Former SolarWinds CEO Blames Intern For ‘solarwinds123’ Password Leak Washington (CNN)Current and former top executives at SolarWinds are blaming a company intern for a critical lapse in password security that apparently went undiagnosed for years. The password in question, “solarwinds123,” was discovered in 2019 on the public internet by an independent security Read more…
Clubhouse Is Recording Your Conversations. That’s Not Even Its Worst Privacy Problem The popular new social media platform is scooping up more data than you might think. Clubhouse was sort of perfectly made for the pandemic. People aren’t going out, and they’re desperately searching for social connections and entertainment. The app Read more…
Windows 10 Sun Valley Design Refresh — Here’s What You Need To Know Windows 10 ‘Sun Valley’ UI refresh, otherwise known as ‘version 21H2’, is reportedly arriving in the second half of this year and it will also include several new features. Windows 10 21H2 will be released in the fall Read more…
NSA, Microsoft Promote A Zero Trust Approach To Cybersecurity The National Security Agency (NSA) and Microsoft are advocating for the Zero Trust security model as a more efficient way for enterprises to defend against today’s increasingly sophisticated threats. The concept has been around for a while and centers on the assumption Read more…
Microsoft Fixes Windows 10 Drive Corruption Bug — What You Need To Know Microsoft has fixed a Windows 10 bug that could cause NTFS volumes to become corrupted by merely accessing a particular path or viewing a specially crafted file. Last month, BleepingComputer reported on a new Windows bug that allows any Read more…
Google Shares PoC Exploit For Critical Windows 10 Graphics RCE Bug Project Zero, Google’s 0day bug-hunting team, shared technical details and proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for a critical remote code execution (RCE) bug affecting a Windows graphics component. The Project Zero researchers discovered the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-24093, in a high-quality Read more…
How To Comply With PDPA: A Checklist For Businesses Read on for more information on how to comply with PDPA, because Singapore organisations have an obligation to ensure that personal data under their management is safeguarded. ✍️ It all starts with a basic overview and understanding of the PDPA provisions. Read more…
The Week In Ransomware – February 26th 2021 – Back From The Holidays The number of attacks had slowed down after the winter holidays, but after the past two weeks, it’s evident that the ransomware attacks are back at full speed. Over the past two weeks, we had some significant Read more…
Twitter Scammers Earned Over $145k This Week In Bitcoin, Ethereum, Doge Cryptocurrency scammers have made at least $145,000 this week by promoting fake giveaways through hacked verified Twitter accounts. Last month, we reported an increasing trend where verified Twitter accounts are hacked to promote fake cryptocurrency giveaways. At the time, these Read more…
T-Mobile Discloses Data Breach After SIM Swapping Attacks American telecommunications provider T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach after an unknown number of customers were apparently affected by SIM swap attacks. SIM swap fraud (or SIM hijacking) allows scammers to take control of targets’ phone numbers after porting them using social Read more…
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