eSecurity Planet
MAY 27, 2021
Maintaining the integrity of networks and data is a critical consideration for every organization. With almost every aspect of business becoming more digital, enterprise network security software minimizes the impact of cyberattacks — especially as guarding against them protects a company’s operations and safeguards its competitiveness in a fast-moving marketplace.
Data Breach Today
MAY 27, 2021
Security Directive Issued Following Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack The Department of Homeland Security has issued a cybersecurity directive that requires the operators of oil and gas pipelines to report ransomware attacks and other security incidents to the government and take other security steps.
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IT Governance
MAY 27, 2021
For all the talk of criminal hacking, ransomware infections and the technologies to prevent them, the key to protecting your organisation is cyber security awareness training. Indeed, according to Ponemon Institute’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2020 , 23% of data breaches were caused by human error.
Security Affairs
MAY 26, 2021
Last week, French authorities have seized the dark web marketplace Le Monde Parallèle, it is another success of national police in the fight against cybercrime. French authorities seized the dark web marketplace Le Monde Parallèle, the operation is another success of national police in the fight against cybercrime activity in the dark web. It is the third large French-speaking platform seized by the local police after Black Hand in 2018 and French Deep Web Market in 2019.
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Krebs on Security
MAY 28, 2021
Florian “The Shark” Tudor , the alleged ringleader of a prolific ATM skimming gang that siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars from bank accounts of tourists visiting Mexico over the last eight years, was arrested in Mexico City on Thursday in response to an extradition warrant from a Romanian court. Florian Tudor, at a 2020 press conference in Mexico in which he asserted he was a legitimate businessman and not a mafia boss.
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AIIM
MAY 25, 2021
Knowledge is power - both in our personal lives and work lives. But, in our organizations, the management of this knowledge is one of the most crucial yet overlooked aspects of workplace progress. When employees fail to get access to the knowledge necessary for completing their tasks, the organization can suffer. In fact, there are many benefits to using a practice called Knowledge Management to purposefully manage your organization's knowledge assets and ensure access.
Security Affairs
MAY 25, 2021
Apple has addressed three zero-day vulnerabilities in macOS and tvOS actively exploited in the wild by threat actors. Apple has released security updates to address three zero-day vulnerabilities affecting macOS and tvOS which have been exploited in the wild. The macOS flaw has been exploited by the XCSSET malware to bypass security protections. “Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.” reads the security advisories published by Apple for the abov
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 27, 2021
The malicious code, which masquerades as ransomware, appears to come from a hacking group with ties to Iran.
Data Breach Today
MAY 28, 2021
Microsoft: Russians Used Malicious Messages Portrayed as Coming From USAID A Russian group that was behind the massive SolarWinds supply chain attack has returned with a fresh phishing campaign, according to Microsoft. This new campaign compromised a marketing firm used by the U.S. Agency for International Development - USAID - to send malicious messages to thousands.
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The Last Watchdog
MAY 25, 2021
Resilience was the theme of RSA Conference 2021 which took place virtually last week. Related: Web attacks spike 62 percent in 2020. I’ve been covering this cybersecurity gathering since 2004 and each year cybersecurity materially advances. By the same token, the difficulties of defending modern IT systems has redoubled as organizations try to balance security and productivity.
Security Affairs
MAY 22, 2021
QNAP warns customers of updating the HBS 3 disaster recovery app to prevent Qlocker ransomware attack. Taiwanese vendor QNAP is warning its customers of updating the HBS 3 disaster recovery app running on their Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to prevent Qlocker ransomware infections. At the end of April, experts warned of a new strain of ransomware named Qlocker that was infecting hundreds of QNAP NAS devices on daily bases.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 22, 2021
Microsoft will finally put the venerated, vulnerability-ridden browser out to pasture, but it's still got a year to cause some trouble.
Data Breach Today
MAY 26, 2021
Attackers Could Exploit 'Critical' Flaw to Remotely Execute Arbitrary Code VMware is warning all vCenter Server administrators to patch their software to fix both a serious vulnerability that could be used to execute arbitrary code, as well as a separate authentication flaw. Experts warn that these and other recent flaws are likely to be targeted by ransomware gangs.
