Month: July 2024
To provide scope for this, more than 3,000 flights within, into, or out of the US were canceled on July 19, with more than 11,000 delayed. Planes continued to be grounded in the days since, with nearly 2,500 flights canceled within, into, or out of the US, and more than 38,000 delayed, three days after…
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Russian-linked malware was used in a January 2024 cyberattack to cut off the heating of over 600 apartment buildings in Lviv, Ukraine, for two days during sub-zero temperatures. FrostyGoop, the Windows malware used in this attack, is designed to target industrial control system (ICS) using the Modbus TCP communications, a standard ICS protocol across all…
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Verizon Communications has agreed to pay a $16,000,000 settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. concerning three data breach incidents at its wholly-owned subsidiary, TracFone Wireless, suffered after its acquisition in 2021. TracFone is a telecommunications service provider offering services through Total by Verizon Wireless, Straight Talk, and Walmart Family Mobile, among…
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The company has a rare opportunity ahead: To become the next cybersecurity giant. Yes, $23 billion is a lot of money to turn down. But in spurning Google’s acquisition offer, I believe Wiz is positioning itself for something even bigger—and even rarer to achieve—in the cybersecurity industry. Given the stunning growth of the cloud security…
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Accenture’s acquisition spree in 2024 continued Tuesday as the solution provider giant buys SAP consulting specialist Camelot Management Consultants, marking its 30th purchase this year. The acquisition engine at Accenture is on full throttle in 2024 as the solution provider powerhouse unveiled the purchase of SAP consulting specialist Camelot Management Consultants. The purchase of Germany-based…
Read MoreCISA released four Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on July 23, 2024. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisories for technical details and mitigations. Source link lol
Read MoreCISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2012-4792 Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability CVE-2024-39891 Twilio Authy Information Disclosure Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise. Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing…
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Kristen Bride’s 16-year-old son died by suicide after being cyberbullied on Snapchat. Setting her sites on anonymous messaging apps that intentionally traumatize children, Bride heads to Washington DC to fight for change. While the Snapchat messaging apps that Kristin’s son Carson used are no longer available, a new one called NGL actually markets a service…
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It has been revealed that earlier this month a website which offered a DDoS-for-hire service was taken offline by law enforcement, but only after they collected data about its criminal customers. Anyone visiting DigitalStress’s website today will no longer be greeted with messages bragging about its ability to “stress-test networks for ease” for as little…
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