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News
− How regulatory standards and cyber insurance inform each other

Should the payment of a ransomware demand be illegal? Should it be regulated in some way? This blog is the fourth of a series looking into cyber insurance and 
its relevance in this increasingly digital era.
 https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/business-security/how-regulatory-standards-and-cyber-insurance-inform-each-other/
   

− Meta Exposes Iranian Hacker Group Targeting Global Political Figures on WhatsApp

Meta Platforms on Friday became the latest company after Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI to expose the activities of an Iranian state-sponsored threat actor, 
who it said used a set of WhatsApp accounts that attempted to target individuals in Israel, Palestine, Iran, the U.K., and the U.S.
https://about.fb.com/news/2024/08/taking-action-against-malicious-accounts-in-iran/
   

− Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Arrested in France for Content Moderation Failures

Pavel Durov, founder and chief executive of the popular messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France on Saturday, according to French television network TF1. 
Durov is believed to have been apprehended pursuant to a warrant issued in connection with a preliminary police investigation.
https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/telegram-founder-pavel-durov-arrested.html 
   


Vulnerabilities

− Chinese Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Cisco Switch Flaw to Gain System Control

Details have emerged about a China-nexus threat group's exploitation of a recently disclosed, now-patched security flaw in Cisco switches as a zero-day 
to seize control of the appliances and evade detection.
https://www.sygnia.co/blog/china-threat-group-velvet-ant-cisco-zero-day/ 
   
− Critical Vulnerability exists in LiteSpeed Cache Wordpress Plugin

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache allows Privilege Escalation in the popular Wordpress plugin.
 https://www.ncsc.gov.ie/pdfs/2408220138_Crit_Vulns_in_LiteSpeed_Cache.pdf 
   

− WhatsApp Verification Code Scam

NCSC have become aware of an escalating trend of ‘WhatsApp Verification Code Scams’ being
deployed against users in Ireland. Users should remain mindful when using WhatsApp for business purposes and the data that may be exposed by the compromise of their WhatsApp account.
 https://www.ncsc.gov.ie/pdfs/2408200156_WhatsApp_Scam_Advice.pdf 
   

Community News

− Cyber Ireland National Conference

The Cyber Ireland National Conference (CINC), is Cyber Ireland’s annual flagship cyber security event bringing together and building our cyber security 
community with leaders and professionals across industry, academia and government. More than 400 attendees from 190 organisations attended last year’s event.
https://cyberireland.ie/ci-event/cyber-ireland-national-conference/
 

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