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While cyber attacks remain a persistent, year-round threat to organizations, cybersecurity professionals have discovered patterns in the frequency and intensity of attacks throughout the year. These attacks are influenced by various factors, including economic cycles, sporting events, and even the seasons. Understanding these patterns can help organizations prepare and reinforce defenses during high-risk periods. Here's a detailed look at when organizations are most vulnerable to cyber attacks.

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. Non-Compliance Lesson, DSSv4 related, Skimmers, Other Payments. New breaches: 7 breachers per capita, Shields & Yuma Healthcare, Telegram, Palermo. Major outages. Privacy: Twitter, Bluetooth & Wi-Fi, Student spyware. Laws & Regs - Canada: CBSA phone searches, C-11, Crypto regs, Right to disconnect, cigarettes. US: right-to-repair, breach reporting. World: hacking-back, platform liability, message scanning. NSO in court, USB-C. Standards: HTTP RFCs, 5 NIST drafts. Defense - Cyber-skills, Tools & Techniques. Vulnerabilities - Zerodays, Follina, Apple CPUs, Dogwalk, DiagCab. Patching: Chrome, Gitlab. Other: Cloud middleware, U-Boot, Tesla, PyPl/keep. Crypto-research: SSH, Boomerang. Cybercrime - Trends: Follina, Conti, Symbiote, Cracked Ccleaner. Crime & Enforcement: Crypto-thefts, SSNDOB shutdown, 41 phishes. Nation States and mercenaries. Other Risks - General: AI, CitizenLab, Car insurance, Health, Safety, Environment, Disinformation, Economy. Russia v. Ukraine. Innovation and more.

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. PCI and payments: PCI updates: Brazil. Skimmers. Payments: New breaches: Nuclear documents, Brexit, GM, Colleges, Toronto. Follow-ups & Fall-out: MGM Resorts, GitHub, NPM. Privacy: DuckDuck, Facial tech, data safety. Laws & Regs - Canada: C-11. US: Disclosure, Twitter, Content moderation, Zuckerberg, Trolls. World: Clearview AI, Privacy Shield, Borderless data, Platform liability. Defense - Tools & Techniques, Vulnerabilities, Advisories: CISA. Zerodays, Patching: Vmware, Zoom. Other: AWS key theft or research? Containers, Forging Australian digital IDs, Phishing infosec. Vulnerability research: Controlling touchscreens remotely, Pre-hijacking accounts, manipulating ML. Crypto-research: RSA, AES. Cybercrime: Trends: Crime & Enforcement: Nation States and mercenaries. Other. Other Risks: General: Health, Safety, Environment, Disinformation, Russia v. Ukraine. Innovation and more.