Interpol arrests eight in an international cybercrime crackdown. A MedusaLocker variant targets financial organizations. Cloudflare mitigates a record DDoS attempt. Insights from the Counter Ransomware Initiative summit. Fin7 uses deepnudes as a lure for malware. Researchers discovered critical vulnerabilities in DrayTek routers. CISA issues urgent alerts for products from Synacor and Ivanti. A former election official gets nine years in prison for a voting system data breach. Microsoft and the DOJ seize domains used by Russia’s ColdRiver hacking group. On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Eric Olden, Founder and CEO of Strata Identity. to learn how the modern enterprise can orchestrate the 7 A's of identity security to achieve zero trust. Harvard students demonstrate glasses that can see through your privacy.
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Industry Voices Segment
On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Eric Olden, Founder and CEO of Strata Identity. Eric talks about how the modern enterprise can orchestrate the 7 A's of identity security to achieve zero trust. You can check out Strata’s blog on “Understanding the 7 A’s of IAM” and their book on “Identity Orchestration for Dummies”.
Selected Reading
International police dismantle cybercrime group in West Africa (The Record)
New MedusaLocker Ransomware Variant Deployed by Threat Actor (Infosecurity Magazine)
Cloudflare Mitigates Record Breaking 3.8 Tbps DDoS Attack (Hackread)
Recently patched CUPS flaw can be used to amplify DDoS attacks (Bleeping Computer)
More frequent disruption operations needed to dent ransomware gangs, officials say (CyberScoop)
FIN7 hackers launch deepfake nude “generator” sites to spread malware (Bleeping Computer)
14 New DrayTek routers' flaws impacts over 700,000 devices in 168 countries (Security Affairs)
CISA Warns Active Exploitation of Zimbra & Ivanti Endpoint Manager Vulnerability (Cyber Security News)
Former Mesa County clerk sentenced to 9 years for 2020 voting system breach (CyberScoop)
Microsoft and DOJ disrupt Russian FSB hackers' attack infrastructure (Bleeping Computer)
Someone Put Facial Recognition Tech onto Meta's Smart Glasses to Instantly Dox Strangers (404 Media)
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