Tag: Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity – Google open-sourced Allstar tool to secure GitHub repositories (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Google has open-sourced the Allstar tool that can be used to secure GitHub projects and prevent security misconfigurations Google open-sourced Allstar tool to secure GitHub repositoriesSecurity Affairs

Cybersecurity – Trend Micro warns customers of zero-day attacks against its products (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Security firms Trend Micro is warning its customers of attacks exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in its Apex One and Apex One as a Service products Trend...

Cybersecurity – Magniber Ransomware operators use PrintNightmare exploits to infect Windows servers (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Threat actors behind the Magniber Ransomware are using PrintNightmare exploits in attacks aimed at Windows servers Magniber Ransomware operators use PrintNightmare exploitsSecurity Affairs

Cybersecurity – Threat actors behind the Poly Network hack are returning stolen funds (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini The threat actor who hacked Poly Network cross-chain protocol stealing $611 million worth of cryptocurrency assets returns the stolen funds. Threat actors behind the Poly Network...

China/Russia – Report: China Is Hacking Russia, Too (Defense One)

Patrick Tucker Much has been made about the emerging relationship between China and Russia, two countries that the National Defense Strategy recognizes as near-peer competitors to the...

USA – Why hospitals and healthcare organizations need to take cybersecurity more seriously (Brookings)

Emily Skahill and Darrell M. West The fuel shortages and rising gas prices generated by the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack in May foreshadow the disastrous and far-reaching effects of cyberattacks on...

Cybersecurity – Chi è Roberto Baldoni, il nuovo cyber zar di Draghi (Formiche)

Francesco Bechis writes: Roberto Baldoni è stato nominato dal presidente del Consiglio Mario Draghi direttore dell’Agenzia per la cybersicurezza nazionale (Acn). Il Consiglio dei ministri ha ufficializzato la scelta:...

Cybersecurity/USA – Not a single federal agency received an ‘A’ in a new Senate cybersecurity report card (Popular Science)

CHARLOTTE HU writes: On Tuesday, members from the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released a bipartisan report that states that seven...

(Israel) Israel launches commission to probe Pegasus spyware: Legislator (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Israel has established a commission to review allegations that NSO Group’s controversial Pegasus phone surveillance software was misused amid a hacking...

(Saudi Aramco) Saudi Aramco confirms data leak after reports of cyber ransom (Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

 David Wethe writes for Bloomberg: Saudi Aramco confirmed that some company files were leaked after hackers reportedly demanded a $50 million ransom from the world’s most-valuable...

(USA) US House terminates deal with iConstituent after company waited days to raise ransomware alarm (ZD Net)

Jonathan Greig  writes for ZD Net: The Office of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) -- which provides support services to US House members of...

(Cybersecurity) Joker billing fraud malware found in Google Play Store (ZD Net)

Charlie Osborne writes for ZD Net: Malicious Android apps harboring the Joker malware have been discovered in the Google Play Store. On Tuesday, cybersecurity...

(Cybersecurity) Kelihos botmaster Peter Levashov gets time served (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini writes for Security Affairs: A US federal judge sentenced Russian hacker Peter Levashov to 33 months, time served, and three years of supervised...

(Cybersecurity) LPE flaw in Linux kernel allows attackers to get root privileges on most distros (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini writes for Security Affairs: Experts discovered a Local Privilege Escalation, tracked as CVE-2021-33909, that could allow attackers to get root access on most...

(Mexico) ‘Shameful’: Mexican president decries alleged NSO spying (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday called “shameful” the alleged government-ordered spying several years ago that may have targeted...

(Cybersecurity) A bug in Fortinet FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer allows unauthenticated hackers to run code as root (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini writes for Security Affairs: Fortinet fixes a serious bug in its FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer network management solutions that could be exploited to execute...