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Global News: The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) reports that it has temporarily disabled certain computer systems and applications, as it investigates a cybersecurity incident that occurred on Dec. 25.
ZDNet: Digital photography company Shutterfly reported a ransomware attack on Sunday. The incident was first reported by Bleeping Computer, which said a source told them the company was attacked by the Conti ransomware group.
BNN Bloomberg: Capital One Financial Corp. agreed to pay $190 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that customers filed against the firm after a hacker broke into its cloud-computing systems and stole their personal information.
BNN Bloomberg: Cybersecurity startup Snyk Ltd. is making preparations for an initial public offering that could happen as early as next year, according to people familiar with the matter.
BNN Bloomberg: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. conceded it was slow to report a major vulnerability in widely used software because it was unaware of its severity, a day after China’s tech industry overseer suspended cooperation on cybersecurity with the online retail giant.
The Target: Sennheiser, an audio equipment manufacturer.
The Take: Exposure of Personally Identifiable Information of 28,000 customers including: full names, email address, phone numbers, names of client companies and their employees.
The Vector: An unsecured public facing Amazon S3 storage server was left open on the internet, meaning anyone who navigated to the address would able to view the information in full.
It is critical to employ robust practices of credential management, user authentication and validation around all points of access. An unprotected point of entry on a key piece of equipment like a server can lead to a breach with a cascading effect on data security.
BNN Bloomberg: The RSA Conference, a major cybersecurity event that takes place annually in San Fransisco, is being delayed until June due to an increase in Covid-19 cases. The event was originally scheduled to take place in February.
CNBC: As the recent Log4j breach demonstrates, U.S. businesses and government organizations have been taking a pounding from cybercriminals. It’s coming in the form of ransomware, data breaches, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), and other damaging attacks.
Yahoo Finance: Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Austin, Texas headquartered Edgile, a transformational cybersecurity consulting provider that focuses on risk and compliance, information and cloud security, and digital identity.
Financial Post: Cybersecurity company ZeroFox said it will buy digital privacy protection platform IDX and go public through a merger with blank-check firm L&F Acquisition Corp, in a deal that values the combined entity at $1.4 billion.
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