Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2021

In April, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) previously warned of attacks carried out by APT groups targeting Fortinet FortiOS servers using multiple exploits. The post APT hacked a US municipal government via an unpatched Fortinet VPN appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

rar archive files. CERT-GIB’s report is based on data collected and analyzed by the Threat Detection System (TDS) Polygon as part of operations to prevent and detect threats distributed online in H1 2019 in more than 60 countries. In 2017, password-protected archives accounted for only 0.08% of all malicious objects.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 25, 2021

Cybercriminals typically would grab hold of a victim’s data, encrypt it and then demand payment, with the promise – not always fulfilled – that once the ransom was paid, they would send a key to the victims to decrypt the data. In addition, the National Security Council earlier this month sent a memo to U.S.

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