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Shellbot Botnet Targets IoT devices and Linux servers

Security Affairs

The malware was distributed by a threat group called Outlaw, it was able to target Linux and Android devices, and also Windows systems. “The group distributes the bot by exploiting a common command injection vulnerability on internet of things (IoT) devices and Linux servers. . ” reads the analysis published by TrendMicro.

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Threat actors are attempting to exploit recently fixed F5 BIG-IP flaw

Security Affairs

The BIG-IP product is an application delivery controller (ADC), it is used by government agencies and major business, including banks, services providers and IT giants like Facebook, Microsoft and Oracle. The attacks against Warren’s honeypots originated from five different IP addresses.

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Weekly podcast: ICS attacks, Reddit and SIM swap arrests

IT Governance

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 10 August. Cybereason’s researchers recently set up a honeypot environment with a network architecture that replicated that of “typical power substation” and waited. Here are this week’s stories. This asset was then, it seems, listed for sale on the xDedic black market.

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Catches of the Month: Phishing Scams for May 2023

IT Governance

Another ChatGPT threat vector emerges Since the emergence of ChatGPT last year, IT Governance has covered the cyber security implications it’s having in comprehensive detail. According to Check Point’s data group manager, Omer Dembinsky, these scams present “two main potential problems here for enterprises”.

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Log4Shell Exploitation Grows as Cybersecurity Firms Scramble to Contain Threat

eSecurity Planet

CISA Director Jen Easterly said in a statement over the weekend that the agency has created a Joint Cyber Defense Collaboration senior leadership group to coordinate actions within the government – including the FBI and National Security Agency (NSA) – and private sector to manage the risk. Botnets Strike.

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The Information Management Umbrella

Brandeis Records Manager

A colleague at another university recently polled a listserv group of records managers in Higher Ed. In academia, records management tends (not exclusively) to be grouped organizationally with library and archival units. Program Director for University Records Management, Brandeis University.

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Podcast Episode 109: What’s The US Freedom Army? Ask Russia.

The Security Ledger

survivalist groups. When the firm Cyberreason set up a honeypot network designed to look just like a functioning industrial control system environment, they were expecting to attract a few flies. You might also be interested in: U.S. sanctions Russian companies, individuals over cyber attacks ].