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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Social Security Scam Alert

The Social Security Administration will never threaten, scare, or pressure you to take an immediate action.

If you receive a call, text, or email that…

Threatens to suspend your Social Security number, even if they have part or all of your Social Security number
Warns of arrest of legal action
Demands or requests immediate payment
Requires payment by gift ...

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

The ‘Zelle Fraud’ Scam: How it Works, How to Fight Back

from Krebs on Security

One of the more common ways cybercriminals cash out access to bank accounts involves draining the victim’s funds ...

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

GoDaddy Breach

From Wordfence Security

GoDaddy announced this morning that they have been breached. Our team took a deep dive into the breach and found that GoDaddy appears to have stored passwords in plaintext, or in a format that could be reversed ...

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APT, supply chain, Y2K bug

CISA has released an Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisory detailing multiple vulnerabilities found in Siemens Nucleus Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) and supporting libraries. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

CISA encourages users and ...

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Nuclear Ransomware 3.0: It Is About To Get Much Worse

As an intro to the quintuple-extortion article just below, we asked Roger Grimes to give us his (scary) perspective.

“If you think ransomware is bad, it is about to get much, much worse. What will ransomware gangs do? Just everything. I have been writing about computer security for ...

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

China’s New Data Policy and What It Means

China enacted the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) on August 21, 2021 as part of that country’s growing scrutiny of its high tech sector. This law goes into effect on November 1, 2021 and will impose a new set of obligations for data security, especially when combined China’s Data Protection Law. ...

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Microsoft adds Windows Subsystem for Linux Preview to Windows 11 Microsoft App Store

It’s now even easier to install Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 11. Jack Wallen lets you in on how it’s done.

Tech support scams top list of latest phishing threats

Tech support scams work because they try to trick people into ...

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

LANtenna hack spies on your data from across the room!

Are your network cables acting as undercover wireless transmitters? What can you do if they are?

A few posts from Bruce Schneier

FBI Had the REvil Decryption Key

[2021.09.22] The Washington Post reports that the FBI had a decryption ...

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emanations

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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

NSA Releases Guidance on Avoiding the Dangers of Wildcard TLS Certificates and ALPACA Techniques

Original release date: October 8, 2021

The National Security Agency (NSA) has released a Cybersecurity Information (CSI) sheet with guidance to help secure the Department of Defense, National Security Systems, and Defense Industrial Base organizations from poorly implemented wildcard Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificates ...

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