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SAP systems are targeted within 72 hours after updates are released

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Furthermore, attackers used proof-of-concept code to attack SAP systems, but also brute-force attacks to take over high-privileged SAP user accounts. The goal of these attacks was to take full control of an SAP deployment in order to modify configurations and user accounts to exfiltrate business information.

Risk 99
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Microsoft sued North Korea-linked Thallium group

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Microsoft sued Thallium North Korea-linked APT for hacking into its customers’ accounts and networks via spear-phishing attacks. Microsoft sued a North Korea-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Thallium for hacking into its customers’ accounts and networks via spear-phishing attacks. 27 in the U.S.

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Key aerospace player Safran Group leaks sensitive data

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Knowing them, a threat actor could be able to hijack the session and therefore the account. If attackers had access to this key, they could create an admin account and have privileged access to a website. It is crucial to ensure that leaked keys are in longer bit-lengths and encoded using secure encryption/hashing algorithms.

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Google reported that Microsoft failed to fix a Windows zero-day flaw

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On May 19, 2010, ZDI published an advisory after that threat actors exploited the flaw in the wild in a campaign tracked as “ Operation PowerFall.” The flaw could allow installing malicious programs, view, change, or delete data, and create new accounts with full user rights. .” Splwow64.exe

Hacking 114
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Maryland Department of Labor discloses a data breach

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” Threat actors accessed to files stored in the Literacy Works Information System that are dated back 2009, 2010, and 2014. The Department is notifying the impacted customers, potentially affected users have to carefully monitor their accounts. ” reads the data breach notice published by the Maryland Department.

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DoJ sentenced Russian ‘King of Fraud’ behind the fraud scheme 3ve to 10 years

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Zhukov, aka Nastra, was arrested in Bulgaria, where he had lived since 2010, in November 2018 and was extradited to the US on January 18. . The experts discovered that crooks used over 60,000 accounts selling ad inventory generating a record of 3 to 12 billion of daily ad bid requests. ” continues DoJ. continues the report.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2019 patch 93 bugs, including 2 dangerous wormable issues

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The list of flaws addressed by the tech giant doesn’t include zero-days or publicly disclosed vulnerabilities, 29 issues were rated as ‘Critical’ and affect Microsoft’s Edge and Internet Explorer web browsers, Windows, Outlook and Office. This issue reminds us of the flaw exploited by the Stuxnet malware back in 2010.