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Russian Cybersecurity Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in 2012 Megahacks

Krebs on Security

Nikita Kislitsin , formerly the head of network security for one of Russia’s top cybersecurity firms, was arrested last week in Kazakhstan in response to 10-year-old hacking charges from the U.S. Nikita Kislitsin, at a security conference in Russia. Department of Justice. prison system.

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Mozilla fixes critical flaw in Network Security Services (NSS) cryptography library

Security Affairs

Mozilla fixed a critical memory corruption issue affecting its cross-platform Network Security Services (NSS) set of cryptography libraries. Mozilla has addressed a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2021-43527) in its cross-platform Network Security Services (NSS) set of cryptography libraries.

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Securing Corporate Philanthropy on Giving Tuesday

Security Boulevard

The Giving Tuesday movement came into being in 2012 to encourage generosity and charitable giving year-round; the Tuesday after the U.S. Tomorrow, November 30, is Giving Tuesday, a day of emphasis on charitable giving both by individuals and organizations and enterprises. Thanksgiving holiday is officially designated Giving Tuesday.

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Kraken fileless attack technique abuses Microsoft Windows Error Reporting (WER)

Security Affairs

The APT32 group has been active since at least 2012, it has targeted organizations across multiple industries and foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. The APT32 also targeted peripheral network security and technology infrastructure corporations, and security firms that may have connections with foreign investors.

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Using AI and ML to Fight Zero-Day Attacks

Security Boulevard

In fact, Mandiant reported that “Zero-day exploitation increased from 2012 to 2021, and. The post Using AI and ML to Fight Zero-Day Attacks appeared first on Security Boulevard. If it felt like you were asked to download a lot of patches in May and June, it’s because there were a lot of patches in May and June.

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APT32 state hackers target human rights defenders with spyware

Security Affairs

. “Amnesty Tech’s Security Lab found technical evidence in phishing emails sent to two prominent Vietnamese human rights defenders, one of whom lives in Germany, and a Vietnamese NGO based in the Philippines, showing that Ocean Lotus is responsible for the attacks between 2018 and November 2020.”

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Facebook links cyberespionage group APT32 to Vietnamese IT firm

Security Affairs

The APT32 group has been active since at least 2012, it has targeted organizations across multiple industries and foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. The APT32 also targeted peripheral network security and technology infrastructure corporations, and security firms that may have connections with foreign investors.

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