CVE-2021-22350
There is a Memory Buffer Improper Operation Limit Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the device to crash and restart.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has published its annual report on cybercrime affecting victims in the U.S., noting a record number of complaints and financial losses in 2020 compared to the previous year. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received last year 791,790 complaints – up by 69% from 2019 – of suspected internet crime causing…
Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service Costs So Far Total Nearly $113 Million, Including $91.6 Million in Lost Revenue Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • August 13, 2021 Scripps Health reports that a recent ransomware incident has already cost the entity nearly $113 million The recent ransomware attack that disrupted Scripps Health’s…
Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Money Mule Convictions Unlikely to Slow Gang Activity Rashmi Ramesh • June 7, 2021 Cobalt gang members arrested, sentenced (Photo: Pixabay) A district court in Kazakhstan last Wednesday sentenced two unidentified Cobalt, aka Carbanak, gang members to serve eight years in prison on robbery…
Australia’s biggest meatworks is shut down after a massive cyberattack – leaving thousands of workers without pay and forcing up meat prices Cyber criminals have shut down Australia’s largest meat processing company JBS Foods left workers without pay after attack, which also hit other countries The meatworks closure could force meat prices to rise for Australian…
Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service Symantec: China-Linked Actors Investigate SCADA Systems Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • August 7, 2021 An unidentified hacking group with suspected China ties is targeting critical infrastructure in South East Asia as part of a cyberespionage campaign to exfiltrate information about the victim’s SCADA systems. says a…
Governance & Risk Management , IT Risk Management GAO Offers Recommendations to Improve Space Agency’s Cyber Protections Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • June 29, 2021 Photo: NASA via Flickr/CC A government watchdog is urging NASA‘s administrator to make multiple improvements to its cybersecurity and risk management policies to counter threats to the space agency’s…