Security Boulevard

JUNE 16, 2021

The post BSides Tampa 2021 – Kyle Bess’ ‘Perspective And Opportunity Costs Of Cyber Attacks’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Our thanks to BSides Tampa for publishing their outstanding videos on the organization's YouTube channel. Enjoy the Education!

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In retaliation, in December 2001, UK and US launched a major military attack on Taliban nationals and took control of the entire Afghan nation for almost 20 years. On May 1st,2021 Taliban started a weaponry attack on the military groups of Afghanistan and taken control of the entire nation by August last week this year.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2021

Researchers warn of a surge in cyber attacks against Microsoft Exchange servers exploiting the recently disclosed ProxyLogon vulnerabilities. The second flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-26857 , is an insecure deserialization vulnerability that resides in the Unified Messaging service. and also as DearCry. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

. “In internal emails seen by BleepingComputer, IKEA is warning employees of an ongoing reply-chain phishing cyber-attack targeting internal mailboxes. “There is an ongoing cyber-attack that is targeting Inter IKEA mailboxes. ” reports BleepingComputer. Source Bleeping Computer. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2021

Second White House press briefing of the Biden administration, another development on SolarWinds: [link] — Shannon Vavra (@shanvav) January 21, 2021. The alert also includes a set of recommendations to Russian businesses to prevent cyber attacks. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, SolarWinds).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2021

A cyber attack has disrupted gas stations from the state-owned National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company ( NIOPDC ) across Iran. The attack also defaced the screens at the gas pumps and gas price billboards. " which means "Cyber attack" #Iran pic.twitter.com/4AgeiAbixN — Aleph ?

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2023

Then, in January of 2021, after Gallo had resigned from Company A, he allegedly accessed the facility’s computer system remotely and transmitted a command to uninstall software that was the main hub of the facility’s computer network and that protected the entire water treatment system, including water pressure, filtration, and chemical levels.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Iranian airline Mahan Air was hit by a cyberattack on Sunday morning, the “Hooshyarane Vatan” hacker group claimed responsibility for the attack. Iranian private airline Mahan Air has foiled a cyber attack over the weekend, Iranian state media reported. The airliner’s flight schedule was not affected by the cyberattack.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The headlines are disturbing: Breach of patient records ; Surgeries and appointments cancelled due to IT outage ; and even, Death attributed to ransomware attack on hospital. Related: High-profile healthcare hacks in 2021. These six areas will help improve your security program.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 16, 2021

These include stronger encryption, much more efficacious cloud security and some type of behavior-based cyber arms control agreement. The first two of these are well on their way, based on cybersecurity innovations I had the chance to closely inspect at RSA Conference 2021 and Black Hat USA 2021.

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2021

Japanese researchers spotted an Olympics-themed wiper targeting Japanese users ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Tokyo Olympics could be a great opportunity for cybercriminals and malware authors, the US FBI warned p rivate US companies of cyberattacks that might attempt to disrupt the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2022

Our thanks to Purdue University’s The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) for publishing their illuminating security symposiums, seminars, talks, and presentations on the Schools’ YouTube channel.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2021

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the polkit auth system service, tracked as CVE-2021-3560 , which is used on most Linux distros can allow an unprivileged attacker to get a root shell. ” reads the description published by the security advisory. “A flaw was found in polkit. No Ubuntu 20.04 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. FatFace CEO Liz Evans released a statement which said “ On 17th January 2021 FatFace identified some suspicious activity within its IT systems.

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2021

Cyber Defense Magazine July 2021 Edition has arrived. In this edition: Colonial Pipeline, JBS Cyber Attacks Shine Spotlight on Operational Technology Vulnerabilities for Wide Range of Business Sectors Getting The Cloud Right – Security and Compliance Flipping the Cyber Script. Warmest regards,Gary S.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Resecurity warns about the increase of malicious cyber activity targeting data center service providers globally. Such organizations act as a critical part of the enterprise supply chain and become a juicy target for nation-state, criminal and cyberespionage groups.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, February 2021. The sudo vulnerability aka CVE-2001-3156 , seemed to go under the radar after it was announced and patches were released on 26th January 2021.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2023

Researchers discovered that the Clop ransomware gang was looking for a zero-day exploit in the MOVEit Transfer since 2021. Kroll security experts discovered that the Clop ransomware gang was looking for a zero-day exploit in the MOVEit Transfer since 2021. ” reads the analysis published by the security firm.

