Tag: switch
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German BSI Head: Tech Sovereignty Needs Technical Solution
Claudia Plattner Says Complete Switch to European Technologies Is Unrealistic. European ambitions to replace foreign tech solutions with domestic alternatives are unrealistic in the short term, warned the head of the German cybersecurity head cybersecurity agency in a call for greater technological control over cloud platforms. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/german-bsi-head-tech-sovereignty-needs-technical-solution-a-28868
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Hackers switch to targeting U.S. insurance companies
Threat intelligence researchers are warning of hackers breaching multiple U.S. companies in the insurance industry using all the tactics observed with Scattered Spider activity. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-warns-scattered-spider-hackers-now-target-us-insurance-companies/
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Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software in push for digital independence
Denmark’s digital affairs ministry says it plans to switch to the open source LibreOffice software and away from Microsoft products as part of an effort to make the government more digitally independent. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/denmark-digital-agency-microsoft-digital-independence
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Switch 2 Gamechat: Nintendo warnt Nutzer vor der Weitergabe der Kommunikation
Tags: switchNintendo kündigt an, dass Audio- und Videodateien vom Switch 2 GameChat gespeichert und bei Bedarf an die Behörden übermittelt werden können. First seen on tarnkappe.info Jump to article: tarnkappe.info/artikel/gaming/switch-2-gamechat-nintendo-warnt-nutzer-vor-der-weitergabe-der-kommunikation-316095.html
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Mit diesem neuen Playstation-Handheld will Sony der Switch 2 Konkurrenz machen laut Leak
First seen on t3n.de Jump to article: t3n.de/news/playstation-handheld-switch-2-konkurrenz-1689985/
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New Russian APT group Void Blizzard targets NATO-based orgs after infiltrating Dutch police
Tags: access, api, apt, attack, authentication, blizzard, cloud, credentials, data, defense, detection, edr, email, fido, framework, group, hacker, identity, least-privilege, login, mfa, microsoft, open-source, passkey, password, phishing, qr, risk, russia, siem, spear-phishing, switch, threat, toolSwitch to spear phishing: In recent months the group seems to have pivoted from password spraying to targeted spear phishing attacks that direct users to fake Microsoft Entra login pages using adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) techniques. Such a campaign led to the compromise of 20 NGOs in April.In its campaign against NGOs, Void Blizzard sent emails masquerading…
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Operation Endgame 2.0: DanaBusted
Tags: access, attack, backup, banking, breach, business, cloud, communications, control, crypto, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, email, espionage, firewall, fraud, government, group, Hardware, infection, intelligence, international, law, malicious, malware, middle-east, network, programming, ransomware, russia, service, supply-chain, switch, threat, tool, ukraine, update, windowsIntroductionOn May 22, 2025, international law enforcement agencies released information about additional actions that were taken in conjunction with Operation Endgame, an ongoing, coordinated effort to dismantle and prosecute cybercriminal organizations, including those behind DanaBot. This action mirrors the original Operation Endgame, launched in May 2024, which disrupted SmokeLoader, IcedID, SystemBC, Pikabot, and Bumblebee. Zscaler…
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What Kind of Identity Should Your AI Agent Have?
7 min readAI agents don’t neatly fit into your IAM chart. They switch roles, borrow authority, and rewrite what identity means at runtime. Here’s what that means for you. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/05/what-kind-of-identity-should-your-ai-agent-have/
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Cisco IOS Software SISF Vulnerability Could Enable Attackers to Launch DoS Attacks
Cisco has released security updates addressing a critical vulnerability in the Switch Integrated Security Features (SISF) of multiple software platforms that could allow unauthenticated attackers to cause denial of service (DoS) conditions. The vulnerability stems from incorrect handling of DHCPv6 packets and affects Cisco IOS Software, IOS XE Software, NX-OS Software, and Wireless LAN Controller…
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Opening Up Open Banking: The CFPB’s Personal Financial Data Rights Rule
Tags: access, automation, banking, compliance, container, control, credit-card, data, finance, identity, monitoring, privacy, regulation, service, software, switch, toolOpening Up Open Banking: The CFPB’s Personal Financial Data Rights Rule andrew.gertz@t“¦ Tue, 05/06/2025 – 18:23 Explore the impact of the CFPB’s new Personal Financial Data Rights rule and how it aims to empower consumers, drive competition, and reshape open banking in the U.S. Ammar Faheem – Director Product Marketing (CIAM) More About This Author…
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Critical Planet Technology switch vulnerabilities pose total takeover risk
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/critical-planet-technology-switch-vulnerabilities-pose-total-takeover-risk
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Planet Technology Industrial Switch Flaws Risk Full Takeover Patch Now
Immersive security researchers discovered critical vulnerabilities in Planet Technology network management and switch products, allowing full device control…. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/planet-technology-industrial-switch-flaws-full-takeover/
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10 key questions security leaders must ask at RSA 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, authentication, automation, business, cisa, ciso, cloud, conference, control, corporate, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, endpoint, fido, finance, gartner, google, government, healthcare, infrastructure, microsoft, mitigation, mitre, monitoring, mssp, network, nist, passkey, password, phone, programming, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, software, strategy, switch, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, zero-trustIs agentic AI more myth than reality?: Building on 2024’s AI enthusiasm, this year will be all about agentic AI, defined as “a type of AI that enables software systems to act autonomously, making decisions and taking actions based on goals, with minimal human intervention,” according to AI itself (source: Google Gemini). We’ll see lots…
