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Since 1967, ISACA has been providing a centralized source of information and guidance within the IT governance and control field. ISACA’s State of Cybersecurity 2021, Part 1 report contains the organization’s update on its workforce development efforts… Continue reading ISACA Workforce Report | Avast
Welcome to your weekly roundup of cybersecurity news. In the current edition, you’ll find information about a new campaign by the threat group behind the SolarWinds supply chain attack, Belgian authorities closing a campaign they think originated … Continue reading Security News in Review: SolarWinds Threat Group Launches New Phishing Campaign
Apple released Big Sur 11.4 this week in order to patch a zero-day flaw that allowed users to take screenshots, record video, and access files on someone else’s Mac without being detected. The exploit provided a way to bypass Apple’s Transparency Conse… Continue reading Apple Patches Flaw That Allows Sneaky Screenshots | Avast
Due to various Covid-related restrictions, many schools continue to remain closed around the world. In summer 2020, A UNICEF analysis found that close to half a million students remain cut off from their education, thanks to a lack of remote learning p… Continue reading Digital Equity In Education | Avast
This week’s news roundup is all about data. Kicking things off is a recently announced breach at Mercari, predictions for “data poisoning” becoming a big attack vector, and the possibility of a national data breach disclosure law.
Read on for the… Continue reading Security News In Review: Data Breaches, Data Poison, and Big Data
Just a week after announcing it would no longer cover ransomware payments in France, global insurance company AXA has been hit with a targeted ransomware attack. The Avaddon ransomware group took credit for the attack, telling Bleeping Computer that it… Continue reading Avaddon Targets Insurer AXA with Ransomware | Avast
Algorithms are under attack, but so far, the score seems to be Machines: 1, Humans: 0. While we haven’t quite reached the point of Skynet Armageddon, the machines are making significant strides in keeping track and taking advantage of the various carbo… Continue reading Ageist AI Algorithms | Avast
What a year it has been. Nothing delineates things more than reviewing the annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), which was published earlier this month. We wrote about last year’s DBIR at this time of year. To refresh your memory, it… Continue reading 2021 Verizon Data Breach Report | Avast
This week in Security News in Review, you’ll find plans from the U.S. government on disrupting threat actor networks, more action from the DarkSide gang, and FIN7 masquerading as a security analysis firm.
The post Security News in Review: Biden A… Continue reading Security News in Review: Biden Administration Aims to Disrupt Ransomware Gangs
A new series of attacks against almost every Wi-Fi router has been posted called FragAttacks. Anyone who can receive radio signals from your router or Wi-Fi hotspot can use these vulnerabilities and steal data from your devices. The issue is the design… Continue reading What Are FragAttacks? | Avast