Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2023

FortiGuard Labs researchers observed an ongoing hacking campaign targeting Cacti ( CVE-2022-46169 ) and Realtek ( CVE-2021-35394 ) vulnerabilities to spread ShellBot and Moobot malware. The Moobot botnet is actively exploiting critical vulnerabilities in Cacti, and Realtek in attacks in the wild.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2023

CVE-2021-45046 (CVSS score: 9.0) – Apache Log4j2 deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability. Apache Log4j2 contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability due to the incomplete fix of CVE-2021-44228, where the Thread Context Lookup Pattern is vulnerable to remote code execution in certain non-default configurations.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 26, 2022

According to the Infosec 2021 IT & Security Talent Pipeline Survey , over 90% of hiring managers struggle to fill open cyber roles — leaving mission-critical work undone and existing teams strapped for time and resources. About the essayist: Jack Koziol is the founder, SVP and GM of Infosec Institute , a cybersecurity education company.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2023

The Monopoly Market was launched in 2019 and the German authorities seized the marketplace’s infrastructure in December 2021. “Europol has been compiling intelligence packages based on troves of evidence provided by German authorities, who successfully seized the marketplace’s criminal infrastructure in December 2021.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

Below is the list of flaws exploited by the ransomware gang’s affiliate: CVE-2021-27876 : The communication between a client and an Agent requires successful authentication, which is typically completed over a secure TLS communication. CVE-2021-27877 : An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 21.2. CVSS score: 8.1).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

An Iran-linked APT group tracked as Mint Sandstorm is behind a string of attacks aimed at US critical infrastructure between late 2021 to mid-2022. Microsoft has linked the Iranian Mint Sandstorm APT (previously tracked by Microsoft as PHOSPHORUS ) to a series of attacks aimed at US critical infrastructure between late 2021 to mid-2022.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Sabbath ransomware is a new threat that has been targeting critical infrastructure in the United States and Canada since June 2021. A new ransomware group called Sabbath (aka UNC2190) has been targeting critical infrastructure in the United States and Canada since June 2021.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2023

” In December 2021, Google announced it has taken down the infrastructure operated by the Glupteba botnet, it also sued Russian nationals Dmitry Starovikov and Alexander Filippov for creating and operating the botnet. .” concludes the announcemebt.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 3,729 ransomware complaints in 2021, representing $49.2 In fact, ransomware-as-a-service is alive and well, educating would-be offenders on how to undertake an attack and even offering customer support. Prevalence. million in adjusted losses. Incident response.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“These operations have targeted various industries, including Aerospace & Defense, Education, Energy & Utilities, Governments, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Retail, Technology, and Transportation. ” reads the joint report. Since September 2022, Moobot botnet was spotted targeting vulnerable D-Link routers.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2023

Over a nine-month period in 2018, the site performed at least 16 million checks, and over a 13-month period beginning in September 2021, the site performed at least 17 million checks.” ” reads the press release published by the DoJ. ” The indictment is the result of a law enforcement operation conducted by the U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

In 2021, CISA added Remcos to the list of top malware strains due to its use in mass phishing attacks using COVID-19 pandemic themes targeting businesses and individuals. The phishing attacks began in February 2023, the IT giant reported.

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OpenText Information Management

APRIL 19, 2024

General awareness and education on the potential threats to your employee base is a must. New era of concern In 2023, the world saw a 72% increase in data breaches from 2021, which held the previous record. The post Machine vs. machine appeared first on OpenText Blogs. Get more information about our Cybersecurity portfolio.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2023

The new variant of the encryptor targets Linux, NAS, and ESXi hosts, it appears to be based on the source code of Babuk ransomware that was leaked online in 2021. The Uptycs threat research team discovered the first ransomware binary attributed to the RTM ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) provider.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2023

Five of the issues added by CISA to its catalog are part of the exploits used by surveillance vendors to target mobile devices with their commercial spyware: CVE-2021-30900 – Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

The joint advisory provides detailed info on tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) associated with APT28’s attacks conducted in 2021 that exploited the flaw in Cisco routers. The Russia-linked APT28 conducted the attacks in 2021 and targeted a small number of entities in Europe, U.S. ” reads the joint advisory.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 27, 2022

was released in July 2021 and consists of 21 Knowledge Areas in the following groups: Human, Organisational and Regulatory Aspects Attacks and Defences Systems Security Software and Platform Security Infrastructure Security. How do you start your cyber security education?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2021

