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2022-07-11 15:14:50 | Security Culture: fear of cyber warfare driving initiatives (lien direct) | KnowBe4, the provider of security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, has conducted a survey during Infosecurity Europe, which evaluated the opinions of nearly 200 security professionals towards security culture, or more specifically: the ideas, customs and social behaviours of an organisation that influence their security practices. The research found the threat of cyber warfare […] | Threat | ||
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2022-07-11 11:40:23 | UK Law Society Members Urged to Stop Advising Clients to Pay Ransomware Demands (lien direct) | Solicitors have been urged to stop advising clients to pay ransomware demands in a joint letter issued last week by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The open letter urged the Law Society to remind all its members that they should not advise clients to pay ransomware demands when […] | Ransomware | ||
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2022-07-11 11:14:33 | (Déjà vu) Hackers Used Fake Job Offer on LinkedIn to Target Axie Infinity (lien direct) | It has emerged that the $540 million hack of Axie Infinity’s Ronin Bridge in March 2022 was the consequence of one of its former employees getting tricked by a fraudulent job offer on LinkedIn. According to a report written by The Block, which was published last week, two people familiar with the matter were cited. […] | Hack | ||
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2022-07-08 17:49:27 | Launch of News-Style Programme Endeavours to Raise Awareness of Cybersecurity (lien direct) | The UK Cyber Security Council, International Cyber Expo and ITN Business will be co-creators of a unique news-style programme produced to raise awareness and understanding of cyber security. The Information Age has brought enormous economic and social progress to many parts of the world and has proved to be a powerful tool for connectivity, freedom […] | Tool | ||
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2022-07-08 10:23:53 | Cybercrime Costs Organisations $1.79 Million Every Minute (lien direct) | Cybercrime costs organisations $1.79m every minute, according to RiskIQ’s 2021 Evil Internet Minute Report. The study analysed the volume of malicious activity on the internet and showed the scale and damage of cyber-attacks in the past year. It found that 648 cyber-threats occurred every minute. The researchers calculated that the average cost of a breach […] | |||
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2022-07-07 10:09:57 | Marriott Hotels Suffers Second Data Breach in 2022 (lien direct) | Marriott International Inc. confirmed on Wednesday July 6th that they had suffered a second data breach this year. Initial reports say that attackers stole a total of 20GB worth of data including some sensitive information such as credit card information, confidential business documents, and customer payment information Marriott is preparing to notify between 300 and […] | Data Breach | ||
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2022-07-07 09:44:58 | US Healthcare and Public Health Sector Organisations Targeted by North Korean Hackers (lien direct) | The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a new advisory suggesting North Korean state-sponsored cyber actors are using the Maui ransomware to target Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector organisations in the US. The document, written by the CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of the Treasury, suggests that […] | Ransomware | ||
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2022-07-07 09:28:33 | Apple adds new “Lockdown” feature to protect iPhone, iPad, and Mac against spyware (lien direct) | On Wednesday Apple announced the introduction of a new security setting for iOS 15, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura which would ‘harden device defenses and strictly limits certain functionalities”. Apple described the new feature, the Lockdown Mode, as an “extreme, optional protection” which is designed for the severe type of cyberattacks most people will never […] | |||
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2022-07-06 09:13:03 | Leak of California gun owners\' private data far wider than originally reported (lien direct) | Last Thursday, June 30th, the California Department of Justice admitted that the personal information of all those who had been rejected or accepted for concealed carry permits from 2011 to 2021 was exposed. The California Department of Justice confirmed that among the affected departments were the state’s Assault Weapon Registry, Handguns Certified for Sale, Dealer […] | |||
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2022-07-05 09:54:59 | (Déjà vu) Ukrainian Authorities Arrest Phishing Gang For Embezzling 100 Million UAH (lien direct) | Last week, the Cyber Police of Ukraine disclosed that it apprehended nine members of a criminal gang that embezzled 100 million hryvnias via hundreds of phishing sites that claimed to offer financial assistance to Ukrainian citizens as part of a campaign aimed at capitalising on the ongoing conflict. The agency said in a press statement […] | ★★★ | ||
