£120k issued in fines to two companies for predatory marketing campaigns – ICO News
We have fined two companies for making unlawful marketing calls to individuals registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). – Read More
2024
Star Health Insurance CISO sold customer data, hacker claims – CSO Online
Just when it seemed like the dust was beginning to settle, the Star Health data breach took a dramatic and shocking turn. According to claims from the hacker behind the…
Top judge to step down from presidency role after reprimand over love letter to colleague – Legal Cheek
Justice Marcus Smith reprimanded in August A High Court judge, who was reprimanded for sending a love letter to a junior colleague, is stepping down from his role as president…
Cybercriminals Use Unicode to Hide Mongolian Skimmer in E-Commerce Platforms – The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new digital skimmer campaign that leverages Unicode obfuscation techniques to conceal a skimmer dubbed Mongolian Skimmer. “At first glance, the thing that stood…
Cyber insurance explained: Costs, terms, how to know it’s right for your business – CSO Online
What is cyber insurance? Cyber insurance, also known as cyber risk insurance or cyber liability insurance coverage (CLIC), is an insurance policy that helps cover costs associated with data breaches…
Top 6 IDS/IPS tools — plus 4 open-source alternatives – CSO Online
Intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS) Detecting and preventing network intrusions used to be the bread and butter of IT security. But over the past few years, analysts and defenders…
Knox Native macht Samsung-Geräte Behörden-sicher – CSO Online
Samsung Knox Native ist jetzt hierzulande erhältlich. Es soll die mobile Kommunikation sicherer machen. PeopleImages.com – Yuri A – shutterstock.com Mit Samsung Knox Native offeriert der koreanische Hersteller nun hierzulande…
What’s old is new again: AI is bringing XSS vulnerabilities back to the spotlight – CSO Online
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a Secure by Design alert in September urging tech manufacturers to remove cross-site scripting…
EDR und XDR bleiben wichtig – CSO Online
EDR- und XDR-Systeme bieten umfassende Sicherheit und Transparenz für alle Endpunkte und Netzwerke in Ihrer IT-Infrastruktur. ArtemisDiana – shutterstock.com Die jüngsten Diskussionen um Crowdstrike und ähnliche Anbieter haben die Aufmerksamkeit…
CISA Warns of Critical Fortinet Flaw as Palo Alto and Cisco Issue Urgent Security Patches – The Hacker News
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a critical security flaw impacting Fortinet products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.…
Hartkodierte Zugangsdaten in Solarwinds-Software – CSO Online
University of College | shutterstock.com Hartkodierte Zugangsdaten im Quellcode der Asset-Management- und IT-Ticketing-Software “Web Help Desk” haben den IT-Dienstleister Solarwinds dazu veranlasst, einen Hotfix zu veröffentlichen. Nicht-autorisierte Angreifer, die diese…
Crowdstrike wehrt sich gegen Action1-Gerüchte – CSO Online
Crowdstrike und Action1 würden grundsätzlich gut zusammenpassen. Nach den neuesten Kommunikationseskapaden wird das aber wohl nichts mehr. Anton Vierietin | shutterstock.com Anfang August 2024 tauchten erste Presseberichte über eine mögliche…
Firefox Zero-Day Under Attack: Update Your Browser Immediately – The Hacker News
Mozilla has revealed that a critical security flaw impacting Firefox and Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-9680, has…
Encryption backdoor debates rage across the planet, promising a difficult 2025 for CISOs – CSO Online
Compliance rules requiring encryption backdoors — not just for attachments, but for text; not just for communications apps, but mobile devices, clouds, and SaaS apps — are being hotly debated…
Cybersecurity bill could make ransomware payment reporting mandatory – CSO Online
The Australian Federal Government has introduced the Cyber Security Bill 2024 to Parliament proposing the country’s first standalone cybersecurity Act. The simplified outline of the Act proposes the following: This…