On March 2nd, Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band security updates that address four zero-day issues (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065) in all supported Microsoft Exchange versions that are actively exploited in the wild. — MalwareTech (@MalwareTechBlog) March 10, 2021.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

In August 2021, ShinyHunters group claimed to have a database containing private information on roughly 70 million AT&T customers, but the company denies that they have been stolen from its systems.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

The joint advisory provides detailed info on tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) associated with APT28’s attacks conducted in 2021 that exploited the flaw in Cisco routers.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2022

This critical vulnerability should be patched or mitigated immediately per the instructions in VMSA-2021-0014. for the affected VMware applications we can find organizations in the healthcare and education industries, and state government potentially vulnerable. cations of this vulnerability are serious.” states VMware.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

2021, but when in February 2023 they checked the fix they discovered that in January 2022 the default SECRET_KEY value was changed to “ CHANGE_ME_TO_A_COMPLEX_RANDOM_SECRET “, and a warning was added to the logs with this Git commit. ” Horizon3 researchers reported the issue to the Superset team in Oct.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2023

The technique of abusing the Process Explorer driver to bypass EDR systems was already observed in the wild, Sophos reported it was implemented in the open-source tool Backstab , which was published in June 2021.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 4, 2021

According to the 2019/2020 Official Annual Cyber Security Jobs Report sponsored by the Herjavec Group, the number of open cyber security positions has grown 350 percent from 2013 to 2021. million unfilled cyber security jobs globally by 2021. Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that there will be 3.5 Growing need. Fostering tradecraft.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2022

Vice Society ransomware has been active since June 2021, it is considered by researchers a spin-off of the HelloKitty ransomware , the malware targets both Windows and Linux systems primarily belonging to small or midsize victims. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g.

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DXC Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

2021 marked the sixth year […]. The post DXC supports digital literacy with Iberia Codes contest appeared first on DXC Blogs. This fun and collaborative initiative to awaken and foster children’s interest in and passion for technology helps them develop and hone their computational thinking skills using a STEM approach.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 27, 2021

As reported on the Hunton Retail Law Blog , on April 26, 2021, the U.S. 19-4310, 2021 WL 1603808 (2d Cir. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal on Article III standing grounds of a data breach class action predicated on an alleged increased risk of identity theft. McMorris v.

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Archive-It

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Meet them and learn much more about the program here on the Internet Archive blog. You can catch up anytime with recordings and recaps, starting here on the Archive-It blog. Archive-It will phase out its cost-sharing program for new web archive collections related to the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of 2021. Community News.

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Data Matters

MARCH 19, 2021

On March 17, 2021, California officials announced the appointment of five board members of the California Privacy Protection Agency ( the “CPPA”), the first data protection agency in the United States. Board appointees were drawn from academia, government, and public service: Jennifer M.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

In September 2020, the British government announced the ban on the installation of new Huawei equipment in the 5G networks of Wireless carriers after September 2021. The government could order operators to “rip and replace” the risky components provided by Chinese suppliers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2023

Going one step further, in 2021, the CISA announced the formation of the Joint Cyber Defense Collective (JCDC) , an initiative formulated to bring government and private industry representatives together to build operation plans for protecting and responding to cyber threats.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2023

The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure. In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 24, 2022

It’s why, for the past fifteen years, 28 January has marked Data Privacy Day – an international event raises awareness about online privacy and educates people on the ways they can protect their personal information. That’s why now is an ideal time to educate your children on the importance of data privacy. Keep it private.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, an event designed to educate people about information security and the steps they can take to stay safe online. Meanwhile, Verizon’s 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report found that 25% of all data breaches involve phishing. appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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Archive-It

JANUARY 14, 2021

Mellon Foundation, the program is expanding nationwide to provide free web archiving and technical services, education, professional development, and funding to build community history web archives documenting civic life and especially communities traditionally under-represented in the historical record. Have questions? Tech and Training.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

Well, the stats are even scarier with over 50% increase in ransomware attacks in 2021, compared to 2020. Ransomware? I think you may have heard of it, isn’t the news full of it? Related: Make it costly for cybercriminals. Back up your data and secure your backups in an offline location.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The need for experienced and qualified cyber security professionals is a highlight of Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week , led by NICE (National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education). The post Building cyber security careers appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. UK skills gap.

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