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2022-07-05 09:35:34 | Dutch University Turns a Profit on Ransomware Payment (lien direct) | The Netherlands Maastricht University has announced that an extended investigation into a ransomware attack in 2019 has finally resulted in the seizure of €500,000. Yet, what is remarkable is that Maastricht University only paid out €200,000 originally. In 2019 Maastricht University was hit by a wave of malware which paralyzed the campus. The attack prevented […] | Ransomware Malware | ★★★ | |
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2022-07-05 09:22:43 | NATO Announce Plans to Develop Cyber Rapid Response Capabilities (lien direct) | NATO has announced plans to develop virtual rapid response capabilities “to respond to significant malicious cyber activities.” These plans were published in a declaration made following the NATO Summit in Madrid, last week. The latest summit was significant in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, amid fears of the conflict spreading further. […] | |||
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2022-07-04 10:17:26 | Threat Actor Group Claims Responsibility for High Profile University Hacks (lien direct) | Reportedly, CloudSEK used its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered digital risk platform XVigil to identify a post on a cybercrime forum mentioning open source automation server platform Jenkins as one of the TTP (tactics, techniques, and procedures) used by a threat actor (TA) in attacks against IBM and Stanford University. Used by a TA to get clicks […] | Hack Threat | ||
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2022-07-04 10:03:31 | Microsoft Issue Updated Warning Against Known Cloud Threat Actor Group (lien direct) | Microsoft’s Security Intelligence team have issued a new warning against a known cloud threat actor group. Active since early 2017 and tracked as 8220, the group have now updated its malware toolset to breach Linux servers to install crypto miners as part of a long-running campaign. On Thursday, Microsoft wrote in a Twitter thread, “the […] | Malware Threat | ||
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2022-07-01 10:12:05 | (Déjà vu) Macmillan Publishers Shut Down Systems After Security Incident (lien direct) | Publishing firm Macmillan was forced to shut down their network and offices while recovering from a security incident that appears to be a ransomware attack. The attack reportedly occurred on Saturday 25th June, with the company shutting down all their IT systems to prevent further spread. Publishers Weekly first reported on the incident, having seen […] | Ransomware | ||
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2022-06-30 10:40:51 | (Déjà vu) North Korea-Backed Hacking Collective Lazarus Group Suspected to be Behind Recent Harmony Bridge Attack (lien direct) | The notorious North Korea-backed hacking collective Lazarus Group is suspected to be behind the recent $100 million altcoin theft from Harmony Horizon Bridge. Last week Harmony confirmed that its Horizon Bridge, a platform that allows users to move cryptocurrency across different blockchains, had been breached. The incident involved the exploiter carrying out multiple transactions on […] | Medical | APT 38 | ★★★★ |
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2022-06-30 10:14:22 | A conversation with Andrew Clarke, Global Head of Channel and Strategic Alliances at One Identity (lien direct) | The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing work-from-home revolution has thrust identity management to the top of corporate agendas. As such, security professionals can no longer be satisfied with securing their perimeters, they now have to account for countless employees, devices and identities – all operating off site. One Identity recognised the paradigm shift early. Already an […] | ★★ | ||
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2022-06-30 10:11:38 | (Déjà vu) Walmart Denies Being Hit by Yanlouwang Ransomware Attack (lien direct) | The American retailer Walmart has denied being hit with a ransomware attack by the Yanlouwang gang after hackers claimed to encrypt thousands of computers. According to BleepingComputer, Walmart said that their “Information Security team is monitoring our systems 24/7,” and believe the claims to be inaccurate. “We believe this claim is inaccurate and are not […] | Ransomware | ||
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2022-06-30 09:54:39 | (Déjà vu) YTStealer Malware Found to Steal Accounts From Creators (lien direct) | YTStealer, a new information-stealing malware, is targeting YouTube content creators and attempting to steal their authentication tokens and hijack their channels. Focusing on one goal has given YTStealer’s authors the capacity to make its token-stealing operation very effective, according to a report published earlier this week by Intezer. Most of its distribution uses lures impersonating […] | Malware | ★★★★★ | |
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2022-06-30 09:09:48 | Cybersecurity leaders are anticipating mass resignations within the year (lien direct) | A new survey from Bridewell, a cybersecurity services company, found that 95% of respondents are experiencing factors that would make them likely to leave in the next 12 months. Of the 521 critical national infrastructure decision makers who were surveyed, 40% said stress could push them to leave their job with the next year. These […] | |||
