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Leaky Access Tokens Exposed Amazon Photos of Users
Information Security NewsThe Amazon Photos app for Android insufficiently protected user access tokens, according to a blog post published on Wednesday. Theoretically, with exposed tokens, an attacker could’ve accessed users’ personal data from a number of different Amazon apps – not just Photos but also, for example, Amazon Drive. They also could have performed a ransomware attack, […]
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Patchable and Preventable Security Issues Lead Causes of Q1 Attacks
Information Security NewsEighty-two percent of attacks on organizations in Q1 2022 were caused by the external exposure of a known vulnerabilities in the victim’s external-facing perimeter or attack surface. Those unpatched bugs overshadowed breach-related financial losses tied to human error, which accounted for 18 percent. The numbers come from Tetra Defense and its quarterly report that sheds […]
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HITRUST: The Path to Cyber Resilience
Regulatory NewsBy Maurice Uenuma, Vice President, Enterprise Sales, Tripwire There has been a lot of talk recently about cyber resilience. There is no doubt that the ability to bounce back from a security event is important, however, all of the resiliency banter seems to be happening at the peril of sound risk management processes. It is […]
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The Link Between AWM Proxy & the Glupteba Botnet
Information Security NewsOn December 7, 2021, Google announced it was suing two Russian men allegedly responsible for operating the Glupteba botnet, a global malware menace that has infected millions of computers over the past decade. That same day, AWM Proxy — a 14-year-old anonymity service that rents hacked PCs to cybercriminals — suddenly went offline. Security experts […]
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United States: OFAC Issues New FAQs on Export Ban on Certain Services
Regulatory NewsBaker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled OFAC Issues New FAQs on Export Ban on Certain Services on 14 June 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates. The post United States: OFAC Issues New FAQs on Export Ban on Certain Services appeared […]
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