Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 12, 2021
Count of Victims - Listed on Leak Sites or Not - Appears To Be Holding Steady One measure of the damage being done by ransomware groups continues to be how many victims get listed on ransomware operators' dedicated data-leak sites, as part of their so-called double extortion tactics. Unfortunately, the number of victims doesn't appear to be declining.
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 12, 2021
Microsoft today issued updates to plug more than 70 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including one vulnerability that is already being exploited. This month’s Patch Tuesday also includes security fixes for the newly released Windows 11 operating system. Separately, Apple has released updates for iOS and iPadOS to address a flaw that is being actively attacked.
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The Last Watchdog
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Software today is built on a combination of open source and proprietary software packages. Developers can reuse and build on the packages created by others, which results in the rapid creation of new capabilities and technologies. Related: How SBOM factors into DevSecOps. This reuse creates dependencies, all of which don’t necessarily stay updated at the same pace.
Data Matters
OCTOBER 13, 2021
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Enforcement is stepping up investigative efforts looking at registered firms’ use of personal devices for business communications, which can implicate their recordkeeping obligations and result in failure to retain and produce responsive business-related communications in SEC investigations.
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Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Mandiant Report Says Threat Actors Deploy Ryuk, Leverage Initial Access Brokers A Russian-speaking threat actor group that deploys the Ryuk variant ransomware, leverages initial access brokers, and generally skips double-extortion attempts in favor of fast and higher payout ransoms has been predominately targeting the healthcare sector, warns security firm Mandiant.
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Security Affairs
OCTOBER 12, 2021
Microsoft Azure cloud service mitigated a massive DDoS attack of 2.4 terabytes per second (Tbps) at the end of August, it is the largest DDoS attack to date. Microsoft announced that its Azure cloud service mitigated a 2.4 terabytes per second (Tbps) DDoS attack at the end of August, it represents the largest DDoS attack recorded to date. The attack was aimed at an Azure customer in Europe, but Microsoft did not disclose the name of the victim.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Cybercriminals exploited bugs in the world's largest digital-goods marketplace to create malicious artwork offered as a perk to unsuspecting users.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 15, 2021
Government Authorities Issue Advisories Following Hospital Attack Government authorities in Israel are warning healthcare sector entities in the country of potential cyberattacks after a ransomware attack this week on Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in the city of Hadera. The hospital said it is "using alternative systems" to care for its patients.
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 14, 2021
On Wednesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran a story about how its staff discovered and reported a security vulnerability in a Missouri state education website that exposed the Social Security numbers of 100,000 elementary and secondary teachers. In a press conference this morning, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) said fixing the flaw could cost the state $50 million, and vowed his administration would seek to prosecute and investigate the “hackers” and anyone who aided the publication
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Security Affairs
OCTOBER 11, 2021
The NSA issued a technical advisory to warn organizations against the use of wildcard TLS certificates and the new ALPACA TLS attack. The National Security Agency (NSA) is warning organizations against the use of wildcard TLS certificates and the new ALPACA TLS attack. A wildcard certificate is a public key certificate that can be used to secure all first-level subdomains of single domain name. “On the surface, wildcard certificates appear to be a great way to quickly and easily deploy HTT
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 12, 2021
I feel sorry for the accused : The “security incident” that forced a New-York bound flight to make an emergency landing at LaGuardia Airport on Saturday turned out to be a misunderstanding — after an airline passenger mistook another traveler’s camera for a bomb, sources said Sunday. American Airlines Flight 4817 from Indianapolis — operated by Republic Airways — made an emergency landing at LaGuardia just after 3 p.m., and authorities took a suspicious passen
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Attackers Can Push Code To A Protected Branch Researchers at Cider Security have uncovered a security loophole in GitHub Actions that allows adversaries to bypass the required reviews mechanism and push unreviewed code to a protected branch, allowing it into the pipeline to production.
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 13, 2021
A new report shows that channels devoted to anti-Jewish conspiracy theories are growing at an alarming rate. Why won’t the platform take action?
