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• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Advent IM Blog

After a week of scorching heat, we hope to keep it going with this weekend’s Weekend Wisdom. In News: Strava app flaw revealed runs of Israeli officials at secretive bases – Read here Ex-Amazon worker found guilty in Capital One breach – Read here Yodel delivery service disrupted by cyber incident – Read here Security […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

A security researcher found vulnerabilities in Jacuzzi’s SmartTub interface that allowed access to the personal data of every hot tub owner. Read via Yahoo

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Delivery company Yodel confirmed it had experienced a cyber incident, which researchers believe could be a ransomware attack, and is working to get systems fully running again Read via Computer Weekly

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Paige Thompson, a 36-year-old former Amazon employee, has been convicted for seven federal crimes by the US District Court in Seattle, all originating from a massive breach at Capital One that affected over 100 million people. Read via Computing.co.uk

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

Armed Forces Day is a chance to show your support for the people who make up the Armed Forces community: from currently serving troops to Service families, veterans and cadets. Find out more here. We spoke to Ex-Military and Reservists in the team here at Advent IM who are for their support and advice to […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

A security vulnerability in the fitness app Strava allowed suspicious figures to identify and track security personnel working at secretive bases in Israel, a disinformation watchdog says. Read via BBC

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

Weekend Wisdom is back, and because the weather is so nice, we’ll try to keep it short. This week in News: It is Men’s Health Week this week, check out our blog here  Microsoft Exchange servers are being hacked to deploy ransomware – read here Financial services saw a 35% increase in ransomware attacks in […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

Reducing the number of pop-up cookie banners on websites and tougher fines for firms making nuisance calls are at the centre of new data law proposals published by the Government. Read via Yahoo

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) this week released its Q1 2022 report that found while most sectors saw a decreased in the overall number of ransomware attacks, the financial services industry experienced a 35% increase in attacks. Read via SC Magazine

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Multiple threat actors are on the hunt for vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers Read via Tech Radar