We Live Security
MAY 31, 2021
You may not be able to escape internet trolls, but you have a choice about how you will deal with them – here’s how you can handle trolls without losing your cool. The post Don’t feed the trolls and other tips for avoiding online drama appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.
Joseph Steinberg
JUNE 3, 2021
Joseph Steinberg recently discussed with Fox Business Network host and commentator, Kennedy, why hackers are targeting meat companies, pipelines, and other important elements of the US economy’s supply chain… and, what can Americans do to stop such attacks. To listen to the discussion, please either utilize the embedded player below, or click the image underneath it.
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Schneier on Security
JUNE 2, 2021
The New York Times has a long story on the DarkSide ransomware gang. A glimpse into DarkSide’s secret communications in the months leading up to the Colonial Pipeline attack reveals a criminal operation on the rise, pulling in millions of dollars in ransom payments each month. DarkSide offers what is known as “ransomware as a service,” in which a malware developer charges a user fee to so-called affiliates like Woris, who may not have the technical skills to actually create ran
Troy Hunt
JUNE 3, 2021
Supporting national CERTs with free API domain searches across their assets is becoming an increasing focus for Have I Been Pwned and today I'm happy to welcome the 19th government on board, Belgium. As of now, the Centre for Cyber Security Belgium (CCB) has full access to query all their gov domains and gain deeper visibility into the impact of data breaches on their departments.
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Krebs on Security
MAY 29, 2021
Fake, positive reviews have infiltrated nearly every corner of life online these days, confusing consumers while offering an unwelcome advantage to fraudsters and sub-par products everywhere. Happily, identifying and tracking these fake reviewer accounts is often the easiest way to spot scams. Here’s the story of how bogus reviews on a counterfeit Microsoft Authenticator browser extension exposed dozens of other extensions that siphoned personal and financial data.
Joseph Steinberg
JUNE 1, 2021
Cybercriminals Are Impersonating Meal-Kit Services In Order To Steal Money And Personal Information. Cybercriminals are exploiting the tremendous growth in the number of meal-kit subscriptions since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic – impersonating various such services, or partners of such services, in order to steal people’s money and personal information.
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Adam Levin
JUNE 4, 2021
You would think that ExaGrid, a backup appliance and anti-ransomware service might know how to avoid ransomware, but it was hit. . According to the company’s website, “ExaGrid offers a unique approach to ensure that attackers cannot compromise the backup data, allowing organizations to be confident that they can restore the affected primary storage and avoid paying ugly ransoms.
Troy Hunt
MAY 31, 2021
Continuing with the launch of the Have I Been Pwned Domain Search API to national government cyber agencies, I am very happy to welcome the first Latin American country on board, the Dominican Republic. Their National Cybersecurity Incident Response Team (CSIRT-RD) is the 18th national CERT that has free and open access to domain inquiries across all of its government assets.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 4, 2021
This guide covers the Colonial Pipeline attack, WannaCry, Petya and other ransomware attacks, the systems hackers target and how to avoid becoming a victim and paying cybercriminals a ransom in the event of an infection.
Schneier on Security
JUNE 1, 2021
The website for the M1racles security vulnerability is an excellent demonstration that not all vulnerabilities are exploitable. Be sure to read the FAQ through to the end.
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Trend Micro
JUNE 2, 2021
We discovered a vulnerability in macOS, iOS, and iPadOS rooted in the CVMServer. The vulnerability, labeled CVE-2021-30724, can allow threat actors to escalate their privilege if exploited.
Security Boulevard
JUNE 3, 2021
Performance issues are not the only concern users have about Microsoft Office 365 and Azure cloud services: the office productivity suite also represents a major threat vector and an attractive target for network and supply chain attacks. On a quantitative level, Office 365 draws over 250 million active users, according to Microsoft statistics. Attackers can.
Tech Republic Security
MAY 31, 2021
If you find an Apple AirTag that belongs to someone else, learn how to help reunite the lost items with their owner using an iOS or Android device--or, how to prevent the device from tracking you.
Bleeping Computer
JUNE 2, 2021
?Kali Linux 2021.2 was released today by Offensive Security and includes new themes and features, such as access to privileged ports, new tools, and a console-based configuration utility. [.].
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How many people would you trust with your house keys? Chances are, you have a handful of trusted friends and family members who have an emergency copy, but you definitely wouldn’t hand those out too freely. You have stuff that’s worth protecting—and the more people that have access to your belongings, the higher the odds that something will go missing.
We Live Security
JUNE 1, 2021
From knock-off designer products to too-good-to-be-true job offers, here are five common schemes fraudsters use to trick teenagers out of their money and sensitive data. The post 5 common scams targeting teens – and how to stay safe appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.
