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Trustwave Rapid Response: CrowdStrike Falcon Outage Update 2024-07-19 at 17:47 By Trustwave is proactively assessing and monitoring our clients who may have been impacted by CrowdStrike’s recently rolled-out update for its Windows users. The critical issue identified with CrowdStrike Falcon may result in a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) on Windows systems, affecting systems worldwide […]

Using AWS Secrets Manager and Lambda Function to Store, Rotate and Secure Keys 2024-07-19 at 17:47 By Sally Gebreananeya When working with Amazon Web Services (AWS), we often find that various AWS services need to store and manage secrets. AWS Secrets Manager is the go-to solution for this. It’s a centralized service designed to help

Facebook Malvertising Epidemic – Unraveling a Persistent Threat: SYS01 2024-07-19 at 17:47 By The Trustwave SpiderLabs Threat Intelligence team’s ongoing study into how threat actors use Facebook for malicious activity has uncovered a new version of the SYS01 stealer. This stealer is designed to take over Facebook accounts, steal credential information from affected users’ browsers, and then

Angry admins share the CrowdStrike outage experience 2024-07-19 at 17:16 By Richard Speed CrowdStrike? More like Clownstrike! Amirite? IT administrators are struggling to deal with the ongoing fallout from the faulty CrowdStrike update. One spoke to The Register to share what it is like at the coalface.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Faulty CrowdStrike Update Crashes Windows Systems, Impacting Businesses Worldwide 2024-07-19 at 17:02 By Businesses across the world have been hit by widespread disruptions to their Windows workstations stemming from a faulty update pushed out by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. “CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for

Two Russian Nationals Plead Guilty in LockBit Ransomware Attacks 2024-07-19 at 17:02 By Two Russian nationals have pleaded guilty in a U.S. court for their participation as affiliates in the LockBit ransomware scheme and helping facilitate ransomware attacks across the world. The defendants include Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, 21, of Chechen Republic, and Mikhail Vasiliev, 34,

Google to kill off URL shortener once and for all 2024-07-19 at 16:46 By Richard Speed Links shortened with goo.gl will stop working in 2025 Google will soon make its own contribution to the problem of link rot by shutting down the Google URL Shortener service in 2025.… This article is an excerpt from The

Azure VMs ruined by CrowdStrike patchpocalypse? Microsoft has recovery tips 2024-07-19 at 16:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo Have you tried turning it off and on again, like, a bunch? Did the CrowdStrike patchpocalypse knock your Azure VMs into a BSOD boot loop? If so, Microsoft has some tips to get them back online.… This article is

Second NHS IT system confirmed to be affected by CrowdStrike issues 2024-07-19 at 16:02 By Connor Jones Cancer treatments are in jeopardy across multiple healthcare facilities A UK hospital is battling what it is calling a critical incident as the ongoing global IT outage caused by a CrowdStrike update is impacting its Varian system.… This

Workplace compliance considerations for California Senate Bill 553 2024-07-19 at 15:16 By For companies that must adhere to the requirements of California Senate Bill 553, several critical aspects must be considered when developing a workplace violence prevention plan.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

UK comms watchdog banning inflation-linked mid-contract price rises 2024-07-19 at 14:31 By Richard Speed But only for new mobile and broadband contracts, and only from January 2025 UK communications regulator Ofcom has banned mid-contract price rises linked to inflation.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Safeguard Personal and Corporate Identities with Identity Intelligence 2024-07-19 at 14:31 By Learn about critical threats that can impact your organization and the bad actors behind them from Cybersixgill’s threat experts. Each story shines a light on underground activities, the threat actors involved, and why you should care, along with what you can do to

APT41 Infiltrates Networks in Italy, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, and the U.K. 2024-07-19 at 13:46 By Several organizations operating within global shipping and logistics, media and entertainment, technology, and automotive sectors in Italy, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the U.K. have become the target of a “sustained campaign” by the prolific China-based APT41 hacking group. “APT41

Pro-Houthi Group Targets Yemen Aid Organizations with Android Spyware 2024-07-19 at 13:46 By A suspected pro-Houthi threat group targeted at least three humanitarian organizations in Yemen with Android spyware designed to harvest sensitive information. These attacks, attributed to an activity cluster codenamed OilAlpha, entail a new set of malicious mobile apps that come with their

CrowdStrike shares sink as global IT outage savages systems worldwide 2024-07-19 at 13:02 By Connor Jones Emergency services, medical practices, airlines, banks, and more all crippled CrowdStrike’s share price is currently tanking amid a major global IT outage its leadership has attributed to a dodgy channel file.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Capgemini wins deal with UK tax collector worth up to £574M 2024-07-19 at 12:02 By Lindsay Clark Love affair between HMRC and French outsourcer set to last 25 years The UK tax collector is awarding Capgemini a contract worth up to £574 million ($741 million) to run legacy tax management systems until 2029, one of

Summary of “AI Leaders Spill Their Secrets” Webinar 2024-07-19 at 12:02 By Event Overview The “AI Leaders Spill Their Secrets” webinar, hosted by Sigma Computing, featured prominent AI experts sharing their experiences and strategies for success in the AI industry. The panel included Michael Ward from Sardine, Damon Bryan from Hyperfinity, and Stephen Hillian from

SolarWinds Patches 11 Critical Flaws in Access Rights Manager Software 2024-07-19 at 11:31 By SolarWinds has addressed a set of critical security flaws impacting its Access Rights Manager (ARM) software that could be exploited to access sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. Of the 11 vulnerabilities, seven are rated Critical in severity and carry a

APT41 Infiltrates Networks in Italy, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, and the U.K. 2024-07-19 at 11:31 By Several organizations operating within global shipping and logistics, media and entertainment, technology, and automotive sectors in Italy, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the U.K. have become the target of a “sustained campaign” by the prolific China-based APT41 hacking group. “APT41

CrowdStrike code update bricking Windows machines around the world 2024-07-19 at 10:02 By Simon Sharwood Falcon Sensor putting hosts into deathloop Breaking  An update to a product from infosec vendor CrowdStrike is bricking computers running Windows.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source