Apple has fixed multiple zero-days that were actively being exploited since 2019 and infect several iOS devices with a spyware implant dubbed TriangleDB via zero-click iMessage exploits. The tech giant said the vulnerabilities actively exploited iOS versions released before iOS 15.7.
Fallout for Progress Software continues as hundreds of private and public sector organizations that use its MOVEit file transfer software face data breaches due to a zero-day attack. Some victims have filed a proposed class action suit in federal court, alleging poor security controls at Progress.
The security benefits of public cloud outweigh the drawbacks since cyber controls can be applied much earlier in the application development life cycle. Palo Alto Networks founder and Chief Technology Officer Nir Zuk said development procedures in traditional data centers are "a complete mess."
Every week, ISMG rounds up cybersecurity incidents in the world of digital assets. This week: Sam Bankman-Fried is set to face two criminal trials instead of one, Binance is sinking deeper into regulatory quicksand, and the Mango Markets hacker is expected to be tried on Dec. 4.
Operational technologies straddle both IT and production systems, which means multiple people need to own OT security risk. Security programs must heavily involve engineers in OT security and assign different security roles across the enterprise, said AJ Eserjose, Regional Director of OT-ISAC.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer unveiled a framework for artificial intelligence development focused on security, accountability, explainability and minimizing foreign interference. He urged lawmakers to enact guardrails to prevent AI misuse by autocratic governments and rogue domestic actors.
Suspected Chinese APT groups exploited a 17-year-old Microsoft Office vulnerability in May to launch malware attacks against foreign government officials who attended a G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan. Threat actors targeted officials from France, the United Kingdom, India, Singapore and Australia.
State regulators have fined health plan Kaiser Permanente $450,000 for a mailing mishap that sent private health plan records to the outdated addresses of 167,095 patients. The erroneous mailing was triggered by a technical update of the health plan's electronic health records system.
The U.S. Department of Justice unveiled a new team - the National Security Cyber Section - to disrupt nation-state threat actors and prosecute them at the "earliest stages." NatSec Cyber will work closely with the DOJ's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section.
Ukrainian cyber police have disrupted a fake investment scam that involved stealing cryptocurrency from the online wallets of several victims in Canada. The scammers operated out of two call centers in the Khmelnytskyi region of Ukraine, mainly targeting Ukrainian citizens living in Canada.
A service selling DDoS disruptions via a Mirai-based botnet called Condi is the latest to target consumer-grade Wi-Fi routers made by TP-Link with firmware not yet patched to fix a known flaw. Unusually, a recently spotted sample of Condi has been stripped down to target only that flaw.
Cybersecurity defenders in Ukraine revealed multiple Russian spear-phishing campaigns including an effort by Kremlin military intelligence to penetrate open-source email servers used by government agencies. Russia is intensifying phishing campaigns against Ukraine.
Federal market regulators delayed until October a decision on rules mandating private sector disclosure of cybersecurity incidents and cyber expertise on public boards. The delay comes amid pushback to a mandate to disclose a "material cybersecurity incident" within four business days of discovery.
Major healthcare industry associations are urging federal regulators to finalize proposed changes to the HIPAA privacy rule that would bolster protections over reproductive healthcare data. In some cases, the groups are suggesting that regulators go even further in stretching privacy safeguards.
Compromised chatbot credentials are being bought and sold by criminals who frequent underground marketplaces for stolen data, warns cybersecurity firm Group-IB, as the use of ChatGPT and rival AI chatbot offerings and services newly baked into existing products continues to surge across the globe.
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