Cyber Security Today, Week In Review For Friday, July 22, 2022
This episode features a discussion on the huge Rogers internet outage, Log4
Canadian Anti-fraud Centre Name Used In Phishing Campaign
Sender spoofs a read CAFC address, but included link on the message is obviou
Malware Aimed At Industrial Engineers Discovered
Hidden in an application that promises to unlock PLC passwords, the malware also installs connectivity t
Windows 11 Automatically Blocks Brute Force Attacks
Microsoft has enabled the Account Lockout Policy by default in Windows 11. The security measure will automatically lock user accounts (including Administrator accounts) after 10 failed login attempts for 10 minutes. This enables Microsoft to block attackers using brute force process to get into a system. Brute force primarily means guessing passwords with the help […]
Microsoft Teams Outage Takes Down Multiple Microsoft 365 Services
Microsoft confirmed on its Microsoft 365 Twitter account that the minor outage, which affected Microsoft Teams, also crippled several Microsoft 365 services. The company explained that the subsequent outage of Microsoft 365 only affected services associated with Teams integration. “We’ve received reports of users being unable to access Microsoft Teams or leverage any features. We’ve […]
Google Blocks Website Of Largest Computing Society Over Malware Claims
Google Search and Drive erroneously marks links to research papers and websites of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) as malware. Google Search results for the ACM website, ACM Digital Library research papers, and contact pages mark links to ACM domains as malicious, which means clicking on one of the acm.org, dl.acm.org or libraries.acm.org links […]
Apple Releases Major Updates For iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac
Apple has released essential updates for all of its products, including iPhones, iPads, Apple Watch, Macs and even Apple TV. Apple released the iOS 15.6 update for iPhone and iPadOS 15.6 for iPad. WatchOS 8.7 update was released for the Apple Watch. In the WatchOS update, Apple fixed bugs and over two dozen important security […]
T-Mobile Partners with Apple, Launches Mobile Phone Plan For Small Businesses
T-Mobile US announced that it is working with Apple to offer a mobile phone plan that will include a subsidized iPhones and a variety of paid services for small businesses. The move will complement Apple’s Business Essentials efforts. Business Essentials is a paid service for businesses struggling to manage the fleet of iPhone and other […]
Cyber Security Today, July 22, 2022 – Five-character passwords allowed, PayPal used by scammers and more
This episode reports on companies that allow short passwords, PayPal being used by scammers and a new version of the Qakbot malw
Why Elon Musk’s Tesla Sold 75% Of Its Bitcoin
Tesla announced in its second quarter earnings report that it shed about 75% of its Bitcoin between April 1 and the end of June. Musk explained that the decision to convert Tesla’s Bitcoin holdings was not a “verdict” on Bitcoin, explaining that the decision was made to improve the company’s cash position due to uncertainty […]
