August 25th, 2024

• Window Update Downgrade Attack Unpatches Windows
• Founder and CEO of Telegram Arrested in France for Aiding Terrorists +
• Yet Another Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) Bug Crashes Windows
• Tools to Search the 3 Billion Record NPD Data Breach
• Google to Release Anti-Theft Feature to Android Phones
• Four Characters That Will Crash Your iPhone
• TP-Link Routers, Made in China, National Security Risk Say Lawmakers
• Microsoft Confirms August Updates Cause Windows Server Boot Issues and Freezes
• Ginnie Mae Now Requires Lenders to Notify Them of Breaches in 48 Hours or Less
• Telecom Provider to Pay $1 Mil Fine Over AI Generated Fake Biden Robocalls
• NSA Issues Tips for Better Logging and Threat Detection in Living off the Land Attacks
• So Much for Al-Anon Being a Safe Place
• Oil Giant Halliburton Reportedly Hacked
• American Radio Relay League Paid $1 Million Ransom

Security News for the Week Ending August 23rd, 2024

This week’s news bites include: city of Columbus warns victims after saying no data was taken,
that 3 billion record breach – they published their own admin passwords, FAA proposes new
cybersecurity rules for airplanes, bank CEO embezzled $47 million in pig butchering scheme
and thousands of industrial control systems in the US and UK are vulnerable.

Read details here.

If you have critical telecommunications or servers that are made by Chinese companies
like TP-Link, you may want to review your security posture. If you want an outside
opinion on this, please contact us.

Mitch
www.CyberCecurity.com
www.TurnkeyCybersecurityAndPrivacySolutions.com
Mitch@CyberCecurity.com

August 18th, 2024

• Do You Know Where Your Bitlocker Recovery Keys Are?
• Microsoft Reveals Four bugs in OpenVPN Leading to Remote Code Execution Plus
• Google Pixel 9 is the First Android Phone to get Satellite SOS
• NIST Officially Releases Post Quantum Encryption Algorithms
• Rockwell Industrial Controller Flaw Exposes Systems
• Six of This Month’s Microsoft Bugs Are Already Being Exploited
• Multiple Severe AWS Flaws Lead to Data Theft and Takeovers
• Geofence Warrants Unconstitutional? Fifth Circuit Says Yes
• Texas Sues GM for Selling Driver Data Without Permission
• Former Colorado Mesa County Clerk Found Guilty of compromising Election Machines

Security News for the Week Ending August 16th, 2024

This week’s news bites include: White House working on cyber insurance policy for
catastrophes, crypto bros for Trump are nervous, I bet the Airbnb host didn’t expect this, Kim
Dotcom loses extradition battle after a decade plus and source of 3 billion breached records
uncovered.

Read details here.

Do you wrestle with when to apply patches. Too soon and you might break something.
Too late and you may get breached. Six of this month’s patches are already being used
in attacks. Need help figuring this out? Please contact us.

Mitch
www.CyberCecurity.com
www.TurnkeyCybersecurityAndPrivacySolutions.com
Mitch@CyberCecurity.com

August 11th, 2024

• Get Rid of Your End of Life Devices Such as Certain Cisco VoIP Phones
• Bug in Sonos Smart Speakers Allow Hackers To Listen To You
• Apple Releases Open-Source Homomorphic Encryption
• Also Apple, iOS 18.1 Beta Previews Apple’s AI Capabilities
• 1Password Users: Patch NOW!
• CrowdStrike to Delta – Your Bad Decisions
• FTX to Pay $12.7 Billion to Settle One Lawsuit Against Them
• Trump-Themed $DJT Token Rug-Pulls, Loses 90% of its Value
• Hacker Leaked 2.9 BILLION Records with Personal Dets – Names, Addresses, Socials
• Ransomware Attack Leads to $30 Mil in Lost Income at Sonic Automotive
• Pharma Giant Cencora Breach Reveals Health Diagnoses, Medications and Prescriptions

Security News for the Week Ending August 9th, 2024

This week’s news bites include: Interpol recovers over $40 mill from business email compromise
attack, Google creates a way to get deep fake porn (of you) removed from Google search,
BlackHat speaker shows how to take over an AI bot to do malicious things, sometimes
competition works (Starlink) and the White House is pushing cyber rule harmonization.

Read details here.

AI is very rapidly becoming business critical. If you are not figuring out how to use it,
your competitors will beat you to it. We are beginning to build AI bots for our clients and
helping them figure out how to use AI responsibly. If you need help, please contact us.

Mitch
www.CyberCecurity.com
www.TurnkeyCybersecurityAndPrivacySolutions.com
Mitch@CyberCecurity.com

August 4th, 2024

• Elon Musk Shares AI of Kamala Harris on his Twitter Feed, Violating Twitter Policy
• French Telecom Infrastructure Damaged, Again, by Sabotage
• Twitter is Using Your “Interactions” to Train its AI, Grok, Default is Yes
• VMWare Patches Bug That Allows Full Admin Access to Hypervisor
• Another Federal Court Rules Customs Needs Reason to Search Cell Phones at Airports

Security News for the Week Ending August 2nd, 2024

This week’s news bites include: US says UN Cybercrime treaty must protect human rights,
secure boot on many PC models not secure, US sues TikTok for not protecting children, Fortune
50 company paid $75 million ransom and Disney, Nike, IBM and others send out 3 million fake
spam emails a day.

Read details here.

Hopefully you won’t have to pay a $75 million ransom after a cyberattack, but hope is not
a great strategy. If your cybersecurity protections are not up to the fight, please contact
us.

Mitch
www.CyberCecurity.com
www.TurnkeyCybersecurityAndPrivacySolutions.com
Mitch@CyberCecurity.com