October is here, and that means we are less than two months away from the busiest weekend of the year. Parts one and two of the Holiday Readiness blog series covered topics ranging from security checklists to disaster recovery strategies and flash crow…
EAA Client Escalation of Privilege Vulnerability on Windows
This post covers the details of CVE-2021-40683 (CVSS 6.5), the vulnerability impacting the Akamai Enterprise Application Access (EAA) Client running on Windows systems, for which Akamai has provided a patch to its customers.
Pandora Spills Secrets of Super Rich
World leaders’ offshore financial assets exposed in leak of nearly 11.9 million confidential documents
DeepMind Technologies Sued Over Data Sharing
UK law firm sues Google’s AI subsidiary over alleged breach of data protection laws
Facebook Whistleblower to Testify Before Senate
Social media company accused by former employee of putting profits before user safety
Prolific Ransomware Operators Arrested in Joint Law Enforcement Action
The operators arrested were allegedly part of a group known for their extortionate ransom demands
Ex-Army Technician Gets 12 Years for Role in Fraud Scheme
Conspirators stole $1.5m from veterans and service members
Coinbase Attackers Bypassed Account Authentication
At least 6000 customers had funds stolen during raid
UK’s National Cyber Force Heads to the Northwest
Offensive cyber hub to be located in Lancashire village of Samlesbury
White House to Host Transnational Ransomware Meeting
Biden announces 30-country confab to discuss cyber-threats and national security