2023 prediction: Security workforce shortage will lead to nationally significant cyberattack

Categories: Business

If 2022 was any indication, businesses are about to face an unprecedented volume, frequency, and sophistication of cyberthreats in 2023. Malwarebytes CEO Marcin Kleczynski takes a look at how, as an industry, we can preemptively address these risks.

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Open redirect on government website sends users to adult content

Categories: News

Tags: open redirect

Tags: UKGOV

Tags: website

Tags: fix

Tags: onlyfans

Tags: porn

Tags: pornography

Tags: dating

Tags: cheating

Tags: phishing

We take a look at reports an open redirect on a UKGOV site which took a little while to address.

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Maternal & Family Health Services discloses ransomware attack months after discovery

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: Maternal & Family Health Services

Tags: MFHS

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A US health and human services organization recently revealed it was a victim of a ransomware attack that likely happened between August 2021 and April 2022.

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Identity thieves bypass security questions to access Experian credit reports

Categories: News

Tags: Experian

Tags: credit reports

Tags: freeze

Identity thieves were aware of a method to access full credit reports at Experian using just your social security number and some basic information.

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US school district sues Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok over harm to kids

Categories: News

Tags: Facebook

Tags: Instagram

Tags: Snapchat

Tags: TikTok

Tags: YouTube

Tags: Section 230

Tags: Seattle Public School

Tags: SPS

Tags: Meta

Tags: Alphabet

Tags: Snap

Tags: ByteDance

A whole school district in Seattle is suing social media giants for causing harm to kids and youths.

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Polite WiFi loophole could allow attackers to drain device batteries

Categories: News

Tags: polite WiFi

Tags: WiPeep

Tags: triangulation

Tags: battery drain

Researchers have found that the WiFi protocol is a bit too polite when acknowledging received packets from outside the own network.

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Pokemon NFT card game malware chooses you

Categories: News

Tags: pokemon

Tags: NFT

Tags: scam

Tags: fake

Tags: malware

Tags: remote connection

Tags: card game

We take a look at reports of a set of fake Pokemon sites offering up a bogus NFT card game which actually pushes malware.

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Microsoft ends extended support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 today

Categories: News

Tags: Windows 7 end of ESU

Tags: Extended Security Updates

Tags: ESU

Tags: Microsoft ESU

Tags: ESU program

Tags: WIndows 8.1

Tags: Windows Server 2008/R2

Tags: NVIDIA

Tags: Google Chrome

Tags: Chrome

Microsoft will cease supporting Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 all together, as well as Windows Server 2008/R2.

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