CISA, FBI Warn of Attacks Targeting Fortinet FortiOS

Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Experts Dispute Findings of Report by International Institute for Strategic Studies Rashmi Ramesh • July 14, 2021     Some security experts are questioning the findings of a recent report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a London-based think tank, that…

3rd Party Risk Management , Endpoint Security , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Software Vendor Quiet on Whether It Might Pay for REvil’s Full Decryption Tool Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • July 6, 2021     Screenshot of Kaseya’s remote IT management software VSA, which was compromised by ransomware attackers. (Source: Kaseya) Kaseya said late Monday that…

Microsoft has warned thousands of Azure customers that a now-fixed critical vulnerability found in Cosmos DB allowed any user to remotely take over other users’ databases by giving them full admin access without requiring authorization. Azure Cosmos DB is a globally distributed and fully managed NoSQL database service used by high-profile customers, including Mercedes Benz, Symantec,…

Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday disclosed details about a high-severity flaw in the HP OMEN driver software that impacts millions of gaming computers worldwide, leaving them open to an array of attacks. Tracked as CVE-2021-3437 (CVSS score: 7.8), the vulnerabilities could allow threat actors to escalate privileges to kernel mode without requiring administrator permissions, allowing them…

A Didi logo is seen at the headquarters of Didi Chuxing in Beijing on November 20, 2020. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo/File Photo Chinese regulators said they will tighten control of domestic firms listed overseas. The move came after the Beijing-led cybersecurity probe against Didi, Reuters reported. On Sunday, China said Didi “has serious violations of laws…

A jury in California today reached a guilty verdict in the trial of Matthew Gatrel, a St. Charles, Ill. man charged in 2018 with operating two online services that allowed paying customers to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Internet users and websites. Gatrel’s conviction comes roughly two weeks after his co-conspirator pleaded guilty…