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New US Law to Require Cyber Incident Reports
The US Congress is poised to pass the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022. Once signed by the President, it will become law. The law will require critical infrastructure owners and operators to report cyber incidents and ransomware payments. The legislation was...
Insurance Coverage for NotPetya Losses
Tarah Wheeler and Josephine Wolff analyze a recent court decision that the NotPetya attacks are not considered an act of war under the wording of Mercks insurance policy, and that the insurers must pay the $1B+ claim. Wheeler and Wolff argue that the judge "did the right thing for the wrong...
US senators introduce the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA)
US Senators Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee have introduced the Kids Online Safety Act KOSA, legislation that aims to enhance childrens safety online. This follows the The Wall Street Journal WSJs reporting on the harm Instagram can inflict on teens, which was...
Facebook Agrees to Pay $90 Million to Settle Decade-Old Privacy Violation Case
Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a lawsuit over the company's use of cookies to allegedly track Facebook users' internet activity even after they had logged off from the platform. In addition, the social media company will be required to delete all of the data it illegally...
PT-2022-12955 · Palo Alto Networks · Cortex Xsoar
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Palo Alto Network Cortex XSOAR versions 6.1.0 Palo Alto Network Cortex XSOAR version 6.2.0 builds earlier than 1958888 Description: A stored cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the Palo Alto Network Cortex XSOAR web interface allows an...
The EARN IT Act Is Back
Senators have reintroduced the EARN IT Act, requiring social media companies among others to administer a massive surveillance operation on their users: A group of lawmakers led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal D-CT and Sen. Lindsey Graham R-SC have re-introduced the EARN IT Act, an incredibly unpopula...
act-in.com Open Redirect vulnerability OBB-2348677
Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...
Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2021-0368)
The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...
Senate Committee passes new antitrust bill aimed at Big Tech companies
The American Innovation and Choice Online Act AICOA, a bill that forbids Big Tech platforms like Apple, Alphabet Google’s parent company, and Amazon from generally behaving in an anti-competitive manner, was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee late last week with a 16-6 vote. US Senator Am...
Vulnerabilities fixed in Oracle Financial Services Applications
Oracle has fixed vulnerabilities in the following Oracle Financial Services Applications products: Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing FLEXCUBE Private Banking Banking Platform Financial Services Behavior Detection Platform Financial Services...
FTC to Go After Companies that Ignore Log4j
The Federal Trade Commission FTC will muster its legal muscle to pursue companies and vendors that fail to protect consumer data from the risks of the Log4j vulnerabilities, it warned on Tuesday. “The FTC intends to use its full legal authority to pursue companies that fail to take reasonable ste...
Thawing Out the Chilling Effect Of DMCA Section 1201
The Copyright Office has issued the latest rules on exemptions to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA. Great news: Legal protections for independent security research have once again been meaningfully strengthened. On the whole, these protections are now significantly greate...
Congress Mulls Banning Big Ransomware Payouts
A U.S. lawmaker has introduced a bill – the Ransomware and Financial Stability Act H.R.5936 PDF – that would make it illegal for financial firms to pay ransoms over $100,000 without first getting the government’s permission. The legislation was introduced on Wednesday by the top Republican on the...
Simplephpscripts Simple CMS 2.1 Cross Site Scripting
Document Title: =============== Simplephpscripts Simple CMS v2.1 - Persistent Vulnerability References Source: ==================== https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=2302 Release Date: ============= 2021-10-19 Vulnerability Laboratory ID VL-ID: ==================================...
A week in security (Oct 11 – Oct 17)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs Google warns some users that FancyBear’s been prowling around Inside Apple: How macOS attacks are evolving The joy of phishing your employees ExpressVPN made a choice, and so did I: Lock and Code S02E19 Update now! Apple patches another privilege escalation bug in i...
New Bill to Require Cyber Attack Reporting in the US
The Cyber Incident Notification Act of 2021 would also require CISA to launch a program that would notify organizations of various vectors that malicious actors exploit...
Ransom Disclosure Act would mandate ransomware payment reporting
In an effort to better understand and clamp down on the ransomware economy and its related use of cryptocurrencies, US Senator and past presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren and US House Representative Deborah Ross introduced a new bill last week that would require companies and organizations to...
New U.S. Government Initiative Holds Contractors Accountable for Cybersecurity
The U.S. government on Wednesday announced the formation of a new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative that aims to hold contractors accountable for failing to meet required cybersecurity requirements in order to safeguard public sector information and infrastructure. "For too long, companies have chosen...
CVE-2020-19047
Cross Site Request Forgey CSRF in iWebShop v5.3 allows remote atatckers to execute arbitrary code via malicious POST request to the component '/index.php?controller=system&action=admineditact'...