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2022-06-29 13:05:43 | European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 Winners Announced (lien direct) | Hosted by Eskenzi PR and sponsored by KnowBe4 and Qualys, the European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards has announced this year's winners and runners-up. The awards returned as an in-person event on the first evening of Infosecurity Europe (21st of June 2022) at Tapa Tapa restaurant right next to ExCel, following a two-year virtual hiatus over the […] | |||
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2022-06-29 12:11:21 | The Top Mobile Security Threats of 2022 (lien direct) | Whether you are ordering food online, booking a doctor’s appointment, or checking your balance, you are doing it through your phone. For many years we believed that we had a valid reason to trust our phone with sensitive information. Today, we have to acknowledge that this isn’t completely true and examine the risks inherent in […] | Threat | ||
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2022-06-29 10:47:40 | (Déjà vu) Evilnum Hackers Return With New Activity Targeting International Migration Campaigns (lien direct) | The Evilnum hacking group have been targeting European organisations that are involved in international migration, showing renewed signs of malicious activity within the group. Evilnum is an advanced persistent threat (APT) that has been active since at least 2019 and had its campaign and tools exposed in 2020. In 2020, ESET published a technical report […] | Tool Threat | ||
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2022-06-29 10:07:08 | Appointment of four new executives ignites Illusive\'s international expansion (lien direct) | Today, Illusive has announced the appointment of four new executive hires since the launch of Illusive SpotlightTM, which has driven great interest and adoption of the solution. Illusive has appointed Kristen Twining as VP of Sales – Americas, and Carlos Ferro as VP of Sales – EMEA and APAC to support the company's rapid sales […] | |||
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2022-06-29 08:34:53 | The Human Side of Cybersecurity – KnowBe4 (lien direct) | Javvad Malik is the Lead Security Awareness Advocate of KnowBe4 which provides a security awareness training for the millions of employees of their combined 50,000 organizational customers worldwide. “We focus on the human side of security as opposed to the technology side that most other people focus on, because the technology can be brilliant, but […] | Guideline | ★★ | |
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2022-06-28 15:57:17 | 5 Cyber Security Tips for Smart Buildings (lien direct) | In the recent past, there have been a lot of stories of companies succumbing to IT cybersecurity threats. Property owners are incorporating and relying on smart building technologies more and more, and it has become even more important to think about cyberthreat prevention. It can seem like a daunting task to identify and eliminate vulnerabilities. […] | |||
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2022-06-28 13:18:04 | Cybersecurity is complex – but it doesn\'t need to be costly or complicated (lien direct) | The pandemic tested the business resilience of every organisation. Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) had to maximise their digital footprint to keep operational, service their customers and survive. Just as companies are starting to return to some semblance of new normal, another threat is on the horizon. The pandemic has fuelled an increase in […] | Threat | ||
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2022-06-28 10:53:00 | Cyber Insurance: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (lien direct) | The past decade has seen cybersecurity barge its way into the mainstream. A meteoric rise in attack rates during COVID-19, major incidents such as the Colonial Pipeline attack, and an increasingly tense geopolitical landscape have all contributed to cybersecurity's current position at the top of global news feeds. As cybercrime infects every facet of our […] | |||
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2022-06-28 09:29:28 | $100m Stolen from California Based Cryptocurrency Firm by Unidentified Hackers (lien direct) | An unidentified hacker group has stolen more than $100million from Californian cryptocurrency firm Harmony. Last Thursday, the company made the announcement via Twitter. They said that they had identified a theft occurring on the Horizon bridge amounting to approximately $100m. The first Tweet reads, “we have begun working with national authorities and forensic specialists to identify […] | |||
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2022-06-28 09:13:17 | Cybersecurity Experts Warn of Emerging Threat of “Black Basta” Ransomware (lien direct) | The ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) Black Basta has struck 50 victims in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand within two months of its emergence in the cybersecurity landscape. The speed at which it has accumulated victims in such a short time frame has made it a prominent new threat for the cybersecurity of governments […] | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2022-06-28 09:13:15 | Global Police Operation Cracks Down on Widespread Criminal Activity (lien direct) | Police from South America and Europe have teamed up to take action against an organised crime group involved in human trafficking for sexual exploitation. Between the 20th and 23rd June, the police swooped on 14 locations, arrested 10 and interviewed eight victims. Among the items seized in the searches were vehicles, hard drives, electronic equipment, […] | |||
