ISMG Editors’ Panel: Securing Cryptocurrencies and More

ISMG Editors’ Panel: Securing Cryptocurrencies and More

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency , Governance & Risk Management , IT Risk Management Discussion Also Tackles Market Trends, Nation-State Threats Anna Delaney (annamadeline) • April 23, 2021     Clockwise, from top left: Tom Field, Anna Delaney, Nick Holland and Tony Morbin Four editors at Information Security Media Group review important…

Now this botnet is hunting for unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers

Now this botnet is hunting for unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers

Now this botnet is hunting for unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers | IT Security News Sponsors Endpoint Cybersecurity www.endpoint-cybersecurity.com – Consulting in building your security products– Employee awareness training– Security tests for applications and pentesting… and more. Daily Summary Categories CategoriesSelect Category(ISC)2 Blog  (323)(ISC)2 Blog infosec  (13)(ISC)² Blog  (345)2020-12-08 – Files for an ISC diary (recent Qakbot activity)  (1)2020-12-11 –…

Supernova Attack Leveraged SolarWinds, Pulse Secure

Supernova Attack Leveraged SolarWinds, Pulse Secure

Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management CISA Describes APT Group’s Methods Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • April 23, 2021     Secureworks says the Bronze Spiral APT group was involved in the attack described by CISA. An advanced persistent threat group gained long-term access to an unnamed entity’s network through its Ivanti…

Joker Malware Targets More Android Devices

Joker Malware Targets More Android Devices

Application Security , Endpoint Security , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Trojan Spreads Through Malicious Apps in Huawei App Store Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • April 22, 2021     Huawei’s App Gallery contained malicious apps (Source: Doctor Web) Joker malware has targeted more than 500,000 Android devices across the world through malicious apps in AppGallery,…

India: ‘The worst humanitarian crisis I’ve witnessed’

India: ‘The worst humanitarian crisis I’ve witnessed’

A narrative of Indian exceptionalism led people to believe they were more immune to Covid-19, resulting in them taking fewer precautions and allowing the virus to spread rapidly in the country, the director of the Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy has said. The country avoided a crisis last year due to a lockdown…

Hackers Exploit VPN to Deploy SUPERNOVA malware on SolarWinds Orion

Hackers Exploit VPN to Deploy SUPERNOVA malware on SolarWinds Orion

Hackers Exploit VPN to Deploy SUPERNOVA malware on SolarWinds Orion | IT Security News 23. April 2021 The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has disclosed details of a new advanced persistent threat (APT) that’s leveraging the Supernova backdoor to compromise SolarWinds Orion installations after gaining access to the network through a connection to…