CyberSecurity Updates

23 Jan

Canadian Energy Provider Qulliq Suffers Data Breach

Attacks, Malware

With investigations still pending, Qulliq customers should remain vigilant. Regularly checking bank and credit card statements that may have been used on the company’s site is advised. Changing the password to QEC accounts, as well as anywhere else that login combination was used, is suggested as well. It is good news that QEC had an incident response plan in place, as many companies still do not. The investigation results will provide more information to the…

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23 Jan

US Supreme Court leak investigation highlights weak and ineffective risk management strategy

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has announced that its investigation to find the insider who leaked a draft opinion of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org. decision to media outlet Politico has come up empty. In a nutshell, the court’s insider risk management program, designed to protect the information the justices handle on a daily basis, failed—and failed miserably. Frankly, based on the findings of the report, the court’s insider risk…

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23 Jan

The metaverse brings a new breed of threats to challenge privacy and security gatekeepers

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

The metaverse is coming; businesses and government agencies are already building virtual worlds to support city services, meetings and conferences, community building, and commerce. They’re also rendering spatial apps around travel, car sales, manufacturing, and architecture in what Citi predicts will be a $13-trillion market with 5 billion users by 2030. “Just as the internet, e-commerce, social media, smartphones, and remote computing have in the past two decades changed the ways companies operate and reach…

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22 Jan

FBI Chief Says He’s ‘Deeply concerned’ by China’s AI Program

Information, News

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday that he was “deeply concerned” about the Chinese government’s artificial intelligence program, asserting that it was “not constrained by the rule of law.” Speaking during a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wray said Beijing’s AI ambitions were “built on top of massive troves of intellectual property and sensitive data that they’ve stolen over the years.” He said that left unchecked, China could use artificial…

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21 Jan

Ransomware payments down 40% in 2022 – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Information

Ransomware revenue plunges to $456 million in 2022 as more victims refuse to pay up. Here’s what to make of the trend. Ransomware gangs extorted at least $456 million from victims in 2022, which represents a drop of 40 percent from$765 million the year prior, according to research by Chainalysis. Couple this with a fall of 24 percent in ransomware detections between May and August of 2022 as recorded by ESET Threat Report T2 2022.…

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21 Jan

T-Mobile admits to 37,000,000 customer records stolen by “bad actor”

Information

by Paul Ducklin US mobile phone provider T-Mobile has just admitted to getting hacked, in a filing known as an 8-K that was submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday, 2023-01-19. The 8-K form is described by the SEC itself as “the ‘current report’ companies must file […] to announce major events that shareholders should know about.” These major events include issues such as bankruptcy or receivership (item 1.03), mine safety violations (item…

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20 Jan

Drupal Releases Security Advisories to Address Multiple Vulnerabilities

Attacks, Insights, Malware

Original release date: January 20, 2023 Drupal has released security advisories to address vulnerabilities affecting multiple products. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to access sensitive information. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Drupal’s security advisories SA-CORE-2023-001, SA-CONTRIB-2023-002, SA-CONTRIB-2023-003, and SA-CONTRIB-2023-004 and apply the necessary updates. This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy.

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20 Jan

Wallarm touts API leak protection with new scanning feature

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

API security company Wallarm announced Frdiay that it had opened a preview period for its newest offering — an active scanning system that checks through public sources of compromised API data, alerts users, and provides automated responses if a compromise is detected. The API Leak Protection feature, which will be deployed via Wallarm’s existing End-to-End API Security platform, takes advantage of that platform’s inventory of a given organization’s APIs. The system checks those APIs against…

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20 Jan

Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Unified CM and Unified CM SME

Attacks, Insights, Malware

Original release date: January 20, 2023 Cisco released a security advisory for a vulnerability affecting Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME). A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service condition. For updates addressing lower severity vulnerabilities, see the Cisco Security Advisories page. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the advisories and apply the necessary updates. This product is provided subject to…

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20 Jan

New ‘Hook’ Android Malware Lets Hackers Remotely Control Devices

Attacks, Malware

Android apps are constantly being used by threat actors because of the availability of third-party app stores and the lack of strict app guidelines for apps published within those stores. Android users should only download apps through the official Google Play Store and only from trusted developers. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-hook-android-malware-lets-hackers-remotely-control-your-phone/

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