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๐ฐ Weekly Cybersecurity News Roundup
This week was defined by two major incidents: a significant network outage occurred due to an electrical failure in zone M9 (Russia), and globally, Washington authorized private companies to attack foreign networks.
What formally wasn't considered an act of war is now legal. We've gathered the most interesting news of the week in one place so you don't miss anything.
๐ Global developments
๐น An electrical failure in zone M9 in Russia took down Reg.ru and thousands of websites, marking the largest network outage in the country in recent times.
๐น The White House signed a decree that, in essence, legalizes offensive cyber operations by private contractors against foreign networks.
๐น The State Department sent a letter to 35 countries asking them to define which side of the technological race, American or Chinese, they would position themselves on regarding AI.
๐น A leak of 500 repositories from Geedge Networks allowed researchers to create a functional copy of the Great Firewall of China.
๐น New European standards for VPNs, browsers, antivirus software, and routers threaten manufacturers with fines of up to โฌ15 million for unresolved vulnerabilities.
๐น Google will implement a mandatory one-day pause before installing applications from unverified developers; by 2027, this will affect all certified Android devices.
๐ก Security sphere updates
๐น Four T-Mobile employees and a pair of common pliers disabled the Chinese group Salt Typhoon from the operator's networks after a campaign affecting 80 countries.
๐น The United States accused 17 hackers from Iran's Mabna Institute of stealing 31.5 TB of scientific data from 8,000 professor accounts.
๐น The French tax agency was hacked twice, resulting in the biggest fiscal cyber scandal in the country's history.
๐น An open link in the source code of the ClarityCheck service revealed photographs of 9 million faces.
๐น Passwords have definitively lost their value: according to BiZone, the price of new "cookies" to bypass two-factor authentication has increased by 13%.
๐ฌ Share in the comments how your week went and which news surprised you the most.
๐ Follow us to stay informed about the latest threats and protect yourself.
#CyberSecurity #DataPrivacy #DataBreach #PrivateOps #Threats
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This week was defined by two major incidents: a significant network outage occurred due to an electrical failure in zone M9 (Russia), and globally, Washington authorized private companies to attack foreign networks.
What formally wasn't considered an act of war is now legal. We've gathered the most interesting news of the week in one place so you don't miss anything.
๐ Global developments
๐น An electrical failure in zone M9 in Russia took down Reg.ru and thousands of websites, marking the largest network outage in the country in recent times.
๐น The White House signed a decree that, in essence, legalizes offensive cyber operations by private contractors against foreign networks.
๐น The State Department sent a letter to 35 countries asking them to define which side of the technological race, American or Chinese, they would position themselves on regarding AI.
๐น A leak of 500 repositories from Geedge Networks allowed researchers to create a functional copy of the Great Firewall of China.
๐น New European standards for VPNs, browsers, antivirus software, and routers threaten manufacturers with fines of up to โฌ15 million for unresolved vulnerabilities.
๐น Google will implement a mandatory one-day pause before installing applications from unverified developers; by 2027, this will affect all certified Android devices.
๐ก Security sphere updates
๐น Four T-Mobile employees and a pair of common pliers disabled the Chinese group Salt Typhoon from the operator's networks after a campaign affecting 80 countries.
๐น The United States accused 17 hackers from Iran's Mabna Institute of stealing 31.5 TB of scientific data from 8,000 professor accounts.
๐น The French tax agency was hacked twice, resulting in the biggest fiscal cyber scandal in the country's history.
๐น An open link in the source code of the ClarityCheck service revealed photographs of 9 million faces.
๐น Passwords have definitively lost their value: according to BiZone, the price of new "cookies" to bypass two-factor authentication has increased by 13%.
๐ฌ Share in the comments how your week went and which news surprised you the most.
๐ Follow us to stay informed about the latest threats and protect yourself.
#CyberSecurity #DataPrivacy #DataBreach #PrivateOps #Threats
@PrivacyNotACrime ๐ฝ โจ๏ธ Chat