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Here is our latest roundup of news about digital security in our connected world. Click here to see the whole series.

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• ¶ºÒõ¹Ý acquired DNS Made Easy, a provider of managed Domain Name System (DNS) services for enterprises. This expands ¶ºÒõ¹Ý’s digital trust portfolio and will enable ¶ºÒõ¹Ý to offer a seamless approach to certificate lifecycle management.
• ¶ºÒõ¹Ý announced support for the Matter protocol, the first effort to provide a standard for secure, reliable interoperability for smart home devices, mobile apps and cloud services. ¶ºÒõ¹Ý was invited as the global leader in digital trust to help develop the PKI specification for the and as the time approaches for manufacturers to adopt the standard, ¶ºÒõ¹Ý offers support to manufactures to become matter compliant.

Browser

• Microsoft June 15. Internet Explorer had been functioning for about and Microsoft is retiring it in favor of the newer Microsoft Edge. If users are still going to Internet Explorer, Microsoft plans to temporarily redirect them to Microsoft Edge.

TLS/SSL

• A failure to renew a certificate led to an for shows hosted by Megaphone. The outage left users without access to Megaphone CMS or the ability to download from Megaphone-hosted publishers. Megaphone hosts some of the top podcasts in the industry and is owned by Spotify.
• Another unrenewed certificate caused an The Windows Insider software testing program webpage was down June 9 for a few hours.

Malware

• A highly sophisticated malware, was discovered on routers in North America and Europe that appears to come from advanced hackers, possibly by a nation-state actor. Researchers say the malware could give the hackers full control of connected devices using Windows, macOS and Linux, and is probably part of a broader campaign that has gone since Q4 2020.

Vulnerabilities

• A new left personal data, like names and email addresses, of owners exposed. The SmartTubs allow owners to remotely manage them (control water temperature, switch on and off lights or jets) with an app. Researchers say that hackers could potentially control these features as well.
• The data of over 460,000 people was at risk after an on a night out. The man lost the flash drive after carrying it home from work and on his night out, discovered his bag containing the drive was gone. The city government issued a reminder to get permission before taking sensitive data out of the office.

Data breaches

• The including names, ages, addresses and more. The information was easily downloadable on the Firearms Dashboard Portal on their website. The data was available for under 24 hours, and included information on of gun owners in California.
• Several were caught stealing AWS credentials and network information and transferring them to a remote endpoint. Unfortunately, the endpoints stored this information in .TXT files with no authentication, leaving them open to anyone on the web.