Attackers are looking to exploit critical VMware vCenter Server RCE flaw, patch ASAP!

Here’s what you need to know: Video transcript Back transcript Justice Dept. Recovers Millions from Colonial Pipeline Hack The Justice Department said on Monday that it had recovered the majority of the ransom paid to the hackers who shut down the computer systems of the Colonial Pipeline last month. The Department of Justice, working with…

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management , Incident & Breach Response Also: Top Healthcare CISOs’ Cybersecurity Concerns; Fresh NIST Resiliency Guidance Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • August 13, 2021     Clockwise, from top left: Scott Ferguson, Mathew Schwartz, Marianne Kolbasuk McGee and Tom Field What’s hot in the…

(Want to get this newsletter in your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. Presidents Biden and Vladimir Putin offered broad claims of good will after their first in-person summit, but it was clear that divisions remain. Putin denied Russian responsibility for a surge in cyberattacks against U.S. institutions and rebuffed U.S….

The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Tuesday acknowledged that one of its contractors had been breached by hackers linked to Russia but said its data had not been accessed.  Bloomberg News reported Tuesday that the Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) 29 group had breached the RNC’s computer systems last week by compromising Synnex, a third-party technology provider. …

Istanbul: Iranian state television on Saturday named a suspect in an attack earlier on a critical nuclear site and provided new purported details about the nature of the attack, saying it involved a “small” blast caused by an explosive device. The suspect reportedly fled the country. Iranian officials had previously said the attack, on April…

Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks Joint Effort with US to Maintain a Black List of Hackers Among Plan proposals Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • June 13, 2021     The U.K. says it plans to turn the country into a global leader in cybersecurity, in partnership with the U.S, to counter…