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Google Cloud’s so-called uninterruptible power supplies caused a six-hour interruption
When the power went out, they didn’t switch on First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/google_cloud_useast5c_outage_report/
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10 things you should include in your AI policy
Tags: access, ai, best-practice, breach, business, ceo, ciso, compliance, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, finance, framework, gartner, GDPR, governance, incident response, insurance, law, monitoring, privacy, regulation, risk, software, strategy, switch, technology, tool, training, updateInput from all stakeholders: At Aflac, the security team took the initial lead on developing the company’s AI policy. But AI is not just a security concern. “And it’s not just a legal concern,” Ladner says. “It’s not just a privacy concern. It’s not just a compliance concern. You need to bring all the stakeholders…
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Hunters International shifts from ransomware to pure data extortion
The Hunters International Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation is shutting down and rebranding with plans to switch to date theft and extortion-only attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hunters-international-rebrands-as-world-leaks-in-shift-to-data-extortion/
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Google to Switch on E2EE for All Gmail Users
Google is set to roll out end-to-end encryption for all Gmail users, boosting security, compliance and data sovereignty efforts First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/google-switch-e2ee-all-gmail-users/
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Salt Typhoon may have upgraded backdoors for efficiency and evasion
CrowDoor and attributed to the Earth Estries APT group in November 2024.”GhostSparrow, aka Salt Typhoon (Microsoft), Earth Estries (Trend Micro), Ghost Emperor (Kaspersky Labs), and UNC2286 (Mandiant), has escalated cyber espionage, breaching US telecom networks and accessing data on over a million individuals. One of the key features ESET reported on the two previously unseen…
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Microsoft fixes button that restores classic Outlook client
Microsoft resolved an issue that caused the new Outlook email client to crash when users clicked a button designed to switch back to classic Outlook. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-button-that-restores-classic-outlook-client/
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Switch 2 ohne OLED-Screen? Nintendo bringt Anfang April wohl endlich Licht ins Dunkel
Tags: switchFirst seen on t3n.de Jump to article: t3n.de/news/switch-2-oled-nintendo-april-1679970/
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The State of Digital Trust in 2025 Consumers Still Shoulder the Responsibility
Tags: access, ai, authentication, banking, breach, captcha, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, data, deep-fake, encryption, finance, fintech, framework, GDPR, government, healthcare, identity, india, insurance, law, login, malicious, metric, mfa, mitigation, password, privacy, regulation, resilience, risk, service, software, strategy, switch, technology, threat, toolThe State of Digital Trust in 2025 – Consumers Still Shoulder the Responsibility madhav Thu, 03/20/2025 – 04:52 Trust remains the cornerstone of digital interactions, yet its foundations are increasingly fragile in an era of sophisticated cyber threats and evolving consumer expectations. The 2024 Digital Trust Index gave us extremely important insights into the expectations…
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Texas man faces prison for activating ‘kill switch’ on former employer’s network
Software developer Davis Lu was found guilty of sabotaging the company’s systems. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/texas-man-faces-prison-for-activating-kill-switch-on-former-employers-network/
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The most notorious and damaging ransomware of all time
Tags: access, android, attack, backdoor, backup, banking, botnet, breach, communications, computer, control, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, dark-web, data, defense, detection, email, encryption, endpoint, exploit, extortion, finance, flaw, framework, germany, google, government, group, hacker, hacking, healthcare, infection, infrastructure, international, jobs, korea, law, lazarus, leak, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mobile, msp, network, north-korea, office, open-source, oracle, password, phishing, phone, powershell, ransom, ransomware, russia, service, software, spam, switch, technology, threat, tool, ukraine, update, usa, virus, vulnerability, windowsConti: History: First appearing in May 2020, the Conti RaaS platform is considered the successor to the Ryuk ransomware. As of January 2021, Conti is believed to have infected over 150 organizations and earned millions of dollars for its criminal developers and their affiliates. At least three new versions have been found since its inception.How it works: Conti uses the…
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Microsoft says button to restore classic Outlook is broken
Microsoft is investigating a known issue that causes the new Outlook email client to crash when users click the “Go to classic Outlook” button, which should help them switch back to the classic Outlook. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-button-to-restore-classic-outlook-is-broken/
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Ex-Employee Found Guilty in Revenge Kill-Switch Scheme
Clandestine kill switch was designed to lock out other users if the developer’s account in the company’s Windows Active Directory was ever disabled. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/ex-employee-guilty-revenge-kill-switch-scheme
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Texas Developer Convicted After Kill Switch Sabotage Plot
Software developer Davis Lu cost his employer hundreds of thousands after deploying malware that caused crashes and failed logins First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/texas-dev-convicted-kill-switch/