Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 21, 2021
(ISC)2 Report: Fixing Underrepresentation of People of Color and Women in Cyber In a report published earlier this week, (ISC)² - the international non-profit association that certifies cybersecurity professionals - says minority security practitioners, including people of color and women, are underrepresented in the field and offers practical steps to address the issues.
The Last Watchdog
OCTOBER 21, 2021
First released in the late 1920s, the novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” was publicly burned, banned, derided and censored for its “anti-war” and “unpatriotic” messages. Set in the final weeks of World War 1, the story swings heavily on the contrast between false security and the realities of war. Related: We’re in the golden era of cyber espionage.
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Dark Reading
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Why understanding human behavior is essential to building resilient security systems.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 17, 2021
White hat hackers earned $1.88 million at the Tianfu Cup hacking contest by finding vulnerabilities in popular software. The Tianfu Cup is the most important hacking contest held in China, this year white hat hackers earned $1.88 Million on a total bonus of up to $1.5 Million by demonstrating vulnerabilities in popular software. The edition of this year took place on October 16 and 17 in the city of Chengdu, participants had three attempts of 5 minutes to demonstrate their exploits.
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Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 18, 2021
OAuth Tokens Exposed But Now Have Been Revoked A former employee of MakerBot says a data breach affecting that company's Thingiverse 3D printing repository website is far more expansive than what the company is acknowledging. Upwards of two million users may be affected, and 3D printers could have been hijacked.
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The Last Watchdog
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Most of the people I know professionally and personally don’t spend a lot of time contemplating the true price we pay for the amazing digital services we’ve all become addicted to. Related: Blockchain’s role in the next industrial revolution. I’ll use myself as a prime example. My professional and social life revolve around free and inexpensive information feeds and digital tools supplied by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 20, 2021
A Cookie Theft malware was employed in phishing attacks against YouTube creators, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Financially motivated threat actors are using Cookie Theft malware in phishing attacks against YouTube creators since late 2019. According to Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researchers, who spotted the campaign, the attacks were launched by multiple hack-for-hire actors recruited on Russian-speaking forums.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Officials: Threats to Sector Rising In Wake of Recent Hospital Ransomware Attack Israeli officials say they have fended off a wave of attempted cyberattacks on several hospitals and healthcare entities in recent days, as Hillel Yaffe Medical Center continues to recover from a ransomware attack last week that authorities reportedly suspect was carried out by Chinese hackers.
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Google has shed light on a spate of attacks that turned creator channels into cryptocurrency scam livestreams.
Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage
When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m
Imperial Violet
OCTOBER 20, 2021
With Chrome 94, if you have an Android phone with Chrome on it, and it’s syncing to the same Google account as Chrome on a Chrome OS/Windows/macOS device, then you’ll be able to use that phone as a security key. You should be able to try this out on any WebAuthn using website, for example here. (But not accounts.google.com, which uses a different system.).
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Groove ransomware operators call on other ransomware groups to stop competing and join the forces to fight against the US. The Groove ransomware gang is calling on other ransomware groups to attack US public sector after a an operation of of law enforcement shut down the infrastructure of the REvil gang. “The ransomware group REvil was itself hacked and forced offline this week by a multi-country operation, according to three private sector cyber experts working with the United States and one fo
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 16, 2021
TA505 APT Group delivers phishing email containing malicious links Researchers at Morphisec Labs have published fresh details about a new MirrorBlast campaign that they say is run by a Russia-based threat group TA505, targeting financial services organizations. The campaign delivers MirrorBlast via a phishing email that contains malicious links.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 22, 2021
When life inside the security operations center feels treacherous, here are some suggestions for getting out alive.
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The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Roger Grimes on why multifactor authentication isn’t a panacea : The first time I heard of this issue was from a Midwest CEO. His organization had been hit by ransomware to the tune of $10M. Operationally, they were still recovering nearly a year later. And, embarrassingly, it was his most trusted VP who let the attackers in. It turns out that the VP had approved over 10 different push-based messages for logins that he was not involved in.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Evil Corp cybercrime gang is using a new ransomware called Macaw Locker to evade US sanctions that prevent victims from paying the ransom. Evil Corp has launched a new ransomware called Macaw Locker to evade US sanctions that prevent victims from making ransom payments. Bleeping Computer, citing Emsisoft CTO Fabian Wosar, reported that the Macaw Locker ransomware is the latest rebrand of Evil Corp.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Media Giant Reports Broadcast Outages Nationwide; Investigation is Ongoing Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., which owns or operates 186 television stations across 87 U.S. markets, has been hit with a ransomware attack that has disrupted operations. The company says the attack has impacted its ability to deliver advertisements and certain programming.