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Hot for Security

APRIL 22, 2021

Until recently, it was unclear whether the claim was true, but Quanta now confirms that a cyber-intrusion has indeed occurred on its premises. The images include 15 instances “detailing the guts of what appears to be a Macbook designed as recently as March 2021,” according to an analysis by Bloomberg.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, April 2021. The UK Security Service MI5 said 10,000 staff from every UK government department and from important UK industries have been lured by fake LinkedIn profiles.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 1, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, May 2021. The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published its Smart Cities (connected places) guidance for UK local authorities. More Big Data Breaches.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

The amount requested for the Department of Defense in the “ DOD Releases Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Proposal ” is nearly the same one as last year for cyber operations that the US military will conduct in 2020. billion for fiscal year 2021 on cyber activities, while the previous budget was about $9.6

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A group of Pro-Israel hacktivists, called Predatory Sparrow, is suspected of having carried out a cyber attack against petrol stations across Iran. A Pro-Israel hacktivist group, called Predatory Sparrow (or Gonjeshke Darande in Persian), is suspected of having carried out a cyber attack against petrol stations across Iran.

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Herjavec Group

JULY 29, 2021

Halfway through 2021 and it’s been a year unlike any other in cybersecurity ! While the world transitions out of the pandemic, cyber adversaries have continued to take advantage of the chaos – cyber attacks have skyrocketed and are only becoming more frequent, destructive, and sophisticated. In the U.S.,

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 12, 2021

German has declared the country’s first cyber catastrophe yesterday by stating that a cyber attack hit almost all the computer systems in the municipality of Anhalt Bitterfeld in the state of Saxony-Anhalt and disrupted completely.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2022

From ransomware and scams to security frameworks and employee privacy, our 2021 ‘greatest hits’ show how broad the areas of cybersecurity and data protection can be. There’s plenty of food for thought and perspective for anyone in security leadership or privacy roles in their organisations.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2022

The estimated value of greater Decentralized Finance and cryptocurrencies surpassed half a trillion dollars in market capitalization in 2018, and then one trillion for the first time in 2021 ( 1 ). There are 59 US-SEC registered Dark Pools currently active in fiat markets as of 2021 ( 6 ). link] [link].

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

. & PETACH TIKVA, Israel–( BUSINESS WIRE )– CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR ) today announced it was named an Overall Privileged Access Management Leader for the sixth year in a row in the KuppingerCole Analysts 2021 “ Leadership Compass: Privileged Access Management ” 1 report. Copyright © 2021 CyberArk Software.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2024

UK, Australia and New Zealand are accusing China-linked threat actors of cyber operations against UK institutions and parliamentarians. GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre believes that China-linked cyberespionage group APT31 was responsible for cyber attacks against UK parliamentarians’ emails in 2021.

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Needless to say, in 2021 cybersecurity was front and center for individuals, enterprises, and governments alike. This forced security leaders and enterprise executives to assess their information security operations and overall cybersecurity posture to ensure their organizations were ready to face the challenges ahead.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

PrivacyAffairs released the Dark Web Index 2021, the document provides the prices for illegal services/products available in the black marketplaces. It was one of the worst years (if not the worst) for cyber attacks. Even FireEye and SolarWinds got hit, and those last two are digital security companies.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The dissemination phase consists of active processing and dissemination of the processed data for the purpose of communicating the actionable intelligence for the purpose of ensuring that an organizations defense is actively aware of the threats facing its infrastructure and security defense mechanisms. Threat Intelligence Methodologies.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

1 business and tech priority, according to the 2021 State of the CIO. Although no industry is immune, the public sector is among the top targets for cyber attacks. These institutions reported 6,843 security incidents in 2019—the second-highest among industries, according to the Verizon 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report.

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Hot for Security

MAY 6, 2021

And according to a recent study, the increasing volume of cyber-attacks in recent years is directly responsible for this syndrome. Interestingly, and somewhat ironically, staff gaps and cyber-attacks seem to be linked. However, retention issues also plague the industry.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The report also states that the cyber attacks will aim at interfering with the capabilities of the Ukrainian Army and supporting the military offensive of the Russian army. The Kremlin also plans to conduct more powerful DDoS attacks on the critical infrastructure of Ukraine’s allies, such as Poland and the Baltic countries.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 28, 2022

There’s also the increase in the sheer volume of cyber attacks to contend with; between July 2020 and June 2021, there was a 1,070% increase in ransomware attacks alone. [1] 1] For Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), this has created a variety of new challenges to contend with.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 3, 2022

The Attack Surface Management team at Group-IB said it constantly scans the IPv4 landscape for exposed databases, potentially unwanted programs, and other risks. From Q1 2021 to Q1 2022, the team discovered 399,200 exposed databases due to those efforts. Also read: Database Security: 7 Best Practices & Tips. Ransomware.

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