July 2023 – Page 6 – PossibleThreat Articles

Apple: Proposed UK law is a ‘serious, direct threat’ to security, privacy

July 21, 2023 0 Comments Apple, Data privacy, Government, messaging apps, Mobile, Privacy, Security, small and medium business

New UK government surveillance laws are so over-reaching that tech companies can’t possibly meet all of their requirements, according to Apple, which argues the measures will make the online world far less safe.

Apple, WhatsApp, Meta all threaten to quit UK messaging

The UK Home Office is pushing proposals to extend the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) with a range of proposals that effectively require messaging providers such as Apple, WhatsApp, or Meta to install backdoors into their services. All three services are now threatening to withdraw messaging apps from the UK market if the changes move forward.

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MalwareBytes Security

Google fixes “Bad.Build” Cloud Build flaw, researchers say it’s not enough

July 20, 2023 0 Comments Exploits and vulnerabilities, news

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Categories: News

Researchers have uncovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in Google Cloud Build that could enable malicious actors tamper with application images and infect users.

MalwareBytes Security

Accidental VirusTotal upload is a valuable reminder to double check what you share

July 20, 2023 0 Comments Business, data, document, download, file, files, Google, Intelligence, share, sharing, social media, upload, virustotal

Categories: Business

Tags: upload

Tags: download

Tags: share

Tags: data

Tags: intelligence

Tags: google

Tags: virustotal

Tags: social media

Tags: sharing

Tags: document

Tags: file

Tags: files

We take a look at reports of a document being accidentally shared to the VirusTotal service and potentially exposing names and email addresses in the security and intelligence community.

MalwareBytes Security

Amazon in-van delivery driver footage makes its way online

July 20, 2023 0 Comments amazon, camera, delivery, driver, footage, news, online, Privacy, recording, van

Categories: News

Tags: driver

Tags: delivery

Tags: amazon

Tags: van

Tags: camera

Tags: recording

Tags: footage

Tags: online

Tags: privacy

In-van delivery driver footage is reportedly finding its way to the internet. Are privacy issues at play, or is a valuable safety tool?

Security Sophos

The State of Ransomware in Education 2023

July 20, 2023 0 Comments education, products & services, Ransomware, solutions

Credit to Author: Doug Aamoth| Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:00:09 +0000

The realities of ransomware attacks facing education providers in 2023, including the frequency, root causes of attacks, and data recovery costs.

Security Sophos

Bad ad fad leads to IcedID, Gozi infections

July 20, 2023 0 Comments batloader, fakebat, featured, gozi, icedid, malvertising, mdr, security operations, sophos x-ops, threat research

Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 10:00:07 +0000

Malvertising campaigns using paid ads result in infostealer and backdoor attacks

Security TrendMicro

Security Patch Management Strengthens Ransomware Defense

July 20, 2023 0 Comments trend micro ciso : article, trend micro ciso : detection and response, trend micro ciso : digital transformation, trend micro ciso : expert perspective, trend micro ciso : ransomware, trend micro ciso : risk management

Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

With thousands of applications to manage, enterprises need an effective way to prioritize software security patches. That calls for a contextualized, risk-based approach and good overall attack surface risk management.

Security Sophos

S3 Ep144: When threat hunting goes down a rabbit hole

July 20, 2023 0 Comments Exploit, Microsoft, Naked Security Podcast, storm, Uncategorized, virus total, zero day, zimbra

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 14:58:03 +0000

Latest episode – check it out now!

Security Wired

Satellites Are Rife With Basic Security Flaws

July 20, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 11:00:00 +0000

German researchers gained rare access to three satellites and found that they’re years behind normal cybersecurity standards.

ComputerWorld Independent

Medical data sharing: Are we there yet?

July 20, 2023 0 Comments Compliance, Data privacy, electronic health records, healthcare industry, hipaa

Fifteen years ago, if you entered an emergency room a thousand miles from home, the ER doctors would not have had access to potentially lifesaving information in your medical records, such as your allergies or a list of drugs you were taking. Only 10% of US hospitals had electronic health record (EHR) systems, and health record requests were typically sent in paper form by mail or fax machine. Then the federal government stepped in, providing billions of dollars in EHR incentives to help hospitals get online.

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