Surefire Cyber Articles
Google Accelerates Passkey Adoption
Google announced that their Passkeys have been used over 1 billion times since they were introduced in 2022.
New SIM Swapping Attacks
According to new research, eSIM cards are being hijacked for cyber attacks. eSIM cards are remotely programmable chips that are stored within phones and other wearable devices.
Google Engineer Stealing AI Secrets
The U.S. Department Of Justice announced this week an indictment against an engineer who stole Google’s intellectual property (IP).
Enhancing Cybersecurity: Recent Vendor Advancements
In the past few weeks there has been a number of positive vendor updates focused on improving security for their users.
New Vulnerability in Connectwise ScreenConnect
A new patch has been issued for CVE-2024-1709, a vulnerability present in Connectwise ScreenConnect, a remote access support tool that can be cloud or self-hosted.
Toothbrush Botnet Army and DDoS Attacks
Gaining attention this week was the claim that 3 million toothbrushes were compromised to launch a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against a Swiss company.
Takeaways from the Google Report on Zero-Days
Google issued a report this week about the proliferation of commercial spyware tools and the link to zero-days in their products.
Ivanti Zero-Days – What You Need to Know
Cyber news this week includes multiple headlines about zero-days in the Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure gateway products.
Takeaways from the Tesla “Hack”
At the Pwn2Own conference in Tokyo this week, researchers earned over $1 million by discovering 48 new vulnerabilities in automotive products, including ones by Tesla.