Data Breach Today
AUGUST 9, 2021
VMware ESXi Servers Targeted by Crypto-Locking Malware, MalwareHunterTeam Warns The new BlackMatter Russian-speaking ransomware-as-a-service group, which announced its launch last month, has created a Linux version of its malware designed to target VmWare's ESXi servers hosting virtual machines, according to MalwareHunterTeam.
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 9, 2021
I was preparing to knock off work for the week on a recent Friday evening when a curious and annoying email came in via the contact form on this site: “Hello I go by the username Nuclear27 on your site Briansclub[.]com ,” wrote “ Mitch ,” confusing me with the proprietor of perhaps the underground’s largest bazaar for stolen credit and identity data. “I made a deposit to my wallet on the site but nothing has shown up yet and I would like to know why.” Th
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Data Breach Today
AUGUST 9, 2021
John Deere, Researchers Spar Over Impact of Vulnerabilities Flaws uncovered in tractor manufacturer John Deere's systems underscore the cyber risks that come in tandem with the productivity gains from high-tech farming. John Deere claims the issues would not affect machines in use, but a researcher who presented at the Def Con security conference on Sunday disagrees.
eSecurity Planet
AUGUST 9, 2021
A malicious advertising campaign originating out of Eastern Europe and operating since at least mid-June is targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected to home networks, according to executives with GeoEdge, which offers ad security and quality solutions to online and mobile advertisers. The executives said the “malvertising” campaign – which was uncovered by GeoEdge’s security research team with AdTech partners InMobi and Verve Group – came out of Ukraine and Slovenia and reached as fa
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Data Breach Today
AUGUST 9, 2021
Millions of Smartphone Users Nationwide Are Targets The Federal Trade Commission has issued a warning about a new smishing scheme targeting millions of smartphones nationwide that impersonates state workforce agencies in an attempt to obtain personal data.
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Data Breach Today
AUGUST 9, 2021
Prosecutors Say Operation Aided Cybercriminals Two Latvian men tied to an extensive international money laundering operation that aided prominent cybercriminals have pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges.
Troy Hunt
AUGUST 9, 2021
Today I'm very happy to welcome the national Turkish CERT to Have I Been Pwned, TR-CERT or USOM, the National Cyber Incident Response Center. They are now the 26th government to have complete and free API level access to query their government domains. Providing governments with greater visibility into the impact of data breaches on their staff helps protect against all manner of online attacks.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 9, 2021
IBM: Campaign Targeted Reformists Before Election A group dubbed "ITG18," which apparently is linked to an Iranian advanced persistent threat group, deployed an Android backdoor it used to exfiltrate sensitive information from at least 20 reformists in Iran in the run up to the country's June 18 presidential election, IBM's Security Intelligence reports.
Threatpost
AUGUST 9, 2021
A mere three days after disclosure, cyberattackers are hijacking home routers from 20 vendors & ISPs to add them to a Mirai-variant botnet used for carrying out DDoS attacks.
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Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 9, 2021
Taiwanese vendor Synology has warned customers that the StealthWorker botnet is targeting their NAS devices to deliver ransomware. Taiwan-based vendor Synology has warned customers that the StealthWorker botnet is conducting brute-force attacks in an attempt to implant ransomware. Once compromised the device, threat actors employed it in a botnet used in attacks aimed at Linux systems, including Synology NAS. “Synology PSIRT (Product Security Incident Response Team) has recently seen and r
OpenText Information Management
AUGUST 9, 2021
Modern policing is facing a significant shift in how evidence in a criminal investigation is managed. In the past, police precincts contained large evidence rooms, managed by evidence custodians, that housed all the evidence collected in an investigation: the smoking gun, the missing glove, witness statements, police reports and more. But today, those traditional evidence … The post A day in the life of evidence: Part 1 appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 9, 2021
Experts spotted a new Android trojan, dubbed FlyTrap, that compromised Facebook accounts of over 10,000 users in at least 144 countries since March 2021. Zimperium’s zLabs researchers spotted a new Android trojan, dubbed FlyTrap , that already compromised Facebook accounts of over 10,000 users in at least 144 countries since March 2021. The malware was spreading via fraudulent apps distributed through Google Play Store and also other third-party app marketplaces. “Forensic evidence o
Threatpost
AUGUST 9, 2021
Coupon codes for Netlifx or Google AdWords? Voting for the best football team? Beware: Malicious apps offering such come-ons could inflict a new trojan.
