Runners around the world are flocking to Boston for the 128th running of the Boston Marathon. It’s an exciting event that draws an ever-loving and supportive crowd on the holiday Massachusetts natives fondly refer to as Patriot’s Day. An FBI security assessment has identified no specific threats ahead of the marathon, which is welcomed news for runners and fans alike.
Friends, family, and running enthusiasts will cheer on athletes over the 26.2 mile course as they celebrate this holiday commemorating the first battles of the Revolutionary War. More than 200 years ago, Paul Revere sounded the alarm that “the British are coming!”, and this week Congress is sounding alarms amid increased cybersecurity risks to US critical infrastructure. According to The Hacker News, a critical zero-day flaw in Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS software is under active attack.
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Now let’s take a look at what else made cybersecurity headlines this week.
April. 12: Apple has issued a new spyware warning to iPhone users as attackers are attempting to compromise iPhones across 91 countries.
April. 12: After being hit by a cyberattack for the second time this year, Roku released a statement noting the attackers did not gain access to sensitive information such as full credit card numbers.
April. 11: Due to cyberthreats happening outside of the country, the Defense Department is implementing its 2023 DOD Cyber Strategy to counter the cyberthreats.
April. 10: “X fixes URL blunder that could enable convincing social media phishing campaigns,” The Register reported.
April. 10: In the past 12 months, half of UK businesses have reported a cyber incident or data breach, including charities as well as large, medium, and small businesses.
April. 9: Check fraud has been swarming the US with potentially more than 20 million people in the US falling victim to check fraud.
April. 9: Due to OS command and argument injection weaknesses, threat actors can exploit a security vulnerability in the Rust standard library to target Windows systems.
April. 8: The Hacker News reported, “Google has filed a lawsuit in the US against two app developers for allegedly engaging in an international online consumer investment fraud scheme that tricked users into downloading bogus Android apps from the Google Play Store.”
April. 8: The US Department of Health warns threat actors are targeting IT help desk employees at healthcare organizations using a social engineering tactic.