Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

.” The PIN provides a series of examples of ransomware attacks impacting food and agriculture sector businesses, such as an attack that took place in January 2021 against an identified US farm that resulted in losses of approximately $9 million due to the disruption of the farming operations. hard drive, storage device, the cloud).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of a surge of LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks against Australian organizations starting July 2021. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of an escalation in LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks against Australian organizations in multiple industry sectors starting July 2021.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

The AvosLocker ransomware-as-a-service emerged in the threat landscape in September 2021, since January the group expanded its targets by implementing the support for encrypting Linux systems, specifically VMware ESXi servers. Regularly back up data, password protect backup copies offline. Use multifactor authentication where possible.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Threat actors use various exploits of common vulnerabilities, including CVE 2021-44228 , CVE-2021-20038 , and CVE-2022-24990. threat actors use virtual private networks (VPNs) and virtual private servers (VPSs) or third-country IP addresses to hide the origin of the attacks. Gain Access [ TA0001 ].

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2022

Threat actors behind the Twilio hack also gained access to the accounts of 93 individual users of its Authy two-factor authentication (2FA) service. The company has more than 5,000 employees in 17 countries, and its revenues in 2021 are US$2.84 ” reads an update provided by the company on August 24, 2022. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The LockBit ransomware gang has been active since September 2019, in June 2021 the group announced the LockBit 2.0 In August, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warned of an escalation in LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks against Australian organizations in multiple industry sectors starting July 2021.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

“Upon gaining an initial foothold into a telecommunications organization or network service provider, PRC state-sponsored cyber actors have identified critical users and infrastructure including systems critical to maintaining the security of authentication, authorization, and accounting.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Secret Service (USSS) to provide information on BlackByte ransomware. As of November 2021, BlackByte ransomware had compromised multiple US and foreign businesses, including entities in at least three US critical infrastructure sectors (government facilities, financial, and food & agriculture).” ” reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Bug bounty hacker earned $5,000 reporting a Stored XSS flaw in iCloud.com Experts warn of threat actors abusing Google Alerts to deliver unwanted programs FBI warns of the consequences of telephony denial-of-service (TDoS) attacks An attacker was able to siphon audio feeds from multiple Clubhouse rooms Georgetown County has yet to recover from a sophisticated (..)

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2022

Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) devices provide emergency backup power for mission-critical systems. Armis reported the flaws to Schneider Electric’s APC on October 31, 2021, the vendor addressed them with the release of Patch Tuesday security updates on March 8, 2022.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

. “Although FBI and CISA do not currently have any specific threat reporting indicating a cyberattack will occur over the upcoming Labor Day holiday, malicious cyber actors have launched serious ransomware attacks during other holidays and weekends in 2021.” Securing and monitoring Remote Desktop Protocol endpoints.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2021

The decrypter only allows decrypting files encrypted with BlackMatter versions used gang between mid-July and late-September 2021 , the most recent version of the ransomware addressed the issue. More details can be found here: [link] — Fabian Wosar (@fwosar) October 24, 2021.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

In March 2021, government experts observed state sponsored hackers scanning the internet for servers vulnerable to the above flaws, the attackers were probing systems on ports 4443, 8443, and 10443. Regularly back up data, air gap, and password protect backup copies offline. Use multifactor authentication where possible.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

The attacker first gained access to the network in November 2020, but it went undetected until April 22, 2021. Upon discovery, Prominence reset all user credentials and secured the impacted environment, launching an investigation and data restoration processes from its backup systems. To date, no instances have been found.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 15, 2021

Information security leaders at these two districts shared their war stories last week at the K-12 Cybersecurity Leadership Symposium, hosted by the K12 Security Information Exchange (K12 SIX) – the first-ever ISAC specifically created with local school districts in mind. “But that has been a lifesaver for us.”

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

Social Engineering According to Carnegie Mellon University’s Information Security Office , “Social engineering is the tactic of manipulating, influencing, or deceiving a victim in order to gain control over a computer system, or to steal personal and financial information.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2021

According to Coveware, a company that offers incident response services to organizations impacted by ransomware attacks, Conti is the second most common ransomware family that victim organizations have reported in the first quarter of 2021. Use multi-factor authentication where possible. Focus on cyber security awareness and training.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

We look at three RSAC 2021 sessions and some of the most daunting vulnerabilities presented by the SANS Institute, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Varonis Systems. Also Read: And the Winner of the 2021 RSA Innovation Contest is… SANS: Five dangerous new attack techniques and vulnerabilities.

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McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

Though this partnership, our research led us to discover five previously unreported vulnerabilities in the medical system which include: CVE-2021-33886 – Use of Externally-Controlled Format String (CVSS 7.7). CVE-2021-33885 – Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity (CVSS 9.7). Braun on January 11, 2021.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Related: High-profile healthcare hacks in 2021. Remember to implement and enforce these suggestions with the traditional Information Security principles we all need to remain secure: good access control (passwords, multifactor authentication, least privilege rights), patch management, frequent backups, and audit logs.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 11, 2023

An element of NIST SP 800-63 , Digital Identity Guidelines and ISO 27001 and 27002 are customized and applied as one framework in the Integrated Information Security Management System (ISMS) of my organization. The authorization process must only apply after the identification and authentication processes respectively and not before.

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2021

Enable and enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) on every single account that is under the control of the organization, and—to the maximum extent possible—enable and enforce MFA for customer-facing services. link] — Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (@CISAgov) July 4, 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 24, 2022

While it did not identify LAPSUS$ as its attacker, LAPSUS$ later posted 190 GB of Samsung data, including Samsung’s biometric authentication and bootloader source code. Though their attacks accelerated in March, LAPSUS$ first became active in 2021. Mid-March, popular game developer Ubisoft reported a data breach.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

The Biden administration plans to target exchanges supporting ransomware operations with sanctions Threat actor has been targeting the aviation industry since at least 2018 Expert discloses details and PoC code for Netgear Seventh Inferno bug CVE-2021-26333 AMD Chipset Driver flaw allows obtaining sensitive data Experts warn that Mirai Botnet starts (..)

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Cyber attacks nowadays do not often come from ingenious ‘hackers’ in dark rooms, they’re often the result of an employee reusing the same password, or businesses not implementing basic practices such as multi-factor authentication. Jon Clemenson, director of information security, TokenEx. Tyler Farrar ,CISO, Exabeam.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Vamosi: In the summer of 2021, the Colonial Pipeline in the US. Well, the victim may have had a good backup and recovery process in place. Even if you have a good backup, that doesn’t necessarily mean you can back up quickly, not if it’s stored off site and several GBs of data. Vamosi: Right.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In 2021, Connelly and other researchers presented a new paper outlining an approach to detecting rootkits similar to CloudSkulk. Schultz and Edward Ray and their chapter of the Information Security Management Handbook, Sixth Edition, Volume 2 for some expert guidance. using strong authentication. Prevention.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

I'm Robert Vamosi, and in this episode I'm going to talk about hacking cryptocurrencies bug bounties, securing our election systems, and yes ransomware and how a high school student has already gained valuable experience in all of the above. Vamosi: Everyone's journey and information security as you need.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

I'm Robert Vamosi, and in this episode I'm going to talk about hacking cryptocurrencies bug bounties, securing our election systems, and yes ransomware and how a high school student has already gained valuable experience in all of the above. Vamosi: Everyone's journey and information security as you need.

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