Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, December 23, 2022
This episode features a discussion on the US seizure of 48 DDoS-for-hire sites, security patches for Samaba, Ukrainians fooled by free Windows 1
Meta to pay US$725 to U.S. Facebook users over Cambridge Analytica scandal
Proposed settlement of class action still has to be approved
Cyber Security Today, Dec. 23, 2022 – A new attack vector against Exchange and more unprotected data found on AWS S3 buckets
This episode reports on protecting Exchange Servers and Exchange Online, a report on the FIN7 ransomware gang and more bad An
Mozilla, Tumblr boost Mastodon chances of rivaling Twitter
Mastodon, dubbed an open-source, decentralized, or federated social network that allows users to build their own networks or instances and has been cited as an alternative social media platform to Twitter, has seen a meteoric rise since Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, and that rise shows no signs of slowing. Mozilla, the creator of the […]
FCC slams hefty fine on Sumco Panama for Robocall violations
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed a $300 million fine against Sumco Panama for an auto warranty robocall campaign, and because the robocallers met the criteria for egregious violations. The fine is the agency’s largest-ever penalty for unwanted calls. Sumco Panama allegedly used pre-recorded voices “to press consumers to speak to a ‘warranty specialist’” […]
LastPass Hackers obtained customer data vaults in recent data breach
LastPass, a popular password manager, admitted to a data breach in August 2022, during which hackers gained access to their names, addresses, and data vaults. In a nutshell, LastPass concluded that the attackers were successful in installing malware on the computer of a developer. However, LastPass has changed its tune, stating that the cloud storage […]
FBI issues threat alert on cyber criminals impersonating brands and defrauding users with search engine ads
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a new threat alert about cyber criminals impersonating brands and using search engine advertisement services to defraud users. The December 21, 2022, public service announcement stated that threat actors are purchasing these ad services to impersonate brands in order to lure users to malicious websites. These sites, […]
TikTok attempts to placate American government to seal security deal
TikTok is trying to convince the US government to enable it to continue to stay under the ownership of Chinese technology company ByteDance by proposing to conduct its business at arm’s length and subject it to outside inquiry. TikTok is also attempting, as it has for the past three years, to reassure the US government […]
Gartner predicts growth of Low-code tech by 2023
According to Gartner research, low-code technology is expected to grow to nearly $27 billion by 2023, with low-code application platforms expected to be the largest component of the low-code development technology market, growing 25% to nearly $10 billion USD by 2023. According to Gartner Low-code development technologies such as LCAP, integration platform as a service, […]
Rackspace yet to state exact number of customers affected by ransomware attack
After being plagued by a ransomware attack that resulted in email outages for thousands of its customers, Rackspace Technology is yet to issue a statement stating how many customers were affected by the ransomware-induced email outage, or when they will be able to recover their old messages and contacts. When asked for an exact customer […]
