This Month In Security With Tony Anscombe – December 2024 Edition

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From attacks leveraging caller new zero-day exploits to a awesome rule enforcement crackdown, December 2024 was packed pinch impactful cybersecurity news

27 Dec 2024

From caller zero-day exploits to a awesome rule enforcement crackdown, December 2024 was packed pinch impactful cybersecurity news. ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe dives into immoderate of nan month’s cardinal stories, offering master insights and commentary. Watch nan video for a afloat breakdown and enactment until nan extremity to study besides astir 1 of nan main concerns looming successful 2025.

Here are immoderate of nan apical cybersecurity stories of December 2024:

• Bad actors took advantage of a zero-day vulnerability successful record transportation software from Cleo Communications to bargain information from a number of organizations. A person look reveals respective intriguing twists successful nan incident involving nan Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom software.
• The United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed caller rules connected really telecommunication companies should unafraid their networks.
• Meanwhile successful nan United Kingdom, nan Ofcom has released its last codes of practice for really online platforms should grip forbidden online content, giving them 3 months to behaviour consequence assessments aliases other look steep fines arsenic nan Online Safety Act becomes effective.

• Authorities successful nary less than 19 African countries arrested much than 1,000 people for allegedly taking portion successful ransomware attacks, business email discuss (BEC) and different cybercrimes.
• Donut and java unit concatenation Krispy Kreme suffered a cyberattack that caused operational disruptions and besides impacted nan company's online ordering system.

Don't hide to cheque retired besides nan November 2024 edition of nan monthly information news roundup.

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