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Security Affairs newsletter Round 438 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

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Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 435 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

ransomware builder used by multiple threat actors Cisco fixes 3 high-severity DoS flaws in NX-OS and FXOS software Cybercrime Unpacking the MOVEit Breach: Statistics and Analysis Cl0p Ups The Ante With Massive MOVEit Transfer Supply-Chain Exploit FBI, Partners Dismantle Qakbot Infrastructure in Multinational Cyber Takedown U.S.

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Industrial Switches from different Vendors Impaired by Similar Exposures

Hacker Combat

Attackers can leverage these vulnerabilities to seize control of a device. Surveillance. Apart from availing firmware updates to patch the flaws, Korenix has published various recommendations aimed at preventing possible attacks, such as; Firewall configuration to safeguard the switches from attacks emanating from external sources.

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Controversial law entered into effect in Russia this week

Security Affairs

Of course, the concentration of the traffic through nodes controlled by Moscow and the deployment of technical hardware provided by the government could open the door to a massive surveillance. Human Rights Watch and activists fear Russia aims to build a system like the Chinese Great Firewall that could be used to apply strict censorship.

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SHARED INTEL: How ‘memory attacks’ and ‘firmware spoilage’ circumvent perimeter defenses

The Last Watchdog

These happen to represent two prime examples of cyber attack vectors that continue to get largely overlooked by traditional cybersecurity defenses. By embedding malware in firmware, threat actors are able to slip pass legacy firewalls and intrusion detection and prevention systems. percent from 2018.

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What Is a Vulnerability Assessment? Types, Steps & Benefits

eSecurity Planet

These are the most common types of vulnerability assessments: Network vulnerability assessment: This focuses on identifying vulnerabilities in a network infrastructure, including routers, switches, and security tools such as firewalls.

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SHARED INTEL: How NTA/NDR systems get to ‘ground truth’ of cyber attacks, unauthorized traffic

The Last Watchdog

In one case, ExtraHop tracked a made-in-China surveillance cam sending UDP traffic logs , every 30 minutes, to a known malicious IP address with ties to China. One might look at Capital One as an indication of just poor hygiene or issues with how they configured their web application firewalls or their S3 buckets.