56:12 +0000

Apple has patched two zero-day vulnerabilities that were being used in the wild. Users are advised to update as soon as they can.

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3 Remote Work Security Tips for CISOs

Credit to Author: Greg Young| Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

How can CISOs manage remote work security? Explore 3 tips to secure networks, endpoints, and users.

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Let’s Encrypt to revoke “mis-issued” certificates

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 21:44:42 +0000

In one day’s time, Let’s Encrypt will begin revoking a number of mis-issued certificates. Check now if you’re affected

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North Korea’s Lazarus APT leverages Windows Update client, GitHub in latest campaign

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:20:16 +0000

How one of North Korea’s most sophisticated APTs tries to avoid detection by using legitiate tools during its attacks.

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Defending the Supply Chain: Why the DDS Protocol is Critical in Industrial and Software Systems


In 2021, a team of researchers from Trend Micro Research, TXOne, ADLINK, Alias Robotics, and ZDI looked into the Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard and its implementations from a security angle. The full findings of this research will be presented in the S4X22 Conference in April 2022.

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Ransomware gangs are recruiting breached individuals to persuade companies to pay up

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 12:17:12 +0000

Ransomware attackers are starting to reach out to individuals whose data they have compromised in a breach, asking them to help get the compromised company to pay up.

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Apple fixes Mac bug that could have allowed takeover of webcams and browser tabs

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 11:43:49 +0000

A researcher discovered a way to gain control of both webcams and any open session in Safari. How did they do it?

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