Sat.Nov 21, 2020

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GoDaddy Employees Used in Attacks on Multiple Cryptocurrency Services

Krebs on Security

Fraudsters redirected email and web traffic destined for several cryptocurrency trading platforms over the past week. The attacks were facilitated by scams targeting employees at GoDaddy , the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The incident is the latest incursion at GoDaddy that relied on tricking employees into transferring ownership and/or control over targeted domains to fraudsters.

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Manchester United hit by ‘sophisticated’ cyber attack

Security Affairs

The Manchester United football club has been hit by a cyber attack on their systems, it is not aware of a breach of personal data for his fans. Manchester United disclosed a cyber attack, but according to the football club it is not “currently aware of any breach of personal data associated with our fans and customers”. The club confirmed the security breach on Friday evening, it shut down its systems to prevent the malware from spreading within.

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Secret Service Investigates 700 Cases of Covid Relief Fraud

WIRED Threat Level

Ransomware as a service, exposed SMS photos, and more of the week's top security news.

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Dutch tech reporter gatecrashes EU defence secret video conference

Security Affairs

A Dutch tech reporter gatecrashed a video conference of EU defence ministers after the Dutch minister shared an image on Twitter. Dutch journalist Daniel Verlaan of RTL Nieuws broke into a secret video conference of EU defence ministers after the Dutch defence minister Ank Bijleveld posted on Twitter an image of the call that accidentally exposed login details.

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IDC Analyst Report: The Open Source Blind Spot Putting Businesses at Risk

In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.

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UK reveals new National Cyber Force to improve offensive cyber capabilities

Security Affairs

The new National Cyber Force (NCF) is working to improve UK’s offensive cyber capabilities to disrupt adversaries and keep the UK safe. UK Prime Minister, in a speech on defence spending, announced the GCHQ and Ministry of Defence (MoD) partnership aimed at conducting offensive cyber operations to disrupt hostile nation-state operations, terrorists, and cyber criminal campaigns that are threatening the national security.

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Experts warn of mass-scanning for ENV files left unsecured online

Security Affairs

Threat actors are scanning the Internet for ENV files that usually contain API tokens, passwords, and database logins. Threat actors are scanning the internet for API tokens, passwords, and database logins that are usually used to store ENV files (Environment files) accidentally left exposed online. Environment files are configuration files that usually contain user environment variables for multiple frameworks and development tools such as Docker, Node.js, Django, and Symfony.

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