Latest Cyberthreats and Advisories – December 16, 2022

The rise of new ransomware gangs, cyberattacks on Uber and California’s Department of Finance make headlines this week. Here are the latest threats and advisories for the week of December 16, 2022. Threat Advisories and Alerts U.K. Government Sets New Standards for App Security The U.K. government has requested that app store developers and operators voluntarily follow a...

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Hillstone Networks Recognized as a Visionary Again in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hillstone Networks, a leading provider of innovative and accessible cybersecurity solutions, announced that Hillstone Networks has been again recognized in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls for the 9th consecutive year and named as a Visionary for the second time. The Hillstone Networks solutions have evolved from a...

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Ookla Commends the Communications Regulatory Authority of Qatar for Efforts to Help Improve User Experience During FIFA World Cup™

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ookla®, an internationally recognized leader in network measurement and connectivity intelligence, commends the Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) for the State of Qatar and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) for their important roles in driving network performance gains in the country. Ookla CEO and founder Doug...

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StrikeReady CARA Wins 2022 CyberSecured Award for Best Security Virtual Assistant

PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–An AI-driven security company, StrikeReady today announced that it has been honored as winner of the 2022 CyberSecured Award for Best Security Virtual Assistant by 1105 Media’s Security Today. StrikeReady CARA was one of only 22 security products and services recognized industry-wide. Launched in 2020, the CyberSecured Awards honor manufacturers’...

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AttackIQ Named Winner of Virtually Testing Foundation’s Most Engaged Community Partner Award

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AttackIQ®, the leading independent vendor of Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) systems, today announced it has won the Most Engaged Community Partner Award from the Virtually Testing Foundation (VTF), a California-based 501(c)3 e-learning non-profit organization. AttackIQ was honored for its efforts giving back to the cybersecurity community...

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Impact Podcast with John Shegerian Features Indigo Ag’s Chris Harbourt

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Chris Harbourt, Chief Strategy Officer for Indigo Ag, is the featured guest this week on the Impact Podcast with John Shegerian. The show is hosted by Shegerian, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of ERI, the nation’s leading fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company. With...

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Nuclear secrets leak through USB via Insider

Well, it cannot be termed exactly as an insider threat. But surely, an innocent mistake of an employee could have/might have leaked sensitive details to the outside world such as hackers. An IT worker of Sellafield Ltd,UK, accidentally forgot her bag in the parking lot and when she got to know about it and went to pick it up, the USB containing sensitive files fell from the bag into the car park leaving the worker in a state of shock. The incident took place in the year 2018 when she attended a meeting related to an employment tribunal over a security...

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Policy Brief – U.S. Cyber Threat Intelligence, Part 1: Introduction & Background

By Aaron Weathersby, CISSP. Aaron is the Chief Information Officer for Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science and holds a Doctor of Science in Cyber Security from Marymount University. He is an Information Technology professional with over 18 years of experience focused on cybersecurity issues. Abstract: A policy brief on the May 2021 White House Executive Order...

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Follow these simple tricks to keep your smart phone secure in 2023

Smart Phones have become a need for us these days as they assist us in commuting, help in entertaining us if/when bored, help communicate with near & dear, read news and do more such stuff. But as these gadgets have turned crucial in our lives, many hackers are also interested in infiltrating them, to get our glimpse of our lives or where we are heading.   Therefore, it becomes imperative to protect these devices from cyber-attacks and that can be achieved by following these simple tricks- Always ensure that you are logged out of the...

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SSCP Members – We Need Your Input

The SSCP certification is held by more than 7,000 professionals around the world. Known for its technical rigor, the members who hold this qualification are typically working in areas like IT administration, networks security, security operations or incident response. The exam was last refreshed in November 2021 which that means it is time for us to begin the process again. We...

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Imperva Cloud WAF Successfully Deployed at 60 Quálitas Compañía de Seguros Locations

SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Imperva, Inc., (@Imperva) a cybersecurity leader whose mission is to protect data and all paths to it, today announced the successful deployment of its Imperva Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) solution by Quálitas Compañía de Seguros, S.A. de C.V, Mexico and Central America’s leading auto insurance provider. The solution has been leveraged...

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Diligent Institute Launches Cyber Risk & Strategy Certification for Corporate Directors and Executives

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Diligent Institute, the global corporate governance research arm and think tank of Diligent, today announced the launch of its premier Cyber Risk & Strategy Certification. The program builds on the company’s existing Climate Leadership and ESG Leadership certifications, and comes in response to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC)...

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Google wants its Gmail users to take these security steps in 2023

Google, the much-used search engine across the world, has disclosed some security steps to its Gmail users to stay cyber safe in the year 2023. It is urging its mail users to stay away from spam by marking mails that seem to be suspicious as spam. This not only helps the online users to stay away from malicious downloads but also helps in training the AI smart servers of Gmail to keep its inboxes clean and trouble free. To make things simple, the internet juggernaut has come up with an archiving email feature where mails that do not require any...

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Hillstone Networks Recognized as a Visionary Again in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hillstone Networks, a leading provider of innovative and accessible cybersecurity solutions, announced that Hillstone Networks has been again recognized in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls for the 9th consecutive year and named as a Visionary for the second time. The Hillstone Networks solutions have evolved from a...

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Ookla Commends the Communications Regulatory Authority of Qatar for Efforts to Help Improve User Experience During FIFA World Cup™

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ookla®, an internationally recognized leader in network measurement and connectivity intelligence, commends the Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) for the State of Qatar and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) for their important roles in driving network performance gains in the country. Ookla CEO and founder Doug...

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Facebook to pay $725m penalty to settle Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal on a legal note

Facebook, the business subsidiary of Meta platform, has agreed to pay $725 million as a penalty to settle a long pending legal battle related to its Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal. The proposed settlement, reported 1st by Reuters, is yet to be approved by San Francisco’s US District Court and might take at least a few more weeks to turn into an executable decision. To those uninitiated, Facebook(FB) sold its user information to a company named Cambridge Analytica (now defunct in business) and that company engaged some researchers in the year...

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