![]() The research highlights the often-overlooked need for backup and security controls on the messaging platform. 51% of respondents said they often send business-critical documents and data while 48% admitted to sending messages on Teams they should not have. New research from Hornetsecurity reveals that nearly half of users (45%) send confidential and critical information via Microsoft Teams. ( Bleeping Computer) Critical info being sent through Microsoft Teams This policy will be enabled by default on all new machines running Windows 11 22H2. Admins can enable this additional defense via the “Allow Administrator account lockout” policy. David Weston, Microsoft’s VP for Enterprise and OS Security, says that the control will help protect systems from RDP and other brute force password vectors which are commonly leveraged in ransomware attacks among others. Microsoft announced Tuesday that IT admins can now configure any Windows system still receiving security updates to automatically block brute force attacks targeting local administrator accounts. Learn more at /active-testing All Windows versions can now block admin brute-force attacks Integrate with your existing CI/CD pipelines and tools, such as Jenkins and Postman, as well as all your ticketing and workflow tools such as ServiceNow, Slack, and Jira. Automatically run over 100 dynamic tests that simulate malicious traffic, including the OWASP API Top Ten. Stop API vulnerabilities before production with Noname Security. ( Bleeping Computer) Thanks to today’s episode sponsor, Noname Security Mullvad has contacted Google, requesting them to add an option to disable connectivity checks. Android users are likely unaware of the issue due to Android’s inaccurate documentation related to “VPN Lockdown” features. The issue stems from a design choice in the Android operating system to allow special use cases such as identifying captive portals (like hotel WiFi) that must be checked before a user can log in or use split-tunnel features. Data being leaked outside VPN tunnels includes source IP addresses, DNS lookups, HTTPS traffic, and also likely NTP traffic. Mullvad VPN has discovered that Android leaks some traffic every time the device connects to a WiFi network, even with “Always-on VPN” features enabled. ( betanews) Android leaks traffic even when ‘Always-on VPN’ is enabled Size of the organization is a key factor as leaders in orgs with 1,000+ employees are working an average of seven hours more per week than those working at companies with fewer than 100 employees. Additionally, three-quarters of security leaders say they aren’t able to always switch off from work, while 16 percent say they can rarely or never switch off. On average, security leaders are working 16.5 extra hours each week, up from 11 hours in 2021. New research from Tessian reveals that 18 percent of UK and US security leaders work over 25 hours extra per week. ( Infosecurity Magazine) CISOs at risk of being overworked Toyota indicated they have found no evidence of the data being accessed by a third party and also confirmed that names, telephone numbers, and credit cards were not exposed. The leak was caused by a website development contractor who mistakenly uploaded part of T-Connect’s source code to GitHub. Toyota said that email addresses and customer control numbers were exposed for anyone who has used their T-Connect vehicle network service since July 2017. Toyota has warned that nearly 300,000 customers may have had their personal data exposed on GitHub for almost five years. ( WSJ) Toyota data leak impacts 300,000 customers Fleming said, “Without the collective action of like-minded allies, the divergent values of the Chinese state will be exported through technology.” Fleming noted China’s potential to use tech such as digital currency and satellites to control markets and people, and also to extend surveillance and censorship worldwide. On Tuesday, Jeremy Fleming, the director of Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters, gave a rare speech in London, stating that Beijing aims to use an array of existing and emerging technology that could threaten global security and freedom. UK warns of Chinese global security threat
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