Saturday Wrap Up: 11 May 2024

This week’s Friday Wrap Up is going to be Saturday Wrap Up. I spent the week at RSA and arrived back on the east coast yesterday evening and decided to relax after the coast to coast flight. If you were at RSA all week, you know what I’m talking about!

A real working Enigma that was on display at the NSA booth in the South Hall. Thank you to National Cryptologic Museum for having it on display and having a museum curator on hand to give a history of the Enigma to anyone that asked.

🔄 Microsoft explores MT/s for displaying memory speed in Windows 11 Task Manager (Published on 5/6/2024, BleepingComputer). Read More

🚨 LockBit ransomware admin exposed and sanctioned by US, UK, and Australia (Published on 5/7/2024, BleepingComputer). Read More

⚠️ Over 50,000 Tinyproxy servers at risk from critical RCE vulnerability (Published on 5/7/2024, BleepingComputer). Read More

🕵️♂️ TunnelVision attack exposes VPN traffic through rogue DHCP servers (Published on 5/7/2024, BleepingComputer). Read More

🔒 Zscaler takes action after test environment breach rumors (Published on 5/8/2024, BleepingComputer). Read More

🚨 LockBit ransomware claims responsibility for City of Wichita cyberattack (Published on 5/8/2024, BleepingComputer). Read More

💼 CISOs express job security concerns and dissatisfaction with salaries (Published on 5/8/2024, Dark Reading). Read More

🔒 Microsoft links executive pay to cybersecurity achievements (Published on 5/8/2024, Dark Reading). Read More

🛑 Hackers target LiteSpeed Cache on WordPress, setting up fake admin accounts (Published on 5/8/2024, The Hacker News). Read More

⚠️ Citrix urges manual mitigation against PuTTY SSH client vulnerability (Published on 5/9/2024, BleepingComputer). Read More

🕵️♂️ ‘The Mask’ espionage group reactivates after a decade, targeting Latin America and Central Africa (Published on 5/9/2024, Dark Reading). Read More

📈 Criminal AI use is increasing but still behind defenders (Published on 5/9/2024, SecurityWeek). Read More

🕵️♂️ New TunnelVision attack enables VPN traffic hijacking through DHCP manipulation (Published on 5/9/2024, The Hacker News). Read More

🚨 Mirai Botnet exploits vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure devices (Published on 5/9/2024, The Hacker News). Read More

🔒 Google patches fifth Chrome zero-day exploited this year (Published on 5/10/2024, BleepingComputer). Read More

🚨 Ohio Lottery ransomware attack affects over 538,000 individuals (Published on 5/10/2024, BleepingComputer). Read More

🚨 Ascension Healthcare hit by major cyberattack, disrupting services (Published on 5/10/2024, Dark Reading). Read More

🔍 Cybersecurity races to detect AI-generated deepfakes (Published on 5/10/2024, Dark Reading). Read More

📱 Malicious Android apps impersonating major platforms steal user credentials (Published on 5/10/2024, The Hacker News). Read More

Stay informed and secure in the tech and cybersecurity world. Have a great weekend, and remember to patch and protect your systems!

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