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2022-06-24 12:39:47 | A conversation with Jim Dolce, CEO of Lookout (lien direct) | Jim is a veteran of cybersecurity. He has founded four successful companies, held senior positions at both Juniper and Akamai technologies, and now serves as CEO of Lookout. Lookout was founded in 2007 as an endpoint security service, but the acquisition of CipherCloud in March of 2021 marked the beginning of the company's expansion into […] | ★★★★★ | ||
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2022-06-23 11:44:47 | Biden signs cyber bills into law (lien direct) | On Tuesday President Biden signed two pieces of legislation into law which were aimed at enhancing the cybersecurity capabilities of federal, state and local governments. The signing was preceded by an earlier law which increased the ability of the federal government to collect data about cyberattacks. These laws are a direct response to the marked […] | ★★★★ | ||
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2022-06-23 10:55:09 | (Déjà vu) Microsoft Office 365 Feature Could Help Ransomware Attackers Infiltrate Cloud Files (lien direct) | A “dangerous piece of functionality” has been discovered in Microsoft 365 suite that could be potentially abused by a malicious actor to ransom files stored on SharePoint and OneDrive and launch attacks on cloud infrastructure. The cloud ransomware attack allows file-encrypting malware to launch and “encrypt files stored on SharePoint and OneDrive in a way […] | Ransomware Malware | ||
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2022-06-22 13:58:30 | Ukrainian cybersecurity officials disclose two new hacking campaigns (lien direct) | Cybersecurity officials from the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) exposed two new hacking campaigns against targets there this week. One utilized a phony tax collection document purportedly sent by the national tax agency and the other using a malicious document that discussed the threat of nuclear attack from Russia. The officials warned that […] | Threat | ||
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2022-06-22 10:31:08 | (Déjà vu) New Phishing Attack Infects Devices With Cobalt Strike (lien direct) | Security researchers have discovered a new malicious spam campaign that delivers the ‘Matanbuchus’ malware to drop Cobalt Strike beacons on compromised machines. Cobalt Strike is a penetration testing suite that is frequently used by threat actors for lateral movement and to drop additional payloads. First spotted in February 2021 in advertisements on the dark web, […] | Spam Malware Threat | ||
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2022-06-21 11:13:30 | (Déjà vu) UK Government Proposes New Post-Brexit Data Laws (lien direct) | The UK government has proposed new data laws that are designed to boost economic growth and innovation, in addition to clamp down on nuisance calls and minimise cookie pop-ups online. The Data Reform Bill, published after a consultation period, is designed to update the UK’s existing data rules, post Brexit. It is designed to unlock […] | |||
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2022-06-21 10:36:05 | Cato SASE Cloud Updated to Allow for Network-based Security (lien direct) | Cato Networks, a Tel-Aviv based network security company, announced on Tuesday that it was going to be adding network-based capabilities to their Cato SASE cloud product. The Cato SASE Cloud (secure access service edge) was born out of the explosion of remote users and Software as a Service (SaaS) applications. From this came a need […] | |||
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2022-06-21 10:31:50 | (Déjà vu) Google Chrome Extentions Can Be Fingerprinted to Track Users Digitally (lien direct) | A researcher has created a website that uses your installed Google Chrome extensions to generate a fingerprint (or tracking hash) of your device that can be used to track you digitally. Digital fingerprints can be used based on various characteristics of a device connecting to a website, including GPU performance, installed Windows applications, hardware configuration, […] | |||
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2022-06-21 08:58:07 | Lookout Discovers Android Spyware Deployed in Kazakhstan (lien direct) | Lookout has announced the discovery of an enterprise-grade Android surveillanceware currently used by the government of Kazakhstan within its borders. Lookout researchers also found evidence of deployment of the spyware – which Lookout researchers have named “Hermit” – in Italy and in northeastern Syria. Hermit is likely developed by Italian spyware vendor RCS Lab S.p.A. […] | Cloud | APT 37 | |
