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Infosec bits for week 37/20

2020-09-11 15:22 - Roderick Mooi

Top of the news/attacks:
- Northumbria Uni Campus Closed After Serious Cyber-Attack [Phil Muncaster, Infosecurity Magazine]
- DoppelPaymer ransomware hits Newcastle University, leaks data [Sergiu Gatlan, Bleeping Computer]
- Equinix data center giant hit by Netwalker Ransomware, $4.5M ransom [Lawrence Abrams, Bleeping Computer]
- MAZE Claims Attack on US School System [Sarah Coble, Infosecurity Magazine]
- Stefanutti Stocks shuts down IT systems after cyber attack [Admire Moyo, ITWeb]
Patch time:
- Microsoft September 2020 Patch Tuesday fixes 129 vulnerabilities [Catalin Cimpanu, Zero Day]
- Intel fixes critical flaw in corporate remote management platform [Sergiu Gatlan, Bleeping Computer]
- Vulnerabilities discovered in PAN-OS, which powers Palo Alto Networks’ firewalls [Help Net Security]
Awareness/general:
- Jisc security conference 2020 [free and open to R&E] [Jisc]
- Client privacy and security (Operational network security) – new for 2020 – virtual learning with experts [Irina Matthews, GÉANT Learning and Development]
- BEC Scam Losses Surge as the Number of Attacks Diminish [Chinmay Rautmare, Bank Info Security / Information Security Media Group]
- Digital Education: The cyberrisks of the online classroom [Kaspersky]
- WhatsApp Discloses 6 Bugs via Dedicated Security Site [Elizabeth Montalbano, Threatpost]
- Botnets: A cheat sheet for business users and security admins [Brandon Vigliarolo, TechRepublic]
- 99 Ransomware Problems – and a Decryptor Ain’t One [Mathew J. Schwartz, Bank Info Security]
Interesting reading:
- Most cyber-security reports only focus on the cool threats [Catalin Cimpanu, Zero Day]
- Data Confidentiality Issues and Solutions in Academic Research Computing [Trusted CI]
- A look inside the hacker community that’s vandalizing the web [Paul Bischoff, Comparitech]
- MIT scientists unveil cybersecurity aggregation platform to gauge effective measures [Jonathan Greig, TechRepublic / CBS Interactive]

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