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Cybersecurity Predictions for 2025: Mesh Architectures, Ransomware Regulations and the Specter of Human Casualties

December 24, 2021

This year's set of Gartner cybersecurity predictions touches on the expected growth of privacy laws and ransomware regulations, changes to corporate security structures, and even a warning of the first uses of operational technology to cause human casualties.

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Hackers in Cox Communications Data Breach Impersonated Company’s Support Agent to Access Customer Information

December 23, 2021

Cox communications data breach notification disclosed that unauthorized individual(s) accessed sensitive customer information after impersonating the company's support agent.

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Data Privacy News

Can EU-US Data Transfers be Restored? Research on Surveillance Reforms Offer a Potential Path Forward

December 23, 2021

Restoration of simple EU-US data transfers hinges on assurances from the US that these communications will not be subject to government surveillance. A new research paper looks to untangle this problem and provide some sort of a path forward.

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Ransomware Groups Able to Rebrand and Reform Before Regulations Catch Up, Small Businesses May Be Next in the Crosshairs

December 22, 2021

Report from security firm Analyst1 illustrates how agile ransomware groups have become, to the point that they are backing off and regrouping with new tactics before slow-moving legislation and enforcement can catch up with them.

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Health Ministry of Brazil Hit by Two Ransomware Attacks in One Week; Vaccination Data Stolen & Taken Offline

December 21, 2021

Brazil's Health Ministry is looking at extended downtime for the system that processes Covid-19 vaccination data as it attempts to recover from two ransomware attacks that came just four days apart.

Data Privacy News

Apple App Tracking Transparency Framework Faces Antitrust Investigation in Poland; Regulator Examining Connection to Apple Search Ads

December 21, 2021

Polish antitrust investigation is interested in Apple's plans for its own limited targeted advertising product, but apparently will also be examining the real world effectiveness of the App Tracking Transparency framework.

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Seven “Cyber Mercenary” Surveillance Companies Banned by Facebook/Meta for Digging Up Information on Users

December 20, 2021

Meta is taking aim at private surveillance companies that it says act as "cyber mercenaries" for hire. The Facebook parent company has banned seven of these companies from the platform, citing the targeting of users in over 100 countries.

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13.7 Million Cyber Attacks From 16,000 IP Addresses Target Four Vulnerable WordPress Plugins and 15 Themes Striking 1.6 Million Websites

December 20, 2021

WordFence discovered over 13.7 million cyber attacks targeting four vulnerable plugins and 15 Epsilon framework themes in 36 hours hitting 1.6 million WordPress websites.

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FBI Warns That Cuba Ransomware Gang Made $44 Million After Compromising 49 Critical Infrastructure Entities in Five Sectors

December 17, 2021

Leveraging the Hancitor malware, the ransomware gang earned $43.9 m after compromising 49 critical infrastructure entities in finance, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and IT.

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Widely-Used Kronos Payroll Provider Down for “Weeks” Due to Ransomware Attack; Was Log4Shell Involved?

December 17, 2021

Kronos, a payroll provider known to be used by several thousand companies ranging from Tesla to National Public Radio (NPR), had its Private Cloud service go offline due to a ransomware attack. There is speculation that the Log4Shell vulnerability was involved.

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Cybersecurity Predictions for 2025: Mesh Architectures, Ransomware Regulations and the Specter of Human Casualties

Hackers in Cox Communications Data Breach Impersonated Company’s Support Agent to Access Customer Information

Can EU-US Data Transfers be Restored? Research on Surveillance Reforms Offer a Potential Path Forward

Ransomware Groups Able to Rebrand and Reform Before Regulations Catch Up, Small Businesses May Be Next in the Crosshairs

Health Ministry of Brazil Hit by Two Ransomware Attacks in One Week; Vaccination Data Stolen & Taken Offline

Apple App Tracking Transparency Framework Faces Antitrust Investigation in Poland; Regulator Examining Connection to Apple Search Ads

Seven “Cyber Mercenary” Surveillance Companies Banned by Facebook/Meta for Digging Up Information on Users

13.7 Million Cyber Attacks From 16,000 IP Addresses Target Four Vulnerable WordPress Plugins and 15 Themes Striking 1.6 Million Websites

FBI Warns That Cuba Ransomware Gang Made $44 Million After Compromising 49 Critical Infrastructure Entities in Five Sectors

Widely-Used Kronos Payroll Provider Down for “Weeks” Due to Ransomware Attack; Was Log4Shell Involved?

Security flaw in Microsoft’s Analytics Platform Titan Exposes 17 Trillion Records

Meta Muse AI Assistant’s Zero-Day Vulnerability Could Enable Attackers to Inject Malware

New Disclosure of “Meddling” OpenAI Agents Includes Attacks on UN and US Government Websites

ShinyHunters Hacks the FBI in a Security Breach Exposing Personal Information of 38,000 People