Breach Notification , Endpoint Security , Governance & Risk Management Details on 2 of the 3 Vulnerabilities Released Mihir Bagwe • September 7, 2021 Gynvael Coldwind, a security researcher on Google’s security team, has identified three critical vulnerabilities affecting several Netgear smart switch products that, if exploited, give the attacker complete control over…
Cybersecurity White House hits the gas on zero trust By Chris Riotta Sep 07, 2021 The push to convert federal networks, systems and devices to a zero trust security architecture is accelerating, with the release of three new draft guidance documents as part of the White House administration’s push to improve the…
Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks Russian Gang Member Was Stranded After COVID-19 Restriction Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • September 7, 2021 A Russian citizen, alleged to be working as a developer for the malware-spreading organization Trickbot, reportedly has been arrested at Seoul-Incheon International Airport. He was questioned by Korean authorities…
Germany has blamed Russia for a cyber attack on politicians just weeks before its general election. Berlin said it had “reliable information” that Russia’s GRU military intelligence service was behind the attack. The German Foreign Ministry said hackers had tried to steal email passwords from lawmakers in what may have been an attempt at election…
Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service Conti Ransomware Attackers’ Infrastructure Targeted After Health Service Disruption Mihir Bagwe • September 6, 2021 GNCCB has deployed this splash screen on seized domains (Source: Garda.ie) Ireland’s cybercrime police, the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau, have conducted a “significant disruption operation” targeting the IT infrastructure…
Last week, multinational computer networking company Netgear released security patches to tackle three high-severity flaws impacting over 20 of its products, mostly smart switches. The flaws were found and reported to the company by security engineer Gynvael Coldwind and are tracked by the vendor as PSV-2021-0140, PSV-2021-0144, PSV-2021-0145. The three vulnerabilities received a CVSS score…
The maintainers of Jenkins—a popular open-source automation server software—have disclosed a security breach after unidentified threat actors gained access to one of their servers by exploiting a recently disclosed vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence service to install a cryptocurrency miner. The “successful attack,” which is believed to have occurred last week, was mounted against its Confluence…
According to a statement made by a spokesperson for the foreign ministry in Berlin during a press conference on Monday, Russia is held responsible for a cyberattack that affected the German parliament. The attack comes ahead of Germany’s parliamentary election on September 26th, just as it did in 2015 ahead of previous elections. The newly…
Ransomware gangs increasingly purchase access to a victim’s network on dark web marketplaces and from other threat actors. Analyzing their want ads makes it possible to get an inside look at the types of companies ransomware operations are targeting for attacks. When conducting a cyberattack, ransomware gangs must first gain access to a corporate network…
An ongoing campaign has been found to leverage a network of websites acting as a “dropper as a service” to deliver a bundle of malware payloads to victims looking for “cracked” versions of popular business and consumer applications. “These malware included an assortment of click fraud bots, other information stealers, and even ransomware,” researchers from…
