August 2022 – Page 15 – PossibleThreat Articles

Patch Tuesday for August 2022 has come around. We take a look at the most important vulnerabilities that Microsoft’s fixed and a brief look at what other vendors did.

Security TrendMicro

Cyber Insurance Coverage Checklist: 5 Security Items

August 11, 2022 0 Comments trend micro ciso : article, trend micro ciso : cloud, trend micro ciso : compliance, trend micro ciso : detection and response, trend micro ciso : digital transformation, trend micro ciso : expert perspective, trend micro ciso : risk management, trend micro ciso : skills gap

Credit to Author: Vince Kearns| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Explore 5 security considerations in-line with cyber insurance requirements to renew or obtain a policy while reducing your cyber risk.

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It Might Be Our Data, But It’s Not Our Breach

August 11, 2022 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, alex holden, AT&T, at&t internet, bellsouth.net, bleeping computer, Data Breaches, databreaches.net, Hold Security, lawrence abrams, new jersey cybersecurity & communications integration cell, sbcglobal.net, shinyhunters, T-Mobile, The Coming Storm, u-verse, white house market

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 17:45:31 +0000

A cybersecurity firm says it has intercepted a large, unique stolen data set containing the names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, Social Security Numbers and dates of birth on nearly 23 million Americans. The firm’s analysis of the data suggests it corresponds to current and former customers of AT&T. The telecommunications giant stopped short of saying the data wasn’t theirs, but it maintains the records do not appear to have come from its systems and may be tied to a previous data incident at another company.

Security Sophos

S3 Ep95: Slack leak, Github onslaught, and post-quantum crypto [Audio + Text]

August 11, 2022 0 Comments Cryptography, Cybercrime, data loss, github, Hacking, Law & order, malware, Microsoft, Naked Security Podcast, Podcast, Privacy, Quantum Computing

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 14:34:09 +0000

Latest episode – listen now! (Or read the transcript if you prefer.)

Security Wired

This Anti-Tracking Tool Checks If You’re Being Followed

August 11, 2022 0 Comments Security, Security / Privacy

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 11:00:00 +0000

The Raspberry Pi-powered device can scan for phones around you. If it keeps spotting the same one, it’ll send you an alert.

Security Wired

Google’s Android Red Team Had a Full Pixel 6 Pwn Before Launch

August 11, 2022 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 21:38:35 +0000

Before the flagship phone ever landed in users’ hands, the security team thoroughly hacked it by finding bugs and developing exploits.

Security Wired

A Long-Awaited IoT Reverse Engineering Tool Is Finally Here

August 11, 2022 0 Comments Security, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 18:01:22 +0000

Ten years after it was first unveiled, the powerful firmware analysis platform Ofrak is now available to anyone.

Security TrendMicro

CopperStealer Distributes Malicious Chromium-based Browser Extension to Steal Cryptocurrencies

August 11, 2022 0 Comments trend micro research : articles, news, reports, trend micro research : cyber crime, trend micro research : cyber threats, trend micro research : endpoints, trend micro research : malware, trend micro research : privacy & risks

Credit to Author: Jaromir Horejsi| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

We tracked the latest deployment of the group behind CopperStealer, this time stealing cryptocurrencies and users’ wallet account information via a malicious Chromium-based browser extension.