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Security Affairs
OCTOBER 9, 2021
CyberNews researchers found an exposed configuration file hosted on a Sky.com subdomain containing production data. Original post @ [link]. CyberNews researchers found an exposed configuration file hosted on a Sky.com subdomain, containing what appear to be production-level database access credentials, as well as addresses to development endpoints. Sky, a subsidiary of Comcast, is Europe’s largest media company, boasting a 12% market share and a revenue of approximately £13.4 billion in 20
Threatpost
OCTOBER 12, 2021
The bug is under attack. Within hours of the patch release, a researcher published POC code, calling it a "great" flaw that can be used for jailbreaks and local privilege escalation.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Also, NJ AG Smacks Fertility Clinic With Big Fine in Hacking Incident A flurry of hacking incidents and other recent breach developments highlight the cyberthreats and risks facing fertility healthcare and other related specialty providers that handle sensitive patient information.
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 11, 2021
It’s not actually banned in the EU yet — the legislative process is much more complicated than that — but it’s a step: a total ban on biometric mass surveillance. To respect “privacy and human dignity,” MEPs said that EU lawmakers should pass a permanent ban on the automated recognition of individuals in public spaces, saying citizens should only be monitored when suspected of a crime.
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Security Affairs
OCTOBER 9, 2021
Google has addressed a total of four high-severity vulnerabilities in the Chrome version for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Google released security updates to address a total of four high-severity vulnerabilities in the Chrome version for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The most severe vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-37977, is an after-free issue in Garbage Collection that could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 13, 2021
The new Necro Python exploit targets Visual Tool DVRs used in surveillance systems.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Gov. Michael L. Parson Alleges Newspaper Employee Improperly Accessed Data A newspaper employee in Missouri who responsibly reported the exposure of Social Security numbers on a state government website has been accused of malicious hacking by the state's governor. The governor alleged the publication of the vulnerability after it was fixed was part of a "political vendetta.
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 15, 2021
Even before Apple made its announcement , law enforcement shifted their battle for backdoors to client-side scanning. The idea is that they wouldn’t touch the cryptography, but instead eavesdrop on communications and systems before encryption or after decryption. It’s not a cryptographic backdoor, but it’s still a backdoor — and brings with it all the insecurities of a backdoor.
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Security Affairs
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Dutch police warn customers of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) website of stopping using the service to avoid prosecution. Dutch police warn customers of a booter service, abused to carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, of to stop using it to avoid prosecution. The letter sent by the Dutch Police aims to work as a deterrent for cybercriminal activities explaining to them the consequence of prosecution due to criminal activities.
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 15, 2021
The governor warned that he would take legal action against a journalist who identified a vulnerability that exposed teachers' Social Security numbers.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 12, 2021
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Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 13, 2021
It’s a matter of going after those with deep pockets. From Wired : Cloudflare was sued in November 2018 by Mon Cheri Bridals and Maggie Sottero Designs, two wedding dress manufacturers and sellers that alleged Cloudflare was guilty of contributory copyright infringement because it didn’t terminate services for websites that infringed on the dressmakers’ copyrighted designs… [Judge] Chhabria noted that the dressmakers have been harmed “by the proliferation of counter
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Security Affairs
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Apple released emergency updates for both iOS and iPadOS to address a zero-day flaw that is actively exploited in the wild. Apple has released iOS 15.0.2 and iPadOS 15.0.2 to address a zero-day flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-30883, that is actively exploited in the wild. The flaw is a critical memory corruption issue that resides in the IOMobileFrameBuffer, an application can trigger the vulnerability to execute commands on vulnerable devices with kernel privileges.
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 11, 2021
If you've finally hit your breaking point, here's how to say goodbye to Mark Zuckerberg's empire.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 15, 2021
Gov. Michael L. Parson Alleges Newspaper Reporter Improperly Accessed Data A newspaper reporter in Missouri who responsibly reported the exposure of Social Security numbers on a state government website has been accused of malicious hacking by the state's governor. The governor alleged the publication of the vulnerability after it was fixed was part of a "political vendetta.
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