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CISA Order Highlights Persistent Risk at Network Edge

Krebs on Security

Mandiant said the attackers will continue to change their tactics and malware, “especially as network defenders continue to take action against this adversary and their activity is further exposed by the infosec community.” “They sold so many VPNs through the pandemic and this is the hangover,” Gray said.

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Cisco was hacked by the Yanluowang ransomware gang

Security Affairs

The investigation conducted by Cisco Security Incident Response (CSIRT) and Cisco Talos revealed that threat actors compromised a Cisco employee’s credentials after they gained control of a personal Google account where credentials saved in the victim’s browser were being synchronized. ” reads the analysis published by Cisco Talos.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 436 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

US CISA added critical Apache RocketMQ flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Ragnar Locker gang leaks data stolen from the Israel’s Mayanei Hayeshua hospital North Korea-linked threat actors target cybersecurity experts with a zero-day Zero-day in Cisco ASA and FTD is actively exploited in ransomware attacks Nation-state actors (..)

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CISA Election Security Alert: Threat Actors Compromise 'Election Support Systems'

SecureWorld News

Read our joint advisory with the @FBI for technical details and recommended actions: [link] #InfoSec #InfoSecurity #Protect2020 pic.twitter.com/D2Clny9zUI — Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (@CISAgov). October 10, 2020. CISA details what the TTPs look like in this attack.

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Scattered Spider x RansomHub: A New Partnership

Digital Shadows

The attacker gained initial access to two employee accounts by carrying out social engineering attacks on the organization’s help desk twice. Scattered Spider previously targeted telecommunications firms, likely to support its SIM-swapping activities that facilitate account takeovers.

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Preventing Critical Email Attacks: Brian Krebs and Mike Britton Discuss

SecureWorld News

These attackers will use a variety of lures to pull people in, but a lot of the phishing has been centered around updating the VPN for a client or employee, or redirecting users to phishing sites that look a lot like their collaborative platform login page. And you know, that can cause a potential loss for that organization.".

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Protect IT—A Combination of Security Culture and Cyber Hygiene Good Practices

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

That includes setting up a VPN through which remote employees can access work assets. One of the most common ways by which malicious actors perpetrate account takeover (ATO) fraud is via password brute forcing attacks. Infosec personnel should also help employees store those passwords safely such as via the use of a password manager.