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Jamf Protect adds powerful telemetry to protect Mac enterprise

December 16, 2022 admin apple, desktop pcs, MacOS, Security

Security and privacy go hand in hand in the connected enterprise. So as we approach the holiday break, there’s good news for security-conscious Mac-using enterprises from Jamf: powerful new telemetry tools in Jamf Protect.

Because complex security is sexy

We know that enterprise users don’t just have a responsibility to keep things secure, they also need to prove they’re doing so. Beyond that, many regulated industries must maintain ever more complex security event logging and insight to show how hard they’re working to protect their systems.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Microsoft calls time out on Apple Watch Authenticator

December 15, 2022 admin apple, microsoft, Mobile, Security, small and medium business

Using an Apple Watch as a device to authenticate access to enterprise sites and services using Microsoft Authenticator is a convenience that’s about to go away. Microsoft says the feature will stop working after an Authenticator update scheduled for next month.

Apple Watch auth out

Microsoft Authenticator makes it easy to sign into Microsoft accounts, supported apps or services using two-step verification. Authenticator also generates one-time use codes, so you needn’t wait for text messages or calls to access your accounts.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Microsoft’s EU data boundary plan to take effect Jan. 1

December 15, 2022 admin Data Privacy, Regulation

Microsoft on Thursday said it will begin rolling out the first phase of its European Union data boundary plan from January 1, 2023 that’ll allow customers to store and process their customer data within the EU. The move comes two days after the EU commission said it had officially begun the process of approving the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

Under the first phase of the plan, companies that use Microsoft products and services will be able to store and process their customer data within the EU. Microsoft has included Azure, Power BI, Dynamics 365 and Office 365 under the first phase.

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Six Charged in Mass Takedown of DDoS-for-Hire Sites

December 14, 2022 admin ddos-for-hire, Ne'er-Do-Well News

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 19:58:00 +0000

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today seized four-dozen domains that sold “booter” or “stresser” services — businesses that make it easy and cheap for even non-technical users to launch powerful Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks designed knock targets offline. The DOJ also charged six U.S. men with computer crimes related to their alleged ownership of the popular DDoS-for-hire services.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2022 Edition

December 14, 2022 admin apple zero-day, cve-2022-41076, cve-2022-44698, cve-2022-44710, cve-2022-44713, Greg Wiseman, immersive labs, kevin breen, Latest Warnings, microsoft patch tuesday december 2022, Powershell, Rapid7, Security Tools, Sophos, Time to Patch, trend micro's zero day initiative, will dormann, windows

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 17:01:07 +0000

Microsoft has released its final monthly batch of security updates for 2022, fixing more than four dozen security holes in its various Windows operating systems and related software. The most pressing patches include a zero-day vulnerability in a Windows feature that tries to flag malicious files from the Web, a critical bug in PowerShell, and a dangerous flaw in Windows 11 systems that was detailed publicly prior to this week’s Patch Tuesday.

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FBI’s Vetted Info Sharing Network ‘InfraGard’ Hacked

December 13, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, breached, data breaches, FBI, infragard, pompompurin, RaidForums, usdod, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 23:54:21 +0000

InfraGard, a program run by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to build cyber and physical threat information sharing partnerships with the private sector, this week saw its database of contact information on more than 80,000 members go up for sale on an English-language cybercrime forum. Meanwhile, the hackers responsible are communicating directly with members through the InfraGard portal online — using a new account under the assumed identity of a financial industry CEO that was vetted by the FBI itself.

ComputerWorld Independent

European Commission takes step toward approving EU-US data privacy pact

December 13, 2022 admin Compliance, Data Privacy, Regulation

The European Commission announced Tuesday that is has officially begun the process of approving the EU-US Data Privacy Framework—hammered together to allow the flow of data between the US and the European Union—after concluding that the framework provides privacy safeguards comparable to those of the EU.

After President Biden signed the executive order that implemented rules for the Trans-Atlantic Data Policy Framework in the US in October, the Commission conducted an assessment into the US legal framework that the bill was based upon. That assessment, released Tuesday, says that the legislation ensures an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the EU to US companies.

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Apple sets a security challenge for 2023

December 9, 2022 admin apple, iOS, MacOS, Security

Given Apple’s big moves this week to roll out new data protection tools for iMessage and allow users to encrypt more of their data in iCloud, it seems obvious that security is going to be a major Apple priority in the year ahead.

Stamping out surveillance

The Biden administration’s decision to blacklist the mercenary hackers at NSO Group was a welcome move, but it hasn’t stopped the “surveillance-as-a-service” industry. Instead, it’s atomized it, which means we now have more companies offering such “services” than ever before.

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