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2022-06-20 10:28:47 | German Green Party\'s Emails Compromised by Hackers (lien direct) | A German Green Party spokesperson told POLITICO that email accounts belonging to the party had been compromised in a cybersecurity incident. Omid Nouripour and Ricarda Lang, the party’s co-leaders, were among the hacking victims, in which some messages were forwarded to external servers. Additionally, German magazine Der Spiegel reported Thursday that the attack also affected […] | Guideline | ||
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2022-06-20 09:33:21 | WordPress Update Millions of Sites to patch a Critical Vulnerability Affecting the Ninja Forms Plugin (lien direct) | Content management system (CMS) provider WordPress has forcibly updated over a million sites in order to patch a critical vulnerability affecting the Ninja Forms plugin. The Wordfence threat intelligence team spotted the flaw in June and documented it in an advisory by the company on Thursday. The document said that the code injection vulnerability made […] | Vulnerability Threat | ||
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2022-06-20 09:16:31 | (Déjà vu) US Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison After Hacking Thousands of iCloud Accounts (lien direct) | A man from California was sentenced to time in prison on Wednesday after being found guilty of hacking thousands of iCloud accounts, stealing people’s nude images and videos and sharing them with conspirators. Hao Huo Chi acted under the online name of ‘icloudripper4you’. He would have illegally obtained the iCloud account credentials of approximately 4700 […] | |||
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2022-06-17 10:41:03 | (Déjà vu) Chinese Hackers Exploited Critical Security Vulnerability in Sophos Firewall (lien direct) | A sophisticated Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) actor exploited a critical security vulnerability in Sophos’ firewall product that came to public attention earlier this year to infiltrate an unnamed South Asian target as part of a highly-targeted attack. Volexity said in a report, “the attacker implement[ed] an interesting web shell backdoor, create[d] a secondary form […] | Vulnerability Threat | ||
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2022-06-17 10:20:40 | New MaliBot Android Banking Malware Poses as Cryptocurrency Mining App (lien direct) | A new Android banking malware named MaliBot has been discovered by cybersecurity researchers. The malware poses as a cryptocurrency mining app or the Chrome web browser to target users in Spain and Italy. MaliBot focuses on stealing financial information, like e-banking credentials, crypto wallet passwords, and sensitive personal details. It is also capable of snatching […] | Malware | ||
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2022-06-17 09:23:15 | (Déjà vu) Several Data-Stealing Apps Remain on Google Play Store According to Cybersecurity Researchers (lien direct) | Cybersecurity researchers from Dr. Web claim to have spotted numerous apps on the Google Play Store in May with adware and information-stealing malware built in. According to the report, the most dangerous of these apps features spyware tools capable of stealing information from other apps’ notifications, mainly to capture one-time two-factor authentication (2FA) one-time passwords […] | Malware Tool | ||
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2022-06-16 10:02:48 | Hackers Exploit Old Telerik Flaws to Deploy Cobalt Strike (lien direct) | ‘Blue Mockingbird’, a threat actor, targets Telerik UI vulnerabilities to compromise servers, install Cobalt Strike beacons, and mine Monero by hijacking system resources. The attacker leverages the CVE-2019-18935 flaw, a critical severity (CVSS v3.1: 9.8) deserialisation that leads to remote code execution in the Telerik UI library for ASP.NET AJAX. In May 2020, the same […] | Threat Guideline | ||
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2022-06-16 09:36:25 | Microsoft Patch Fixes Follina Bug (lien direct) | Microsoft issued its last regular patch update round this week, fixing over 50 CVEs, including the malicious zero-day bug “Follina.” Officially named CVE-2022-30190, Follina, as reported last week, is being exploited in the wild by state-backed actors and the operators behind Qakbot, which has links to ransomware groups. It’s a remote code execution (RCE) bug […] | Ransomware | ||
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2022-06-16 09:17:42 | New Zimbra Bug Allows Data Stealing With No User Interaction (lien direct) | Technical details have emerged about a vulnerability affecting certain versions of the Zimbra email solution that hackers could exploit to steal logins without user interaction or authentication. The security issue is currently being tracked as CVE-2022-27924 and impacts Zimbra releases 8.8x and 9.x for both open-source and commercial versions of the platform. Since the 10th […] | Vulnerability | ||
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2022-06-15 14:30:50 | Obrela sponsors open-source Commix project (lien direct) | Obrela Security Industries, a security analytics and cyber risk management services, has announced its sponsorship of Commix, an open-source pen-testing tool, to address command injection vulnerabilities. Obrela aims to address the emerging demand for end-to-end security services by offering an ‘umbrella’ of security solutions. George Patsis, CEO, at Obrela Security Industries said that this sponsorship […] | ★★ |
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