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A spreadsheet containing details of serving Northern Ireland police officers was mistakenly posted online yesterday, potentially endangering the safety of officers, given the volatile politics of the region. The data leak involved a spreadsheet detailing the surnames and initials of all serving officers in the Police Service of Northern Ireland, plus civilian staff members.
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US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo and other State and Commerce Department officials were reportedly among the victims of a China-based group's attack on Microsoft's hosted email services. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI issued a joint advisory detailing how a Federal Civilian Executive Branch agency was tipped off when it observed MailItemsAccessed events with an unexpected ClientAppID and AppID in Microsoft 365 Audit Logs - as the AppId did not normally access mailbox items in that manner.
Security researchers are warning that tens of thousands of photovoltaic monitoring and diagnostic systems are reachable over the public web, making them potential targets for hackers. These systems are used for remote performance monitoring, troubleshooting, system optimization, and other functions to allow remote management of renewable energy production units.
Unlocking internet's secrets via monitoring, data collection, and analysisIn this Help Net Security interview, Ryan Woodley, CEO of Netcraft, discusses the importance of monitoring, collecting, and analyzing internet data to gain a profound understanding of the internet. Preparing health systems for cyber risks and insurance coverageIn this Help Net Security interview, Dennis Fridrich, VP of Cybersecurity at TRIMEDX, delves into the hidden costs of cyberattacks on health systems, the role of insurers in promoting cybersecurity preparedness, and how organizations can better manage their cyber risk.
Describe procedures for operating and configuring networked-based security devices6. Ethical considerations in general, and the² Code of Ethics in particular, provide the backdrop for any discussion of information security and SSCP candidates will be tested on both.
Tired of those annoying CAPTCHA images that leave you feeling like you're solving a puzzle just to log in online? Learn how to use Apple's "CAPTCHA killer" feature called Automatic Verification in iOS 16. CAPTCHAs can be quite annoying when you just want to try to create a new account or log in to a website.
Two flaws in Microsoft software are under attack on systems that haven't been patched by admins. Redmond issued fixes for the vulnerabilities - one affecting Visual Studio and the other the Win32k subsystem - in April and May, but in separate reports this week, security researchers with Varonis Threat Labs and Numen Cyber warned that unpatched systems are already being exploited.
Sextortion is a form of online blackmail where malicious actors threaten their targets with publicly leaking explicit images and videos they stole or acquired, typically demanding money payments for withholding the material. "As of April 2023, the FBI has observed an uptick in sextortion victims reporting the use of fake images or videos created from content posted on their social media sites or web postings, provided to the malicious actor upon request, or captured during video chats," reads the alert published on the FBI's IC3 portal.
Online sellers are targeted in a new campaign to push the Vidar information-stealing malware, allowing threat actors to steal credentials for more damaging attacks. The new campaign launched this week, with threat actors sending complaints to online store admins through email and website contact forms.