Security Affairs
JUNE 4, 2021
Trend Micro disclosed technical details of a patched privilege escalation issue, tracked as CVE-2021-30724 , that impacts macOS, iOS and iPadOS. Trend Micro researchers disclosed technical details of a patched privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-30724 , that impacts macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. The flaw was reported to Apple by Trend Micro researcher Mickey Jin, and the It giant fixed the issue was addressed by the IT giant on May 24 with the release of macOS 11.4, iOS 14.6, and
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 3, 2021
Underprepared, overwhelmed and unable to move forward, security teams are getting pushback from leadership and simply can't catch up to necessary post-pandemic modernization.
Bleeping Computer
JUNE 2, 2021
NortonLifelock has added the ability to mine Ethereum cryptocurrency directly within its Norton 360 antivirus program as a way to "protect" users from malicious mining software. [.].
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In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.
Security Boulevard
JUNE 3, 2021
No business is ever too small or too obscure to be attacked. Regardless of the size and nature of operations, all businesses are at risk of cybersecurity threats. The fact. The post Three Common Cybersecurity Threats Small Businesses Should Be Worried About appeared first on Indusface. The post Three Common Cybersecurity Threats Small Businesses Should Be Worried About appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Malwarebytes
JUNE 1, 2021
This blog post was authored by Hossein Jazi. The Kimsuky APT—also known as Thallium, Black Banshee, and Velvet Chollima—is a North Korean threat actor that has been active since 2012. The group conducts cyber espionage operations to target government entities mainly in South Korea. On December 2020, KISA (Korean Internet & Security Agency) provided a detailed analysis about the phishing infrastructure and TTPs used by Kimsuky to target South Korea.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 2, 2021
Some 3% of employees in organizations researched by Barracuda will click on malicious email links, but it only takes one such incident to open the door to a cyberattack.
Security Affairs
JUNE 4, 2021
Hackers are actively scanning the Internet for VMware vCenter servers vulnerable against a critical RCE flaw recently fixed by VMware. Threat actors are actively scanning the Internet for VMware vCenter servers affected by a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-21985. The CVE-2021-21985 flaw is caused by the lack of input validation in the Virtual SAN ( vSAN ) Health Check plug-in, which is enabled by default in the vCenter Server.
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Security Boulevard
MAY 31, 2021
Nobelium, the Russian cyber criminal group that is believed to carry out the massive SolarWinds attack, launches a new attack campaign! After a China-based cyber attack targeted Microsoft’s business email servers earlier this year, the tech giant has now issued a warning of an ongoing cyber attack by the Nobelium group. Microsoft warns of a […]. The post Nobelium: The SolarWinds Hackers is Back With Another Cyber Attack appeared first on Kratikal Blogs.
TrustArc
JUNE 2, 2021
Findings Show Nearly 75% of Decision-Makers Agree That More Needs to Be Done to Address Growing Privacy Challenges TrustArc released its 2021 TrustArc Global Privacy Benchmarks Report. Now in its second year, the Global Privacy Benchmarks Report highlights how companies’ priorities and strategic approaches to data privacy and security are evolving and what their top challenges […].
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 2, 2021
All alerts mean something, even if it's just that an employee needs more training. The threat of breach is constant, and those companies who make assumptions about alerts could be in big trouble.
Security Affairs
MAY 31, 2021
A security researcher discovered a bug in PatchGuard Windows security feature that can allow loading unsigned malicious code into the Windows kernel. Japanese researcher Kento Oki has discovered a bug in PatchGuard that could be exploited by an attacker to load unsigned malicious code into the Windows operating system kernel. The PatchGuard, also known as Kernel Patch Protection, is a software protection utility that has been designed to forbid the kernel of 64-bit versions of Windows OS from be
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Security Boulevard
JUNE 1, 2021
The German supermarket chain "tegut" was recently the target of a cyberattack (source in German) and on April 24 the company activated emergency procedures that shut down their entire central IT network and disconnected it from the internet. While done to limit the exposure of sensitive data, these measures also had side effects including gaps in their supply chain and other services that lasted for weeks.
Graham Cluley
JUNE 1, 2021
The world's largest meat supplier, JBS, says that it has suffered a cyber attack against its IT systems in North America and Australia impacting its ability to "process" thousands of cattle, sheep, and pigs.
Tech Republic Security
JUNE 2, 2021
Security experts recommend setting basic security standards for all your data feeds, enlisting help from procurement and doing an API inventory.
Security Affairs
JUNE 2, 2021
Zero-day exploit broker Zerodium is looking for 0day exploits affecting the IM client tool Pidgin on Windows and Linux. Zero-day exploit broker Zerodium announced it is looking for 0day exploits affecting the IM client tool Pidgin on Windows and Linux. The company will pay up to $100,000 for zero-days in Pidgin, which is a free and open-source multi-platform instant messaging client.
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Within the past few years, ransomware attacks have turned to critical infrastructure, healthcare, and government entities. Attackers have taken advantage of the rapid shift to remote work and new technologies. Add to that hacktivism due to global conflicts and U.S. elections, and an increased focus on AI, and you have the perfect recipe for a knotty and turbulent 2024.
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