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Weekly Digest Issue #88 – August 15, 2024
CyAN’s weekly digest of cybersecurity news from around the globe. Find the links to the full articles below. LinkedIn version and discussion available here. If there is a topic you would like to see more of, do not hesitate to get in touch! Cybersecurity News 1. …
Weekly Digest Issue #87 – August 8, 2024
CyAN’s weekly digest of cybersecurity news from around the globe. Find the links to the full articles below.
LinkedIn version and discussion available here.
If there is a topic you would like to see more of, do not hesitate to get in touch!
Cybersecurity News
- Cyberattack knocks Mobile Guardian MDM offline and wipes thousands of student devices
https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/06/cyberattack-knocks-mobile-guardian-mdm-offline-and-wipes-thousands-of-student-devices/ - Microsoft punches back at Delta Air Lines and its legal threats
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/07/microsoft_delta_fight/ - Every Microsoft employee is now being judged on their security work
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/5/24213774/microsoft-security-performance-reviews-employees-top-priority - Keir Starmer says facial recognition tech is the answer to far-right riots
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/05/keir_starmer_facial_recognition - Google Patches Android Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks
https://www.securityweek.com/google-patches-android-zero-day-exploited-in-targeted-attacks/ - The Loper Bright Decision: How it Impacts Cybersecurity Law
https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/the-loper-bright-decision-how-it.html - Release of Russian hackers believed to be first U.S. prisoner swap to include international cybercriminal
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-releases-russian-hackers-evan-gershkovich-prisoner-swap-rcna164746 - Kazakh Organizations Targeted by ‘Bloody Wolf’ Cyber Attacks
https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/kazakh-organizations-targeted-by-bloody.html
Weekly Digest Issue #85 – July 25, 2024
CyAN’s weekly digest of cybersecurity news from around the globe. Find the links to the full articles below. LinkedIn version and discussion available here. If there is a topic you would like to see more of, do not hesitate to get in touch! Cybersecurity News 1.Crowdstrike: …
CyAN Partners with GITEX Global 2024
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We are pleased to announce our partnership with GITEX Global 2024, taking place in Dubai, UAE, from 14-18 October 2024.
For more details, including discount information for CyAN members, visit the event announcement.
Security is everyone’s responsibility : Crowdstrike and Microsoft
In recent event of global outage caused by Crowdstrike update resulting in BSOD ( Blue screen of death) as security professional and as operations head it’s important to learn the lesson and reduce the changes of this. Otherwise, we have for sure larger catastrophic failures …
Weekly Digest Issue #84 – July 18, 2024
CyAN’s weekly digest of cybersecurity news from around the globe. Find the links to the full articles below.
LinkedIn version and discussion available here.
If there is a topic you would like to see more of, do not hesitate to get in touch!
Cybersecurity News
- Data breach exposes millions of mSpy spyware customers https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/11/mspy-spyware-millions
- Hacktivists release two gigabytes of Heritage Foundation data https://cyberscoop.com/hackvists-release-two-gigabytes-of-heritage-foundation-data/
- Nearly all AT&T cell customers’ call and text records exposed in a massive breach https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/12/business/att-customers-massive-breach/index.html
- Sophisticated cybercriminals are targeting Apple iPhone users https://qz.com/apple-warns-mercenary-spyware-attacks-iphones-98-countr-1851586906?utm_content=1851588209&utm_source=email&utm_medium=Quartz_Daily_Brief_Asia
- Debt collection agency says data breach affected more than 4 million people https://therecord.media/debt-collection-agency-data-breach-fbcs
- ZDI shames Microsoft for – yet another – coordinated vulnerability disclosure snafu https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/15/zdi_microsoft_vulnerability/?td=rt-4a
- US Busts Russian AI-Driven Disinformation Operation https://www.databreachtoday.com/us-busts-russian-ai-driven-disinformation-operation-a-25729?rf=2024-07-10_ENEWS_SUB_DBT__Slot1_ART25729 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-leads-efforts-among-federal-international-and-private-sector-partners
- Rite Aid admits 2.2 million people’s data stolen by criminals https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/16/rite_aid_says_22_million/
- Brazil’s spy agency accused of illegally targeting Bolsonaro’s foes https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/11/brazils-spy-agency-accused-of-illegally-targeting-bolsonaros-foes
- Microsoft: Scattered Spider Widens Web With RansomHub & Qilin https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/microsoft-scattered-spider-widens-web-with-ransomhub-and-qilin
Cybersecurity News
- Health Brief: When hospital cyberattacks compromise care, not just data https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=5eeaad669bbc0f3a784386f5&s=668d264d377ac35331a86937&linknum=2&linktot=52
- Major Health Data Breaches: How Are Trends Shifting in 2024? https://www.databreachtoday.com/major-health-data-breaches-how-are-trends-shifting-in-2024-
- White Paper: The Anatomy of a Deepfake: What if You Can’t Trust Your Own Eyes and Ears?https://www.databreachtoday.com/whitepapers/anatomy-deepfake-what-if-you-cant-trust-your-own-eyes-ears-w-13840?user_email=kim@kimmic.com&rf=2024-07-12_ENEWS_SUB_DBT__Slot5_WP13840
Kim Chandler McDonald is CyAN’s Director of APAC Operations and Policy Development
CyAN is pleased to announce that Kim Chandler McDonald has been appointed as the Director of APAC Operations and Policy Development. Kim has been with CyAN since 2019 and a board member since 2020, consistently demonstrating a strong dedication to our mission. In this new …