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CVE-2019-0604 SharePoint Remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability

Security Affairs

Summary: A few days ago I saw a post from Alienvault which says attackers are still exploiting SharePoint vulnerability to attack Middle East government organization. Aside, MIT Sloan School of Management was also found to be vulnerable with CVE-2019-0604. SecurityAffairs – hacking, CVE-2019-0604). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Google issued 40,000 alerts of State-Sponsored attacks in 2019

Security Affairs

Google announced to have warned users of almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attacks during 2019. Google shared data on alerts related to state-sponsored attacks, the tech giant revealed that it issued almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attacks to its users during 2019.

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US Government Sites Give Bad Security Advice

Krebs on Security

government Web sites now carry a message prominently at the top of their home pages meant to help visitors better distinguish between official U.S. government properties and phishing pages. Census Bureau website [link] carries a message that reads, “An official Web site of the United States government. government.

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CERT France – Pysa ransomware is targeting local governments

Security Affairs

CERT France is warning of a new wave of attacks using Pysa ransomware (Mespinoza) that is targeting local governments. CERT France cyber-security agency is warning about a new wave of ransomware attack that is targeting the networks of local government authorities. The malicious code appended the extension. This new version used the.

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Ex Twitter employee found guilty of spying for Saudi Arabian government

Security Affairs

In November 2019, the former Twitter employees Abouammo and the Saudi citizen Ali Alzabarah have been charged with spying on thousands of Twitter user accounts on behalf of the Saudi Arabian government. Of course, he was also able to unmask the identities of some users on behalf of the Saudi Arabian Government.

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Most of the attacks on Telecom Sector in 2019 were carried out by China-linked hackers

Security Affairs

China-linked cyber espionage groups increasingly targeted organizations in the telecommunications industry in 2019. According to the CrowdStrike 2020 Global Threat Report, the telecommunications and government sectors were the most targeted by the threat actors. ” reads the report published by CrowdStrike. Pierluigi Paganini.

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APT groups chain VPN and Windows Zerologon bugs to attack US government networks

Security Affairs

US government networks are under attack, threat actors chained VPN and Windows Zerologon flaws to gain unauthorized access to elections support systems. The agencies warn of risk to elections information housed on government networks. ” continues the alert. ” concludes the alert.