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Finnish intelligence warns of Russia’s cyberespionage activities

Security Affairs

The Finnish Security Intelligence Service ( SUPO ) warns Russia will highly likely intensify its cyber activity over the winter. The Finnish Security Intelligence Service ( Suojelupoliisi or SUPO ) warn of a highly likely intensification of cyberespionage activities conducted by Russia-linked threat actors over the winter.

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Updated Kmsdx botnet targets IoT devices

Security Affairs

The Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) discovered a new version of the KmsdBot botnet that employed an updated Kmsdx binary targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The bot targets private gaming servers, cloud hosting providers, and certain government and educational sites.

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CISA alert warns of Emotet attacks on US govt entities

Security Affairs

The CISA agency is warning of a surge in Emotet attacks targeting multiple state and local governments in the US since August. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert to warn of a surge of Emotet attacks that have targeted multiple state and local governments in the U.S. since August.

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Russian Cybercrime group is exploiting Zerologon flaw, Microsoft warns

Security Affairs

— Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 6, 2020. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 6, 2020. Microsoft 365 Defender customers can also refer to these detections: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 5, 2020.

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Russia-linked Nobelium APT targets orgs in the global IT supply chain

Security Affairs

NOBELIUM focuses on government organizations, non-government organizations (NGOs), think tanks, military, IT service providers, health technology and research, and telecommunications providers.

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Canadian intelligence agencies CSE and CSIS are divided on Huawei 5G ban

Security Affairs

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) are divided over the ban of Huawei 5G technology. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) agencies are divided over the ban of Huawei 5G technology.

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Demand, CyberInsurance, and Automation/AI Are the Future of InfoSec

Daniel Miessler

I think there are four main trends that will play out in the field of information security in the next 20 years. The world’s small businesses, hospitals, schools, and local governments are starved for cybersecurity talent, and there aren’t nearly enough people to fill the roles. Image from information-age.com.

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