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Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 9, 2021
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of a surge of LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks against Australian organizations starting July 2021. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of an escalation in LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks against Australian organizations in multiple industry sectors starting July 2021. The Australian agency also published 2021-006: ACSC Ransomware Profile – Lockbit 2.0 which includes info related to the activity of the gang, such as initial acces
Data Matters
AUGUST 9, 2021
In recent weeks, Connecticut passed An Act Concerning Data Privacy Breaches (“The Act”), and the Uniform Law Commission approved and recommended the Uniform Personal Data Protection Act (“UPDPA”). With the growing patchwork of state data privacy laws continuing to pose challenges for compliance—and the potential for federal data privacy legislation at the forefront of policy debates—the UPDPA may provide state legislators with a path toward a standardized statutory scheme.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 9, 2021
A ransomware attack hit City of Joplin forcing the IT staff to shutdown the City computer. Finally the insurer for Joplin paid $320,000 to threat actors. A ransomware attack last month hit the City of Joplin forcing the IT staff to shut down the city’s government’s computer system to prevent the threat from spreading. While investigation into the security breach is still ongoing, the insurer for the City opted to pay a $320,00 ransom to avoid that the leak of the stolen info, Joplin City Manager
Threatpost
AUGUST 9, 2021
Researchers demonstrated the power deep neural networks enlisted to create a bot army with the firepower to shape public opinion and spark QAnon 2.0.
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The Texas Record
AUGUST 9, 2021
(Author: Rebecca Hanna, Coauthor: Erica Siegrist). In April 2020, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) released answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Records Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic. This article will answer the same questions to provide Texas-specific guidance for state agencies and local governments.
Threatpost
AUGUST 9, 2021
Researchers have found an entirely new attack vector for eavesdropping on Zoom and other virtual meetings.
Adam Shostack
AUGUST 9, 2021
Twenty-five years ago I published a set of code review guidelines that I had crafted while working for a bank. I released them (thanks, SteveMac!) to get feedback and advice, because back then, there was exceptionally little in terms of practical advice on what we now call AppSec. Looking back at what’s there: it’s explicitly a review document for a firewall group, taking code that’s ‘thrown over a wall’ to be run and operated by that group.
Threatpost
AUGUST 9, 2021
The biggest challenge for security teams today is the quality of the threat intelligence platforms and feeds. How much of the intel is garbage and unusable? Threat intelligence process itself spans and feeds into many external and internal systems and applications. Without actionable data, it is impossible to understand the relevance and potential impact of a threat.
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IG Guru
AUGUST 9, 2021
Check out the post and hi-res image option here. The post Mapping of On-Premises Security Controls Versus Services Offered by Major Cloud Providers via Managed Sentinal appeared first on IG GURU.
Information Matters
AUGUST 9, 2021
Arrival, a technology company designing electric vehicles (EVs) has announced it will be co-developing its digital fleet and vehicle capabilities for the automotive industry with Microsoft. The cloud-based approach will Read more. The post Arrival announces it is building an automotive open data platform with Microsoft appeared first on Information Matters.
HID Global
AUGUST 9, 2021
Turning the Spotlight on OSDP (Open Supervised Device Protocol). lharper. Mon, 08/09/2021 - 13:07.
HID Global
AUGUST 9, 2021
True Crime – Dawn Bruce. rmegonigal. Mon, 08/09/2021 - 09:04.
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