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Security Affairs newsletter Round 432 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Police dismantled bulletproof hosting service provider Lolek Hosted Python URL parsing function flaw can enable command execution UK govt contractor MPD FM leaks employee passport data Power Generator in South Africa hit with DroxiDat and Cobalt Strike The Evolution of API: From Commerce to Cloud Gafgyt botnet is targeting EoL Zyxel routers Charming (..)

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 342

Security Affairs

Italy’s Antitrust Agency fines Apple and Google for aggressive practices of data acquisition HAEICHI-II: Interpol arrested +1,000 suspects linked to various cybercrimes IKEA hit by a cyber attack that uses stolen internal reply-chain emails Marine services provider Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) hit by Clop ransomware Threat actors target crypto and (..)

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 306

Security Affairs

Experts found 15 flaws in Netgear JGS516PE switch, including a critical RCE Google releases Spectre PoC code exploit for Chrome browser Google fixes the third actively exploited Chrome 0-Day since January NCSC is not aware of ransomware attacks compromising UK orgs through Microsoft Exchange bugs ProxyLogon Microsoft Exchange exploit is completely (..)

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Q&A: How emulating attacks in a live environment can more pervasively protect complex networks

The Last Watchdog

Spirent refers to this as “data breach emulation,’’ something David DeSanto, Spirent’s threat research director, told me is designed to give companyies a great advantage; it makes it possible to see precisely how the latest ransomware or crypto mining malware would impact a specific network, with all of its quirky complexity.

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Apache Log4j Zero Day Exploit Puts Large Number of Servers at Severe Risk

eSecurity Planet

We’ve seen similar vulnerabilities exploited before in breaches like the 2017 Equifax data breach.”. Deutsche Telekom officials said in a tweet that they “are observing attacks in our honeypot infrastructure coming from the TOR network.”. Anybody using Apache Struts is likely vulnerable.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 436 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

US CISA added critical Apache RocketMQ flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Ragnar Locker gang leaks data stolen from the Israel’s Mayanei Hayeshua hospital North Korea-linked threat actors target cybersecurity experts with a zero-day Zero-day in Cisco ASA and FTD is actively exploited in ransomware attacks Nation-state actors (..)

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10 Network Security Threats Everyone Should Know

eSecurity Planet

Human error plays a large role in the majority of all data breaches. According to a study done by a Stanford professor and security provider Tessian, human error causes 85% of breaches. In the early stages of the pandemic, the exploited Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) was one of the most common ransomware attack vectors.

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