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Education giant Pearson fined $1M for downplaying data breach

2018 data breach led to the compromise of 13 000 student / admin login credentials. The breach was disclosed only after media inquiries and its effects were downplated. This resulted in now decided $1M additional fine. #cybersecurity

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19.8.2021

XSS Bug in SEOPress WordPress Plugin Allows Full Site Takeover

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in a popular WordPress plugin allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into sites, as one API endpoint was insecurely implemented. Plugin is installed on 100,000 websites. #cybersecurity

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19.8.2021

Phishing Costs Nearly Quadrupled Over 6 Years

“Until organizations deploy a people-centric approach to cybersecurity that includes security awareness training and integrated threat protection to stop and remediate threats, phishing attacks will continue.” #cybersecurity

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17.8.2021

65 vendors affected by severe vulnerabilities in Realtek chips

Researchers found a vulnerability on Realtek chips, informed them and Realtek promptly provided an appropriate patch. To prevent risky devices, manufacturers need to check their hardware and provide patches to their users. #cybersecurity

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17.8.2021

Most organizations experienced at least one ransomware attack, multiple attacks very common

Worrying #ransomware statistics: ⚠️ 37% of organisations experienced a successful attack in previous 12 months ⚠️ only 13% of attacked organisations reported NOT paying the ransom 📈 avg. ransom 250k$ #cybersecurity

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17.8.2021

How hackers can use message mirroring apps to see all your SMS texts — and bypass 2FA security

Major vendors (e.g. Microsoft) have urged users to abandon 2FA solutions that leverage one-time codes sent via SMS. 2FA w/ SMS is open to multiple attacks, like SIM swapping, request smuggling and notification mirroring. #cybersecurity

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17.8.2021

Microsoft Warns of Another Unpatched Windows Print Spooler RCE Vulnerability

Only a day after releasing Patch Tuesday updates, Microsoft acknowledged that it's working to remediate yet another remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler component. #PrintNightmare continues. #cybersecurity

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12.8.2021

IT Giant Accenture Hit by LockBit Ransomware; Hackers Threaten to Leak Data

IT consulting giant Accenture ht by i#ransomware. Company says to have restored data from backups, but attackers threaten data publication. Last phase may well be blackmailing related Accenture clients. #cybersecurity

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12.8.2021

SMBs increasingly vulnerable to ransomware, despite the perception they are too small to target

Report warns SMBs based current on #cybersecurity trends. ⚠️ Limited resources make SMBs turn to IT providers ⚠️ Supply-chain attacks are growing ⚠️ In these cases, one compromised IT provider can breach thousands of SMBs

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11.8.2021