Tag: Cybersecurity

(Cybersecurity) German Parliament Bundestag targeted again by Russia-linked hackers (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Several members of the German Parliament (Bundestag) and other members of the state parliament were hit by a targeted attack allegedly launched by Russia-linked...

(Cybersecurity) Hades ransomware gang targets big organizations in the US (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini  Accenture security researchers published an analysis of the latest Hades campaign, which is ongoing since at least December 2020. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115994/cyber-crime/hades-ransomware.html  

(Cybersecurity) Solarwinds Orion Platform updates fix two remote code execution issues (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini  Solarwinds released security updates that address multiple vulnerabilities, including two flaws that be exploited by attackers for remote code execution. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115983/security/solarwinds-updates-rce.html

(Cybersecurity) FBI published a flash alert on Mamba Ransomware attacks (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an alert to warn that the Mamba ransomware is abusing the DiskCryptor open source tool to encrypt entire drives. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115974/malware/fbi-mamba-ransomware.html

(Cybersecurity) OpenSSL Project released 1.1.1k version to fix two High-severity flaws (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini The OpenSSL Project addresses two high-severity vulnerabilities, including one related to verifying a certificate chain and one that can trigger a DoS condition. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115968/security/openssl-flaws-2.html

(Cybersecurity) 62,000 Microsoft Exchange Servers potentially left unpatched, weeks after software bugs were first uncovered (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini The CyberNews investigation team found 62,174 potentially vulnerable unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115965/hacking/microsoft-exchange-servers-unpatched.html

(Cybersecurity) Facebook took action against China-linked APT targeting Uyghur activists (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Facebook has closed accounts used by a China-linked APT to distribute malware to spy on Uyghurs activists, journalists, and dissidents living outside China. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115956/apt/facebook-china-apt-uyghur.html

(Cybersecurity) The surge of fake COVID-19 test results, vaccines and vaccination certificates on the Dark Web (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Threat actors are offering fake COVID-19 test results and vaccination certificates in blackmarkets and hacking forums on the Dark Web. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115943/cyber-crime/covid-19-dark-web.html

(Cybersecurity) 30 million Americans affected by the Astoria Company data breach (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Researchers discovered the availability in the DarK Web of 30M of records of Americans affected by the Astoria Company data breach https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115934/breaking-news/astoria-company-data-leak.html

(Cybersecurity) Cisco Jabber for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS is affected by a critical issue (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Cisco has addressed a critical arbitrary program execution flaw in its Cisco Jabber client software for Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115931/security/cisco-jabber-critical-flaw.html

(Cybersecurity) Billions of FBS Records Exposed in Online Trading Broker Data Leak (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115925/data-breach/fbs-data-breach.html

(Cybersecurity) Black Kingdom ransomware is targeting Microsoft Exchange servers (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Security experts reported that a second ransomware gang, named Black Kingdom, is targeting Microsoft Exchange servers. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115912/malware/black-kingdom-microsoft-exchange.html

(Cybersecurity) A day before elections, hackers leaked details of millions of Israeli voters (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Hackers have exposed personal and voter registration details of over 6.5 million Israeli voters, less than 24 hours before the election. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115918/hacking/israeli-voters-leak.html

(Cybersecurity) 92% of worldwide Microsoft Exchange IPs are now patched or mitigated (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Microsoft revealed that 92% of all on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers exposed online affected by the ProxyLogon vulnerabilities are now patched. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115896/security/microsoft-exchange-patched.html

(Defense/Cybersecurity) ‘Accelerate change or lose’: Applying Gen. Brown’s action orders to cyberspace education and training (Defense News)

Lt. Col Steven Skipper Following the SolarWinds intrusion, a growing symphony of cyberspace and intelligence agencies continue to earnestly scour their networks, carefully examining cascading...

(Cybersecurity) Principles for Board Governance of Cyber Risk (WEF)

Cyber risk is among the top risks facing businesses today, and it has become clear that boards, especially, need stronger foundations to govern cyber...