Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, September 30, 2022
This episode features a discussion about what corporate and infosec leaders should be thinking about during Cybersecurity Aware
Federal privacy commissioner silent on proposed new privacy act for businesses
Annual report of the federal privacy commissioner notes the office only got reports of five cyber attacks during a 12 mo
Prilex POS attack group more active this year, report warns
Malware capable of stealing PIN numbers entered by
VMware admins warned to harden hypervisors
An unknown threat actor with admin-level access to ESXi is installing backdoors. Read what you can d
Attacker exploits undisclosed Microsoft Exchange zero-day vulnerability
Researchers from Vietnamese cybersecurity outfit GTS have uncovered a malicious campaign that exploits a yet-to-be-revealed zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange. The researchers assume that a Chinese threat group is responsible for the attacks, which are based on the code page of the web shells. Investigations show that the user agent with which the web shells […]
Google announces scrapping of its gaming service Stadia
Google has announced it will discontinue its cloud gaming service Stadia, which launched in November 2019 and has been dubbed Netflix for games because it allowed players to stream games online without owning a console. Due to a lack of popularity with players, the service will now end on January 18, 2023, and Google has […]
Elizabeth Warren writes FTC to stop Amazon’s acquisition of iRobot
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is leading the charge in the U.S. Senate to persuade the Federal Trade Commission to block Amazon’s $1.7 billion takeover of iRobot, warning that approving the deal would hurt consumers and restrict competition. “Rather than compete in a fair marketplace on its own merits, Amazon is following a familiar anticompetitive playbook: […]
Amazon announces increase in hourly wages
Amazon has confirmed an increase in hourly wages for workers in the United States, claiming that the average entry-level wage for most frontline logistics and transportation workers will be more than $19 an hour. The company’s minimum wage of $15 an hour for all hourly workers in the United States will remain unchanged, and the […]
Professional risk is a major factor in the decline of women in CISO/CSO roles
43% of respondents in a new report by Accenture said that professional risk remains a “very” or “most important” factor in the decline in women taking up CISO or CSO positions. According to the report by the Accenture Cybersecurity Forum Women’s Council, only 17% of CISOs in Fortune 500 companies in 2021 were women. The […]
New ‘Chaos’ malware can compromise multiple operating systems
Researchers have discovered a new malware called Chaos, which is able to spread across multiple architectures and operating systems, and works on multiple architectures, including ARM, Intel (i386), MIPS, and PowerPC. Chaos is written in Go programming language, a major reason why it is easy for developers to port their software to different operating systems. […]
