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Russia-linked APT28 compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to facilitate cyber operations

Security Affairs

. “As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” The operation reversibly modified the routers’ firewall rules to block remote management access to the devices. ” reads the joint report.

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Advisory: Malicious North Korean Cyber Activity

SecureWorld News

Here's what Blindingcan has accomplished so far: "A threat group with a nexus to North Korea targeted government contractors early this year to gather intelligence surrounding key military and energy technologies. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication.

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DHS CISA warns of Critical issues in Medtronic Medical equipment

Security Affairs

The second flaw discovered in the Medtronic Valleylab products (CVE-2019-13539) ties the use of the descrypt algorithm for OS password hashing. Another vulnerability is related to the use of a vulnerable version of the rssh utility in these products to facilitate file uploads. The vulnerability has received a CVSS score of 7.0.

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Industrial Switches from different Vendors Impaired by Similar Exposures

Hacker Combat

According to Thomas Weber, an SEC Consult researcher: “This TFTP server can be abused to read all files from the system as the daemon runs as root which results in a password hash exposure via the file /etc/passwd. Energy and power. Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) file write/read issues. Heavy machinery. Automation. Surveillance.

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Episode 162: Have We missed Electric Grid Cyber Attacks for Years? Also: Breaking Bad Security Habits

The Security Ledger

Also: Rachel Stockton of the firm LastPass * joins us to talk about changing users troublesome password behavior to make companies more secure. grid happened on March 5, 2019 when an unidentified actor attacked firewalls at an undisclosed utility that was part of the power grid in California, Utah and Wyoming.

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A Cybersecurity Conversation with Vince Moore – Senior Network Engineer at OPSWAT

CyberSecurity Insiders

More than 1,500 organizations worldwide spanning Financial Services, Defense, Manufacturing, Energy, Aerospace, and Transportation Systems trust OPSWAT to secure their files and devices; ensure compliance with industry and government-driven policies and regulations, and protect their reputation, finances,? networking infrastructure.

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MY TAKE: Memory hacking arises as a go-to tactic to carry out deep, persistent incursions

The Last Watchdog

In fact, memory attacks have quietly emerged as a powerful and versatile new class of hacking technique that threat actors in the vanguard are utilizing to subvert conventional IT security systems. Allegedly developed by US and Israeli operatives, Stuxnet was discovered circulating through Iranian nuclear energy facilities in 2010.

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