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Apple software, from Safari to macOS to iOS, now rejects new HTTPS and other SSL/TLS certificates that are valid for more than 398 days
As of September 1, Apple software, from Safari to macOS to iOS, now rejects new HTTPS and other SSL/TLS certificates that are valid for more than 398 days, plus or minus some caveats. If that sounds familiar, it's because The Register said so in February before the...
UN Reports Sharp Increase in Cybercrime During Pandemic
A 350% increase in phishing websites was reported in the first quarter of the year, many targeting hospitals and health care systems and hindering their work responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N. counterterrorism chief said Thursday. Vladimir Voronkov told the...
The State of Civil Aviation Cybersecurity
Technology and cyber systems have become essential components of modern society. Despite the benefit of cyber technologies, insecurities arise. These could affect all systems and infrastructures. More than that, the threat of a cyberattack could very well have a...
Analysis of 92 billion rejected emails uncovers threat actors’ motivations
Mimecast released the Threat Intelligence Report: Black Hat U.S.A. Edition 2020, which presents insights gleaned from the analysis of 195 billion emails processed by Mimecast for its customers from January through June 2020. Of those, 92 billion (47%) were flagged as...
4 in 10 organizations punish staff for cybersecurity errors
New research has found that 42% of organizations are taking disciplinary action against staff who make cybersecurity errors. To examine the prevalence of punishment in businesses and the impact of this on staff, a team of researchers led by Dr John Blythe, Head of...
Many companies have not taken basic steps to protect their remote workforce
New research shows almost three quarters of large businesses believe remote working policies introduced to help stop the spread of COVID-19 are making their companies more vulnerable to cyberattacks. You need to take steps to protect the remote workforce AT&T’s...
Firefox to block redirect tracking
Mozilla has announced a new Firefox protection feature to stymie a new user tracking technique lately employed by online advertisers: redirect tracking. How does redirect tracking work? Online advertisers, web analytics companies and browser makers are locked in a...
5% of IT workers don’t enforce security policies
14% of IT workers are consumed with Identity and Access Management (IAM), spending at least an hour per day on routine IAM tasks, according to 1Password. IAM continues to be a significant productivity bog for IT and employees alike, with 57% of IT workers resetting...
Misconfigured cloud storage services are commonplace in 93% of deployments
Cloud breaches will likely increase in velocity and scale, and highlights steps that can be taken to mitigate them, according to Accurics. “While the adoption of cloud native infrastructure such as containers, serverless, and servicemesh is fueling innovation,...
TeamViewer flaw could be exploited to crack users’ password
A high-risk vulnerability (CVE-2020-13699) in TeamViewer for Windows could be exploited by remote attackers to crack users’ password and, consequently, lead to further system exploitation. About TeamViewer TeamViewer is an application developed by German company...