US Govt Warns of Increased Ransomware Risks During Holidays The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI warned critical infrastructure partners and public/private sector organizations not to let down their defenses against ransomware attacks during the holiday season. The two federal agencies’ warning was issued in the form Read more…
Personal data protection As defined by the Personal Data Protection Commission, Personal Data refers to data regarding an individual who can be identified from that data or from that data and other information to which the Organization has or is likely to have access. Under the Personal Data Protection Act Read more…
Hackers Hit Iran’s Mahan Airline, Claim Confidential Data Theft One of Iran’s largest privately-owned airlines, Mahan Air, has announced a cybersecurity incident that has resulted in its website going offline and potentially data loss. As the firm announced on Twitter, dealing with hacker attacks is nothing out of the ordinary Read more…
Biometric Auth Bypassed Using Fingerprint Photo, Printer, and Glue Researchers demonstrated that fingerprints could be cloned for biometric authentication for as little as $5 without using any sophisticated or uncommon tools. Although fingerprint-based biometric authentication is generally considered superior to PINs and passwords in terms of security, the fact that Read more…
GoDaddy Hack Causes Data Breach Affecting 1.2 Million Customers In a data breach notification published today, GoDaddy said that the data of up to 1.2 million of its customers was exposed after hackers gained access to the company’s Managed WordPress hosting environment. The incident was discovered by GoDaddy last Wednesday, Read more…
Wind Turbine Giant Vestas’ Data Compromised in Cyberattack Vestas Wind Systems, a leader in wind turbine manufacturing, has shut down its IT systems after suffering a cyberattack. Vestas is a leading North American manufacturer, installer, and servicing company for wind turbines, with 40,000 MW installed and 36,000+ MW under service Read more…
Need for PDPA compliance for Singapore schools Under Section 4(1)(c) of the PDPA provides that the Data Protection Provisions shall not be applicable to any public agency. Under the said law, public agencies include the Government and specified statutory bodies, including the CPE. With this, education institutions that do not Read more…
How to Download a Windows 10 21H2 ISO From Microsoft Microsoft released Windows 10 21H2, the November 2021 Update, last week and you can now download an ISO image for the new version to put aside for emergencies or clean installs. Windows 10 21H2 is not a very large feature Read more…
US SEC Warns Investors of Ongoing Govt Impersonation Attacks The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned US investors of scammers impersonating SEC officials in government impersonator schemes via phone calls, voicemails, emails, and letters. The alert comes from SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA), which regularly issues Read more…
Microsoft Exchange Servers Hacked in Internal Reply-chain Attacks Threat actors are hacking Microsoft Exchange servers using ProxyShell and ProxyLogon exploits to distribute malware and bypass detection using stolen internal reply-chain emails. When threat actors conduct malicious email campaigns, the hardest part is to trick users into trusting the sender enough Read more…
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