How China Hacked US Phone Networks
WIRED Threat Level
JUNE 11, 2022
Plus: Russia rattles its cyber sword, a huge Facebook phishing operation is uncovered, feds take down the SSNDOB marketplace, and more. Security Security / Security News
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SHARED INTEL: VCs pumped $21.8 billion into cybersecurity in 2021 — why there’s more to come
The Last Watchdog
JUNE 13, 2022
At the start of this year, analysts identified a number of trends driving the growth of cybersecurity. Among them: an expanding digital footprint, growing attack surfaces, and increasing government regulation. Related: Taking API proliferation seriously. Last year saw an unprecedented $21.8 billion in venture capital poured into cybersecurity companies globally. Investors more than doubled down in 2021, increasing investment by about 145 percent.
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Using WiFi connection probe requests to track users
Security Affairs
JUNE 13, 2022
Researchers at the University of Hamburg demonstrated that WiFi connection probe requests expose users to track. A group of academics at the University of Hamburg (Germany) demonstrated that it is possible to use WiFi connection probe requests to identify and track devices and thereby their users.
Highlights of RSA Conference 2022
Data Breach Today
JUNE 16, 2022
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report includes highlights and observations from RSA Conference 2022, including a key message from RSA CEO Rohit Ghai. It also discusses the value of automation and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's mission to grow cyber talent
Build Your Open Data Lakehouse on Apache Iceberg
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Ransomware Group Debuts Searchable Victim Data
Krebs on Security
JUNE 14, 2022
Cybercrime groups that specialize in stealing corporate data and demanding a ransom not to publish it have tried countless approaches to shaming their victims into paying.
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Atlassian Confluence Server Bug Under Active Attack to Distribute Ransomware
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Most of the attacks involve the use of automated exploits, security vendor says
The Evolution of Phishing From Email to SMS and Voice Hacks
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, June 2022 Edition
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Microsoft on Tuesday released software updates to fix 60 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software, including a zero-day flaw in all supported Microsoft Office versions on all flavors of Windows that’s seen active exploitation for at least two months now.
Police Linked to Hacking Campaign to Frame Indian Activists
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JUNE 16, 2022
New details connect police in India to a plot to plant evidence on victims' computers that led to their arrest. Security Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
The Ultimate Guide to Hardening Windows Servers
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Iran-linked Lyceum APT adds a new.NET DNS Backdoor to its arsenal
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JUNE 11, 2022
Iran-linked Lyceum APT group uses a new.NET-based DNS backdoor to target organizations in the energy and telecommunication sectors.
ISMG Editors: Are We Closing in on a Federal Privacy Law?
Data Breach Today
JUNE 17, 2022
The State of Passwordless in 2022, New Identity Technologies In the latest weekly update, Jeremy Grant, coordinator of the Better Identity Coalition, joins three editors at ISMG to discuss important cybersecurity issues, including where we are with passwordless, if we are getting closer to a U.S.
“Downthem” DDoS-for-Hire Boss Gets 2 Years in Prison
Krebs on Security
JUNE 13, 2022
A 33-year-old Illinois man was sentenced to two years in prison today following his conviction last year for operating services that allowed paying customers to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against hundreds of thousands of Internet users and websites. The user interface for Downthem[.]org. Matthew Gatrel of St. Charles, Ill. was found guilty for violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) related to his operation of downthem[.]org org and ampnode[.]com
WordPress Plug-in Ninja Forms Issues Update for Critical Bug
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The code injection vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild, researchers say
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Facebook Phishing Scam Steals Millions of Credentials
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JUNE 13, 2022
Researchers at PIXM have uncovered a major Facebook Messenger phishing scam that’s “potentially impacted hundreds of millions of Facebook users.” More than eight million people have visited just one of these phishing pages so far this year. Phishing
Medical Center Ransomware Attack Affects 700,000
Data Breach Today
JUNE 14, 2022
Incident Is Latest on Growing List of Recent Major Healthcare Data Hacks An Arizona medical center that suffered a ransomware attack in April has begun notifying 700,000 individuals of a data breach compromising sensitive medical and personal information.
What is a Cyberattack? Types and Defenses
eSecurity Planet
JUNE 16, 2022
A cyberattack is any action taken by a cyber criminal in an attempt to illegally gain control of a computer, device, network, or system with malicious intent. Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system.
Veterans Explain How Military Service Prepared Them for Cybersecurity Careers
Dark Reading
JUNE 14, 2022
The ability to handle intense pressure is just one of the skills that veterans bring to corporate cybersecurity work
TCO Considerations of Using a Cloud Data Warehouse for BI and Analytics
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Top 5 Cyber Security Risks for Businesses
IT Governance
JUNE 15, 2022
In an increasingly digital world, there are an escalating number of cyber security risks for business to address. Criminal hackers are adept at spotting weaknesses, while organisations do themselves no favours when they fail to adequately protect their systems.
Chinese DriftingCloud APT exploited Sophos Firewall Zero-Day before it was fixed
Security Affairs
JUNE 17, 2022
China-linked threat actors exploited the zero-day flaw CVE-2022-1040 in Sophos Firewall weeks before it was fixed by the security vendor.
RSAC Startup Competition Focuses on Post-Cloud IT Infrastructure
Dark Reading
JUNE 16, 2022
A secure Web browser takes the top prize, and for the second year in a row malware detection is an afterthought
12 Considerations When Evaluating Data Lake Engine Vendors for Analytics and BI
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Businesses today compete on their ability to turn big data into essential business insights. Modern enterprises leverage cloud data lakes as the platform used to store data. 57% of the enterprises currently using a data lake cite improved business agility as a benefit.
Monkeypox Scams Continue to Increase
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JUNE 14, 2022
Attackers are taking advantage of the current news about monkeypox to trick people into clicking on malicious links, Pickr reports.
Malaysian Hacktivists Target Indian Websites as Payback
Data Breach Today
JUNE 13, 2022
DragonForce Malaysia's Alleged Victim List Comprises Government, Private Entities Hacktivist group DragonForce Malaysia says it hacked and defaced about 70 Indian government and private sector organizations' websites in a dayslong attack last week.
Ransomware gangs are exploiting CVE-2022-26134 RCE in Atlassian Confluence servers
Security Affairs
JUNE 12, 2022
Ransomware gangs are actively exploiting CVE-2022-26134 remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center.
DeadBolt Ransomware Actively Targets QNAP NAS Devices — Again
Dark Reading
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The QNAP network-connected devices, used to store video surveillance footage, are a juicy target for attackers, experts warn
Checklist Report: Preparing for the Next-Generation Cloud Data Architecture
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Attacking the Performance of Machine Learning Systems
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Interesting research: “ Sponge Examples: Energy-Latency Attacks on Neural Networks “: Abstract: The high energy costs of neural network training and inference led to the use of acceleration hardware such as GPUs and TPUs.
Here’s Why You’re Still Stuck in Robocall Hell
WIRED Threat Level
JUNE 17, 2022
Despite major progress fighting spam and scams, the roots of the problem go far deeper than your phone company’s defenses. Security Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
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