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Twitter has hired a new CISO, Rinki Sethi, following their very high profile breach back in July. The breach saw hackers targeting the company's internal admin tools, allowing hackers access to high profile accounts, spreading cryptocurrency scams. Sethi has a long history working in cybersecurity with previous employers including IBM, Palo Alto Networks and Rubrik. Twitter hasn't had an active CISO since last December when Mike Convertino left to join Arceo. https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/30/twitter-ciso-rinki-sethi/

As some of you may be aware, October is European Cybersecurity Month. Although more and more people are becoming aware of how cyber secure their technology is, more work needs to be done. According to research from ESET of 2,000 Brits, 31% of them remain unconcerned by cybersecurity. There is no better time than now to raise more awareness about cybersecurity and how important it is in protecting our assets. Particularly now, as more of...

Microsoft had released its Digital Defence Report detailing how cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated in how they carry out their attacks. Looking at data from the past year, the report shows how these attacks are becoming harder to spot, meaning they are targeting even the savviest of people. What's more, the report shows that ransomware was the most common incident response engagement from October 2019 to July this year. In total, a staggering 13 billion...

After the detection of an attack on the weekend, Swatch has shut down some of their technology systems, affecting some of their operations. The shutdown was carried out on a precautionary basis to ensure no further damage was done.  Swatch has stated that they hope their services will resume to normal soon. https://www.itnews.com.au/news/swatch-shuts-down-some-technology-systems-after-cyber-attack-554090

HP Device Manager is a popular software that allows IT administrators to manage their HP Thin Client devices. However, it has a backdoor database user account which can undermine the network security. Founder of Cognitous Cyber Security, Nick Bloor, discovered that an insecure user account had been set-up by an HP Inc programmer in a database within HP Device Manager. He found that the account can be easily exploited by malicious users to achieve privilege...

One of the U.S.'s largest hospital chains, Universal Health Services Inc., experienced a malicious software attack which resulted in their computer systems being taken offline, crippling their computers and leading to cancelled surgeries and diverted ambulances. Unfortunately, it was reported that this attack resulted in four deaths after patients had to be redirected to different hospitals. In order to stop further spread of the malware attack, Universal Health Services took down the systems used for...

Popular flight tracking website, Flightrader24 has suffered sufficient attacks leaving it unavailable for its users whilst the problem is being fixed. There is no update on when their services will fully resume. Flightrader24 offers detailed tracking on thousands of commercial and private jets all over the world. The website gives information on the model, age and speed as well as detailing if the plane has given out any distress signals, making it a key source...

Yesterday French shipping company CMA CGM was hit by a ransomware attack which impacted peripheral servers. This recent attack now means that all four of the biggest maritime shipping companies have experienced cyberattacks in the last four years, since 2017. On Monday CMA CGM was hit by the Ragnar Locker ransomware, which resulted in them taking down their worldwide shipping container booking system of it's Chinese branches in Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. As soon as...

In the last week, Google has removed 17 apps from the Play Store that have been detected as being infected with the 'Joker' malware. This breach was spotted by security researchers from Zscaler, have said this type of malware gains access to the user's messages, contacts and other personal information as well as signing the user up to wireless application protocol without their knowledge. Although the apps had only been added to the Play Store...

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a department within the Treasury has released a set of files outlining how some of the biggest banks in the world are moving trillions of dollars in transactions for presumed terrorists and drug cartels. However, FinCEN has no authority to stop such money laundering and the US government has yet to do anything either. BuzzFeedNews has written a tell-all piece, giving the names of some of the banks involved,...