Plus, more news bytes of the week, including a new ransomware attack, a new ransomware strain, and the return of...Y2K?
Expecting retaliation for the U.S. assassination of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is a branch of the Department of Homeland Security, has dispatched a notice informing businesses across America about the looming threat of both cyber and physical attacks. Among the potential risks, CISA lists cyberattacks against the finance, energy, and telecommunications industries, cyber-enabled espionage and intellectual property theft, disinformation campaigns, and physical attacks using explosives and unmanned aircrafts. CISA urges all organizations to fortify their cyber and physical defenses, providing protection-forward checklists on how they can do so in the notice. Heightened awareness and increased vigilance rank as the first immediate steps, along with creating an offline data backup.
This week’s stat
14,000: The number of parking meters across New York that must be updated one by one due to a “Y2K2X software glitch.”
Microsoft phishing scam plays on Iranian cyberattack scare
Spammers have jumped on the widespread awareness of a potential Iranian cyberattack by customizing a phishing campaign to look like an official notice from Microsoft. The phishing emails claim that Microsoft locked up the users’ data and emails as a protective response, and that users must re-enter their credentials to unlock the files. More on Bleeping Computer.
TikTok bugs confirmed, fixed
Researchers have confirmed that the social media app TikTok had security holes that allowed fo ..
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