The SecurityWeek editorial team huddled over the holidays to look back at the stories that shaped 2022 and, more importantly, to stare into a shiny crystal ball to find the cybersecurity narratives that will dominate this year’s headlines.
Netwrix Acquires Remediant for PAM Technology
Data security software vendor Netwrix has acquired Remediant, an early-stage startup working on technology in the PAM (privileged access management) category.
Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Microsoft Patches Azure Cross-Tenant Data Access Flaw
Microsoft has silently fixed an important-severity security flaw in its Azure Container Service (ACS) after an external researcher warned that a buggy feature allowed cross-tenant network bypass attacks.
LastPass Says Password Vault Data Stolen in Data Breach
Password management firm LastPass says the hackers behind an August data breach stole a massive stash of customer data, including password vault data that could be exposed by brute-forcing or guessing master passwords.
FoxIt Patches Code Execution Flaws in PDF Tools
Foxit Software has rolled out a critical-severity patch to cover a dangerous remote code execution flaw in its flagship PDF Reader and PDF Editor products.
Google Workspace Gets Client-Side Encryption in Gmail
Google on Friday announced the beta availability of client-side encryption in Gmail for some of its Google Workspace customers.
US Food Companies Warned of BEC Attacks Stealing Food Product Shipments
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA OCI), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) are raising alarm on business email compromise (BEC) attacks leading to the theft of shipments of food products and ingredients.
Email Hack Hits 15,000 Business Customers of Australian Telecoms Firm TPG
Australia’s TPG Telecom this week announced that a threat actor has gained unauthorized access to a service hosting the email accounts of 15,000 customers.
The second largest telecommunications company in the country, TPG Telecom was formerly known as Vodafone Hutchison Australia, but was renamed after its merger with TPG.
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Plugs Windows Hole Exploited in Ransomware Attacks
Microsoft on Tuesday pushed a major Windows update to address a security feature bypass already exploited in global ransomware attacks.
The operating system update, released as part of Microsoft’s scheduled Patch Tuesday, addresses a flaw that lets malicious attackers use rigged files to evade MOTW (Mart of the Web) defenses.
Adobe Patches 38 Flaws in Enterprise Software Products
After skipping last month, Adobe returned to its scheduled Patch Tuesday cadence with the release of fixes for at least 38 vulnerabilities in multiple enterprise-facing products.
The San Jose, California software maker said the flaws could expose users to code execution and privilege escalation attacks across all computer platforms.












