Emotet malware operators have restarted their newly-launched phishing campaign after fixing a vulnerability that prevented infections when malicious email attachments were opened, BleepingComputer reports.
Proofpoint researchers say the Emotet botnet's use of low volume attacks via Microsoft OneDrive URLs may be the first round of larger campaigns to come.
One of the primary tensions within DoD’s efforts to raise the cybersecurity bar for its defense contractors is doing it in way that doesn’t further erode the military’s base of small business innovators. And yet, the current bottom up approach by most hackers makes small businesses a primary threat to federal security efforts.
A follow-up notice from Smile Brands about its 2021 ransomware attack and that initially reported 199,683 patients being affected leads this week’s healthcare data breach roundup.
In a newly posted release, Tenet Healthcare is currently investigating a “cybersecurity incident,” which prompted the security team to pull impacted IT systems and apps offline.
PCI DSS 4.0 is said to give businesses “more flexibility,” while allowing them to select and use their own solutions to meet the security objective of PCI DSS.
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