Month: December 2023
Modern Attack Surface Management for CISOs
Credit to Author: Alifiya Sadikali| Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000
Today’s attack surface requires modern processes and security solutions. Explore the tenants of modern attack surface management (ASM) and what CISOs need to look for in an ASM solution.
Read moreWindows 10 gets its own extended security updates program
Microsoft announced it will offer a similar extended security updates program for Windows 10 as it did for Windows 7
Read moreAdobe Coldfusion vulnerability used in attacks on government servers
CISA has published an advisory about a vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion used in two attacks against federal agencies.
Read moreThe 23andMe Data Breach Keeps Spiraling
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2023 23:54:14 +0000
23andMe has provided more information about the scope and scale of its recent breach, but with these details come more unanswered questions.
Read moreRoblox and Twitch provider Tipalti breached by ransomware [updated]
Accounting software provider Tivalti is investigating ALPHV/BlackCat claims it was breached. In a typical supply-chain attack ALPHV is threatening some of their customers like Roblox and Twitch
Read moreSpanish media's $600M suit against Meta is based on GDPR noncompliance
Facebook parent company Meta is facing yet another legal challenge over user privacy, as a Spanish media company representing top media outlets in the country is suing the social media giant for $600 million for competitively unfair advertising practices based on noncompliance with the EU’s General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR).
The Information Media Association (La Asociación de Medios de Información, or AMI), has filed a €550 million ($600 million) lawsuit against Meta, claiming Meta’s ability to design personalized advertising on its Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms based on its enormous user base represents an unfair competitive advantage in the advertising market in Europe, which includes media companies.
Microsoft to offer extended Windows 10 security updates to businesses, individual users
Microsoft plans to offer extended security updates to both business and individual Windows 10 users for the first time when the operating system reaches end-of-life in late 2025.
Microsoft encouraged Windows 10 customers to begin plans to migrate to the latest version of the operating system — Windows 11 — last April with the announcement that Windows 10 22H2 would be the final version.
Windows 10 is still the most widely used version of the OS, accounting for 64% of US desktop market share, according to StatCounter’s figures; that compared to 30% for Windows 11.
How Fake Lockdown Mode can fool you into a sense of security
In yet another illustration of just how devious criminals have become in their attempts to undermine security, Jamf Threat Labs has identified a potential tampering technique that puts a device into Fake Lockdown Mode.
As most people know, Lockdown Mode is an extreme protection feature for iPhone designed to protect the kind of high-value targets some of the nastiestsurveillance and state-sponsored attackers aim for.
9 Best Password Managers (2023): Features, Pricing, and Tips
Credit to Author: Scott Gilbertson| Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000
Keep your logins locked down with our favorite password management apps for PC, Mac, Android, iPhone, and web browsers.
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