AWS outage impacts Ring, Netflix, and Amazon deliveries
Amazon AWS in the US-EAST-1 Region is suffering an outage that affected numerous online services, including Ring, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Roku. The ongoing outage started at approximately 12 PM EST and is caused by problematic network equipment affecting the US-EAST-1 AWS region, which feeds a good portion of the connectivity for people in the northeastern part of the United States. This outage disrupted streaming through Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Roku, and continues to affect users of Ring devices who are unable to connect to their cameras. READ MORE...
Alleged ransomware affiliate arrested for healthcare attacks
A 31-year old Canadian national has been charged in connection to ransomware attacks against organizations in the United States and Canada, a federal indictment unsealed today shows. Parallel investigations from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) revealed that Matthew Philbert of Ottawa was involved in various cyberattacks. Philbert was arrested on November 30, 2021, following an investigation that began in January 2020, when the FBI contacted the OPP about cyber incidents based in Canada. READ MORE...
US universities targeted by Office 365 phishing attacks
US universities are being targeted in multiple phishing attacks designed to impersonate college login portals to steal valuable Office 365 credentials. The lures used in the latest campaigns include COVID-19 Delta and Omicron variants and various themes on how these allegedly impact the educational programs. These campaigns are believed to be conducted by multiple threat actors starting in October 2021, with Proofpoint sharing details on the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used in the phishing attacks. READ MORE...
Cybersecurity Takes the Wheel as Auto Industry's Top Priority
Vehicle safety, which has long been a top concern for automotive companies, today equates to cybersecurity. That's because now more than ever, vehicles run on software. They are fast-moving, highly connected data centers, part mainframe, and part mobile device, loaded with Internet of Things (IoT) devices. They are effectively mobile nodes operating at the edge of massive cloud infrastructure. And they will increasingly become targets for cyberattackers. READ MORE...
Android Security Updates Patch 46 Vulnerabilities
The December 2021 security updates for Android have started rolling out to users with patches for 46 vulnerabilities, including several considered critical severity. The most severe of the addressed issues is an information leakage bug in the Media framework "that could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed," Google explains. READ MORE...
Healthcare cybersecurity market size to reach $35.5 billion by 2027
The healthcare cybersecurity market size is anticipated to record a valuation of $35.5 billion by 2027, according to the most recent study by Global Market Insights. Increasing adoption for cloud services in developed as well as developing countries will boost the demand for healthcare cybersecurity. Increasing healthcare cybersecurity and regulatory compliance-related issues in developed regions is one of the major factors that will spur the market expansion. READ MORE...
Virtual-Network Vulnerability Found in AWS, Other Clouds
A vulnerability in a library created by network virtualization firm Eltima - and used by a variety of vendors, including Amazon - has left more than a dozen cloud services vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack. Research from security firm SentinelOne found that the vulnerabilities in Eltima's software development kit (SDK) for virtual networking - which is used by a variety of cloud-based virtualization services, including Amazon's WorkSpaces agent, its Nimble Studio AMI, and Eltima's USB Network Gate - could allow an attacker to execute code in the kernel through a buffer overflow to gain higher privileges. READ MORE...
- ...in 1894, cartoonist E.C. Segar, best known as the creator of Popeye the Sailor, is born Santa Monica, CA.
- ...in 2010, SpaceX becomes the first private aerospace company to successfully launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft.
- ...in 2013, heavy metal group Metallica perform a concert in Antarctica, becoming the first band to play on all seven continents.
- ...is 1861, French filmmaker and early special-effects pioneer Georges Melies ("A Trip to the Moon") is born in Paris.
