Social media platforms offer financially motivated threat actors opportunities for large-scale attacks by providing a vast user base to target with:- These platforms allow attackers to exploit trust and personal information shared by users, making it easier to craft convincing…
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New Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) v4.0 Released – What’s New!
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) is vital for supplier-consumer interaction, offering a numerical score to assess security vulnerabilities’ technical severity that helps in guiding the following entities:- CVSS scores interpret the following qualitative ratings for prioritizing vulnerability management and enhancing…
Accenture Acquires Leading Spanish Cybersecurity Firm Innotec Security
Accenture, the global technology services and consulting giant, has announced the acquisition of Innotec Security, a leading cybersecurity-as-a-service provider based in Spain. The deal, which was made public on November 2, 2023, is a strategic move by Accenture to enhance…
New York Increases Cybersecurity Rules for Financial Companies
Another example of a large and influential state doing things the federal government won’t: Boards of directors, or other senior committees, are charged with overseeing cybersecurity risk management, and must retain an appropriate level of expertise to understand cyber issues,…
UK data watchdog fines three text spammers for flouting electronic marketing rules
‘High-pressure’ sales tactics targeted people registered with Telephone Preference Service A “debt management company” is itself facing a bill from Britain’s data regulator for sending hundreds of thousands of text messages to households that opted not to receive marketing junk…
Microsoft Takes on Cyber-Threats with New Secure Future Initiative
Secure Future is the first major cybersecurity initiative overhaul in a decade This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Microsoft Takes on Cyber-Threats with New Secure Future Initiative
Atlassian Finds Public Exploit for Critical Bug
Attacks in the wild a near certainty as customers urged to patch This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Atlassian Finds Public Exploit for Critical Bug
Aerospace Giant Boeing Confirms Cyber Compromise, LockBit Claims Responsibility
Boeing, the American multinational corporation most known for the manufacturing of aircrafts, rockets, satellites, and missiles, has confirmed a cyber breach on their systems. Last week, the infamous and prolific ransomware gang, LockBit, announced that “a tremendous amount of sensitive…
HIPAA Updates and Changes in 2023: Here’s What You Need to Know
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been a major player. In the constantly changing fields of patient confidentiality and healthcare data security, the Health Insurance Act plays a major role. The HIPAA acts as a key component…
DarkGate, Which Abused Microsoft Teams, Now Leverages MSI Files
A new wave of cyberattacks has been discovered by Netskope Threat Labs, involving the use of SharePoint as a delivery platform for the notorious DarkGate malware. This alarming trend is driven by an attack campaign that exploits vulnerabilities in Microsoft…