eSecurity Planet
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Over the past quarter of a century, the open source movement has gone from strength to strength. But that success and the openness inherent in the community have led to a major challenge – security. The more software that is developed, the greater the likelihood there is for vulnerabilities. To make matters worse, the open source world prides itself on openness and transparency.
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Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Someone has been hacking telecommunications networks around the world: LightBasin (aka UNC1945) is an activity cluster that has been consistently targeting the telecommunications sector at a global scale since at least 2016, leveraging custom tools and an in-depth knowledge of telecommunications network architectures. Recent findings highlight this cluster’s extensive knowledge of telecommunications protocols, including the emulation of these protocols to facilitate command and control (C2
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 21, 2021
A vulnerability in the WinRAR is a trialware file archiver utility for Windows could be exploited by a remote attacker to hack a system. Positive Technologies researcher Igor Sak-Sakovskiy discovered a remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-35052, in the popular WinRAR trialware file archiver utility for Windows. The vulnerability affects the trial version of the utility, the vulnerable version is 5.70. “This vulnerability allows an attacker to intercept and modify reques
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Big Game Hunting Is Out and 'Mid Game Hunting' Is In, Coveware Warns When a business, government agency or other organization hit by ransomware opted to pay a ransom to its attacker in Q3, the average payment was $140,000, reports ransomware incident response firm Coveware. It says the attack landscape has seen some notable shifts since the Colonial Pipeline attack.
Troy Hunt
OCTOBER 20, 2021
We choose this photo for the cover because this was when it all started. 18-year old Troy, having just discovered the web in early 1995 and chomping at the bit to do something with it. The full tale of what I first did (and how disastrous it ultimately became), is up front early in the book so I won't relay it here, but it's quite the story.
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Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 18, 2021
The Missouri governor wants to prosecute the reporter who discovered a security vulnerability in a state’s website, and then reported it to the state. The newspaper agreed to hold off publishing any story while the department fixed the problem and protected the private information of teachers around the state. […]. According to the Post-Dispatch, one of its reporters discovered the flaw in a web application allowing the public to search teacher certifications and credentials.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Threat actors are continually looking for better ways to target organizations, here are the top five attack vectors to look out for in 2022. Malicious actors are continually looking for better ways to carry out successful cyber attacks. Whether motivated by a potential payday or the ability to access confidential information, cybercriminals have plenty of incentive to focus on what works best in achieving their goals.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Federal Judge Imposes 7-Year Prison Time in Human Resources Database Hack Case A federal judge has imposed the maximum sentences - a total of seven years in prison - on a hacker who earlier pleaded guilty in a conspiracy case involving the hacking of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center human resources databases and the theft of personal information of 65,000 employees - some which was sold on the dark web and used for federal tax fraud.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 22, 2021
The platform’s Content Delivery Network and core features are being used to send malicious files—including RATs--across its network of 150 million users, putting corporate workplaces at risk.
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Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Researchers trained a machine-learning system on videos of people typing their PINs into ATMs: By using three tries, which is typically the maximum allowed number of attempts before the card is withheld, the researchers reconstructed the correct sequence for 5-digit PINs 30% of the time, and reached 41% for 4-digit PINs. This works even if the person is covering the pad with their hands.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 20, 2021
T ech giant Acer was hacked again in a few days, after the compromise of the servers in India, threat actors also breached some of its systems in Taiwan. Tech giant Acer was hacked twice in a week, the same threat actor (Desorden) initially breached some of its servers in India , now it is claiming to have also breached some systems in Taiwan. Last week the company revealed that its after-sales service systems in India were hit by an isolated attack.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Trend Micro: Operators Rebrand "Supplier" Ransomware Before Deployment Researchers at cybersecurity firm Trend Micro have observed the adoption of a new franchise-based business model by ransomware operators that moves away from the traditional ransomware-as-a-service model. Operators now rebrand a "supplier" ransomware before deployment.
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