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Metaverse Security Concerns Coming Into Focus as Businesses Plan For “Virtual Reality” Futures

December 23, 2022

A new report from Tenable explores the concerns implicit in the emerging virtual reality market, which is expected by some analysts to be worth as much as $800 billion by 2024, and highlights what are likely to be the biggest metaverse security threats.

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FBI and Europol Seizes Nearly 50 DDoS-for-Hire Platforms and Charged Six Administrators

December 22, 2022

The FBI and Europol seized 48 internet domains for DDoS-for-hire services in a multi-prong operation, charged six administrators with cybercrimes, and obtained customer databases.

Data Protection News

Rapporteur for France’s Data Protection Agency Eyeing Six Million Euro Fine for Apple Over First-party Privacy Violations

December 22, 2022

The rapporteur for France's lead data protection agency (CNIL) is recommending a six million euro fine for Apple’s breach of the EU’s ePrivacy directive due to privacy violations. Apple had granted exceptions to the ATT framework for a variety of its own pre-installed apps.

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Adequacy Decision for New EU-US Data Transfer Rules Underway as European Data Protection Board Reviews US Proposal

December 21, 2022

The US proposal for a new EU-US data transfer framework that meets GDPR standards was drawn up in early 2022. The EDPB will now scrutinize the arrangement before passing it on to the EU member states and the European Parliament for final decisions.

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TikTok Ban Passes Senate, Could Result in Removal From Government Devices

December 21, 2022

Legislation that would institute a TikTok ban on government devices has cleared the first major hurdle in Congress, passing the Senate with unanimous consent. The "No TikTok on Government Devices Act" was authored by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) but had strong bipartisan support.

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Security Risks, Serious Vulnerabilities Rampant Among XIoT Devices in the Workplace

December 20, 2022

XIoT devices are laden with security risks. 68% have a known vulnerability with a CVSS score of at least 8 and 18% are carrying a vulnerability of at least 9. And the average organization has three to five XIoT devices per employee.

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Could AI Chatbots Become a Security Risk? ChatGPT Demonstrates Ability to Find Vulnerabilities in Smart Contracts, Write Malicious Code

December 19, 2022

Some users have found that asking ChatGPT to exploit smart contracts actually returns viable vulnerabilities. Experiments are beginning to reveal that AI chatbots may shake up the cybersecurity world.

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Rackspace Ransomware Attack Caused Email Outages; Thousands of Customers Migrated to Cloud Services

December 19, 2022

Ransomware attack on the cloud computing company Rackspace caused email outages for thousands of customers forcing it to transfer customers from its Hosted Exchange service to Microsoft 365.

New Zealand's three government buildings including circular landmark known as Beehive showing ransomware attack on IT provider

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A Ransomware Attack on a Small Managed IT Provider Disrupts Government Agencies in New Zealand

December 16, 2022

Several New Zealand government agencies were impacted by a ransomware attack on Mercury IT, a 25-employee firm that serves dozens of public and private organizations in the country. New Zealand’s Ministry of Justice and Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora) have confirmed being impacted by the cyber incident.

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Uber Data Breach of Employee Information Caused by Third-Party Vendor

December 16, 2022

The Uber data breach resulted in the theft of a variety of internal company information, and stemmed from a third-party vendor. The thieves also got away with source code and employee personal information.

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Metaverse Security Concerns Coming Into Focus as Businesses Plan For “Virtual Reality” Futures

FBI and Europol Seizes Nearly 50 DDoS-for-Hire Platforms and Charged Six Administrators

Rapporteur for France’s Data Protection Agency Eyeing Six Million Euro Fine for Apple Over First-party Privacy Violations

Adequacy Decision for New EU-US Data Transfer Rules Underway as European Data Protection Board Reviews US Proposal

TikTok Ban Passes Senate, Could Result in Removal From Government Devices

Security Risks, Serious Vulnerabilities Rampant Among XIoT Devices in the Workplace

Could AI Chatbots Become a Security Risk? ChatGPT Demonstrates Ability to Find Vulnerabilities in Smart Contracts, Write Malicious Code

Rackspace Ransomware Attack Caused Email Outages; Thousands of Customers Migrated to Cloud Services

A Ransomware Attack on a Small Managed IT Provider Disrupts Government Agencies in New Zealand

Uber Data Breach of Employee Information Caused by Third-Party Vendor

Self-Propagating Malware ChainDrop Hits Over 400 NPM Packages in Massive Supply Chain Attack

Russian Hackers Exploit Hotel Wi-Fi Networks to Compromise Microsoft 365 Accounts

Claude’s Great Escape: Anthropic AI Models Join OpenAI Agents in Hacking Their Way Out of Sandboxes

Leak of Microsoft Meeting Documents Indicates Company Is Struggling to Keep Up With Security Vulnerabilities Uncovered by Mythos