CyberHoot Newsletter – December 2024
This newsletter summarizes cybersecurity news from December, and boy there are some big events that happened.
This newsletter summarizes cybersecurity news from December, and boy there are some big events that happened.
This newsletter summarizes cybersecurity news from November, and boy there are some big events that happened.
This newsletter summarizes cybersecurity news from October, and boy there are some big events that happened.
This newsletter summarizes cybersecurity news from August, and boy there are some big events that happened.
This newsletter summarizes cybersecurity news from June and July, and boy there are some big events that happened. From CrowdStrike’s global outage to increased focus on credential stuffing attacks, hackers were hard at work during this period.
Time-Intensive Mobile Hacks Are Causing Big Headaches for Companies Time-Intensive Mobile Hacks: Discover how time-intensive mobile hacks are evolving and what companies can do to protect themselves from these sophisticated …
Understanding the Change Healthcare Cyberattack Change Healthcare Cyberattack: Gain valuable insights into the attack’s origins, impact, and implications for your cybersecurity. Read now. Understanding Latrodectus: A Stealthy Cyber Threat Delve into …
“CyberHoot’s Newsletter has been on a brief hiatus as we focused on critical product improvements, finished 2024 strategic planning, and addressed performance improvements. This newsletter is chock full of cyber …
Navigating the Cybersecurity Risks of AI Assistants in Video Conferencing Silent Eavesdroppers: As AI Digital Assistants seamlessly integrate into popular video conferencing platforms, a concerning trade-off emerges between convenience and …
Understanding and Protecting Against Telegram App Scams Unraveling the Dark Side of Telegram: While the messaging app offers a seamless communication experience, users face many dangers. Dive into this article …
The SEC has Strengthened Cybersecurity Reporting Requirements – What you Need to Know Over the last two years, the SEC has enhanced cybersecurity disclosure rules for publicly traded companies. Learn …
Top 5 Emerging Cybersecurity Threats Businesses Must Be Aware Of Cybersecurity threats continue to evolve in sophistication and impact. Businesses must address these top 5 emerging threats proactively instead of …
Protecting Your Business and Family from DeepFake Attacks: A Comprehensive Guide Unmasking the Dark Reality: FBI Discovers Surge in Deep Fake Attacks, Threatening Individuals and Businesses with Extortion and Humiliation. …
Voice Cloning is Becoming a Ransom Threat Are you confident that the voice on the other end of the line is who they claim to be? Voice impersonation, powered by …
ChatGPT Authors a Humorous Cyber Breach Article Relating to T-Mobile CyberHoot examined ChatGPT ourselves and asked it to write a humorous article about a large Mobile Carrier breach. Despite common …
FBI’s Vetted Cybersecurity Organization “Infragard” Breached Learn how a cybersecurity organization that partnered with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to protect critical US infrastructure got hacked. “Aikido” Vulnerability Turns EDR …
Top 10 Reasons to Conduct Awareness Training and Testing Businesses all over the world experience increasingly sophisticated attacks with escalating damages and impact. Awareness training and phish testing are two …
Remote Worker Security and Productivity The 2020 Coronavirus pandemic has lead many workers to work from home to slow its spread. As we move into a third wave of infections, …
Restaurant Cloud-based POS Systems Hacked Multiple POS systems used by restaurants all over the world (MenuDrive, HarborTouch, and InTouchPOS) have been hacked enabling hackers to collect credit card details on …
Ransomware Insurance: Prescriptive and Restrictive Insurers are drafting more restrictive and prescriptive insurance policy requirements designed to reduce the number of claims and better protect themselves and the companies they …
‘Tis The Season To Be Smished The holiday shopping season means big business for retailers around the world, but it unfortunately also means big business for hackers. The reasoning is, people …
Outlook “Autodiscover” Leaking Passwords Cybersecurity experts at Guardicore published a report on security concerns in Microsoft’s “Autodiscover” feature. In 4 months time, they collected over 372,072 domain credentials and ~100k in …
The Department of Homeland security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a National Terrorism Advisory Bulletin on Jan. 4th, 2020. This agency only issues such warnings when there is a credible, specific and impending terrorism threat against the United States. In this case, their warning focused primarily upon cybersecurity attacks against US government and business entities in retribution for the killing of Iranian IRGC-Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani. Iran has a history of cyber-attacks against US Businesses and government entities. Companies should be on high alert and remind employees to be especially vigilant in email phishing attacks amongst other cybersecurity best practices.