Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

MILES/CBS NEWS TEXAS The Royal ransomware group is behind the attack and threatens to publish stolen data if the City will not meet its ransom demand. Once obtained access to the City’s network, the group performed reconnaissance and information-gathering activities using legitimate third-party remote management tools.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

China-linked threat actors have breached telecommunications companies and network service providers to spy on the traffic and steal data. Both tools could be used to target SOHO and other routers manufactured by major industry providers, including Cisco, Fortinet, and MikroTik. ” reads the advisory published by the US agencies.

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IT Governance

APRIL 25, 2023

According to the 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report , insider threats account for 18% of all security incident. Meanwhile, a Ponemon Institute report found that data breaches caused by insiders increased by 14% between 2018 and 2022. But who exactly is causing these incidents and why? Who are insider threats?

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

ASUS Routers Remote Access Vulnerability Type of attack: Remote Access Vulnerability, where three critical-severity remote code execution vulnerabilities seriously threaten ASUS RT-AX55, RT-AX56U_V2, and RT-AC86U routers. Without further access or human engagement, these flaws might lead to remote code execution.

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