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Did Russia Hack Poland’s Trains? MSM Says Yes, but … Well, You Decide

| | Poland, RADIO-STOP, Rail Cybersecurity, railroad, Railway Security, Russia, SB Blogwatch, trains
Train Phreaking: It depends what you mean by “hack” (and by “Russia”) ...
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Gmail Adds Extra Checks, Thwarting Sneaky Hackers

| | 2-factor authentication, 2fa, 2FA/MFA, FIDO, FIDO2, Gmail, google, Google Workspace, MFA, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Passkeys, SB Blogwatch, TOTP, WebAuthn
Sensitive actions such as forwarding to be protected by extra 2FA step ...
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New Cybersecurity Requirements may put Vendors’ Gov’t Contracts at Risk

| | Compliance, Cybersecurity, government contracts, M-23-16, maintainers, National Cybersecurity Strategy, open source software supply chain security
In the wake of a recent series of cybersecurity events including Log4Shell and SUNBURST, governments around the world have been exploring ways to use their purchasing power to improve software vendors’ security ...
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Lapsus$ Jury Says Teen Duo Did Do Crimes

| | Arion Kurtaj, Grand Theft Auto, Lapsus$, Ransomware, Rockstar Games, SB Blogwatch, Strawberry Tempest
Arion Kurtaj and anon minor: Part of group that hacked Uber, Nvidia, Microsoft, Rockstar Games and many more ...
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Ransomware Robs Realtors — Rapattoni MLS-aaS Down: Day 8 and Counting

| | legacy, Legacy Application, legacy applications, legacy apps, legacy IT, legacy Software, legacy system security risk, legacy systems, MLS, Ransomware, Rapattoni, real estate, real estate agents, realtors, SaaS, SB Blogwatch
MLS FAIL: Home listings SaaS dead in the water as real estate agents lose leads ...
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‘Sabotage the Factory’ — 16 Big Bugs in Codesys ICS/OT/SCADA Software

| | CoDe16, Codesys, ICS, ICS/SCADA, ICS/SCADA Security, operational technologies, operational technology, operational technology security, OT, SB Blogwatch, SCADA, Vladimir Eliezer Tokarev, Vladimir Tokarev
CoDe16 FAIL: Researchers unveil high-severity vulns in Codesys Control, used in millions of devices ...
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Teenage Hackers Must be Stopped: US DHS’s CSRB Report

| | 2 factor auth, 2-factor authentication, 2fa, 2FA bypass, 2FA Flaws, 2FA phishing, 2FA policies, 2FA/MFA, cellphone fraud, CSRB, Cyber Safety Review Board, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, DUAL FACTOR AUTHENTICATION, factor auth, homeland security, Homeland Security Presidential Directive, homelandsecurity, Lapsus$, Multi-Factor Authentication, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Multifactor Authentication, SB Blogwatch, SIM swap, sim swap fraud, SIM swap scams, SIM swapping, two factor authentication, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, United States Department of Homeland Security, US Homeland Security
2FA SMS FAIL: Lapsus$ social engineers exploited weak two-factor authentication. Something must be done! (Well, this is something.) ...
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Ransomware in Schools: White House Wants Action NOW

| | Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden, Biden administration, Biden cybersecurity summit, Biden National Cybersecurity Strategy, Biden-Harris, Colorado, education, fcc, Federal Communications Commission, High school attacks, Jessica Rosenworcel, Joe Biden, K-12, K-12 Cloud Risks, K-12 Cloud Security, K-12 cybersecurity, K-12 Education, K-12 Schools, Keith Krueger, President Biden, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch, school, Schools, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, White House
Don’t make me tap the sign: Biden administration hosts summit; bangs heads together from government, school districts and industry ...
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Android Foils AirTag Stalkers and Thieves — While Apple Does Nothing

| | AirTag, android, Apple, Consumer IoT, cyberstalking, geolocation, google, iot, location privacy, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, Stalking
C’mon Cupertino: “Unknown Tracker Detected,” your phone screams. What now? ...
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Ironic: LetMeSpy Spyware Hackers Were Hacked (by Hackers)

| | android spyware, cyberstalking, Data breach, Data Leaks, iOS spyware, LetMeSpy, maia arson crimew, Malware Spyware, Parental Control, parental controls, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, spyware, Stalkerware, Stalking, Stalkware
Content warning: Abuse, stalking, controlling behavior, Schadenfreude, irony, doxxing ...
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