Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management , Patch Management Pondurance: Ransomware Group Used Backdoors That Persist Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • August 10, 2021 Some patched on-premises Microsoft Exchange email servers are still proving to be vulnerable. The Conti ransomware group is now leveraging backdoors that persist, cybersecurity consulting firm Pondurance…
Governance & Risk Management , IT Risk Management , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Updated Security Approach Designed to Mitigate Ransomware, Nation-State Attack Risks Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • August 10, 2021 Ron Ross, NIST Fellow and one of the co-authors of an updated guide to cyber resiliency As ransomware and nation-state attacks have…
The cybersecurity team of zLabs Zimperium has recently detected several applications that have stolen the passwords of thousands of Facebook users. Not only this, but the Zlab security researchers have also checked this attack, and they claimed that the malware used in this attack was dubbed as “FlyTrap.” According to the report, FlyTrap has been…
John Deere, Researchers Spar Over Impact of Vulnerabilities Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • August 9, 2021 Flaws in John Deere systems could have allowed an attacker to remotely take over equipment, such as this row crop tractor. (Photo: John Deere) Numerous vulnerabilities uncovered in tractor manufacturer John Deere’s systems underscore the cyber risks that…
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Scammers can pose a serious barrier to people using dating apps, according to the findings of a recent global survey commissioned by Kaspersky. According to the report, 34 per cent of Indian respondents said that they are afraid to use them as they fear being deceived by fraudsters, and 43 per cent generally do not…
A team of cyber-security researchers has discovered security flaws in popular e-reading device Amazon Kindle that might have led hackers to take full control of a Kindle device, opening a path to stealing information stored. By tricking victims into opening a malicious e-book, a threat actor could have leveraged the flaws to target specific demographics…
Written by Tonya Riley Aug 9, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP Two individuals involved with laundering funds from U.S. victims of cybercrime pleaded guilty to their role in a transnational organization that relied in part on hacking to defraud victims out of millions of dollars, the Justice Department announced Friday. The defendants, Arturs Zaharevics and Aleksejs Trofimovics,…
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Endpoint Security , Fraud Management & Cybercrime IBM: Campaign Targeted Reformists Before Election Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • August 9, 2021 Screenshot of ITG18’s hacking activities seen from its leaked videos in July 2020. (Source: IBM X-Force) A group dubbed “ITG18,” which apparently is linked to an Iranian advanced…
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Social Engineering Millions of Smartphone Users Nationwide Are Targets Dan Gunderman (dangun127) • August 9, 2021 (Photo: Oleg Magni/Unsplash) The Federal Trade Commission has issued a warning about a new smishing scheme targeting millions of smartphones nationwide that impersonates state workforce agencies in an…