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The Last Watchdog
MAY 26, 2021
We celebrated World Password Day on May 6, 2021. Related: Credential stuffing fuels account takeovers. Did you know that this unconventional celebration got its start in 2013, and that it’s now an official holiday on the annual calendar? Every year, the first Thursday in May serves as a reminder for us to take control of our personal password strategies.
Security Affairs
MAY 23, 2021
The Alaska health department website was forced offline by a malware attack, officials are investigating the incident. The website of the Alaska health department was forced offline this week by a malware attack. Local authorities launched an investigation into the attack, at the time of this writing, they did not provide details about the intrusion.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 27, 2021
The country’s “traceability” requirement would undermine the privacy of the encrypted messaging app’s users far beyond its borders.
Data Breach Today
MAY 27, 2021
Ransomware Attacks Continue to Plague the Sector Another big wave of large breaches stemming from hacking incidents, including ransomware attacks, has flooded the federal tally of major health data breaches in recent weeks.
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The Last Watchdog
MAY 24, 2021
Some instructive fresh intelligence about how cyber attacks continue to saturate the Internet comes to us from Akamai Technologies. Related: DHS launches 60-day cybersecurity sprints. Akamai, which happens to be the Hawaiian word for “smart,” recently released its annual State of the Internet security report. As a leading global content delivery network (CDN), Akamai has a birdseye view of what is coursing through cyber space moment-by-moment.
Security Affairs
MAY 28, 2021
Industrial cybersecurity firm Claroty discovered a new flaw in Siemens PLCs that can be exploited by a remote and unauthenticated attacker to hack the devices. Researchers at industrial cybersecurity firm Claroty have discovered a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens PLCs, tracked as CVE-2020-15782 , that could be exploited by remote and unauthenticated attackers to bypass memory protection.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 22, 2021
Ireland's ransomware crisis continues, a Russian scammer gets sentenced, and more of the week's top security news.
Data Breach Today
MAY 27, 2021
SentinelOne: Malware Disguised as Ransomware A threat group likely operating from Iran has been attacking Israeli targets for more than a year with the wiper variants Apostle and Deadwood, masking the intrusions as ransomware attacks to confuse defenders, according to SentinelOne.
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The Last Watchdog
MAY 28, 2021
The same federal agency that makes you take your shoes off and examines your belongings before boarding a flight will begin monitoring cyber incidents at pipeline companies. Related: DHS begins 60-day cybersecurity sprints. The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday issued a directive requiring all pipeline companies to report cyber incidents to DHS’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA.).
Security Affairs
MAY 27, 2021
Threat actors have compromised offices of multiple Japanese agencies via Fujitsu ‘s ProjectWEB information sharing tool. Threat actors have breached the offices of multiple Japanese agencies after they have gained access to projects that uses the Fujitsu ‘s ProjectWEB information sharing tool. ProjectWEB is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for enterprise collaboration and file-sharing that was provided by Fujitsu.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 28, 2021
A new phishing campaign from Russian spies targeted USAID among others. But it's less an escalation than a regression to the mean.
Data Breach Today
MAY 27, 2021
Federal Public Service Interior Investigating Possible Cyberespionage Campaign Belgium's interior ministry, Federal Public Service Interior, is investigating an attack against its network that appears to have the hallmarks of a cyberespionage campaign.
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Jamf
MAY 24, 2021
A zero-day discovery allows an attacker to bypass Apple’s TCC protections which safeguard privacy. By leveraging an installed application with the proper permissions set, the attacker can piggyback off that donor app when creating a malicious app to execute on victim devices, without prompting for user approval.
Security Affairs
MAY 25, 2021
Trend Micro fixed some flaws in Trend Micro Home Network Security devices that could be exploited to elevate privileges or achieve arbitrary authentication. Trend Micro fixed three vulnerabilities in Home Network Security devices that could be exploited to elevate privileges or achieve arbitrary authentication. Once activated, the Home Network Security station scans all traffic passing in and out of your home network, allowing it to prevent intrusions, block hacking attempts, and web threats as
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 23, 2021
Apple’s and Google’s approval guidelines are notoriously lax—and they won’t keep out apps that are after your money and data. Here’s how to sniff them out.
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