CVE-2020-25709 – Alert Detail – Security Database

Written by Shannon Vavra Mar 23, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP Oil and gas company Shell is the latest organization to get caught up in the hack that targeted IT provider Accellion’s file-sharing platform, the energy company says. The suspected criminal hackers behind the breach, who have gone after victims around the world using vulnerabilities in Accellion’s…

May 17, 2021, 5:31 PM The Colonial Pipeline system, which supplies nearly half the fuel consumed along the Eastern Seaboard, resumed full operations this weekend after a ransomware attack eight days earlier. Following days of higher pump prices, panic buying, and gas stations running out of fuel, the system is beginning to return to normal….

The Biden administration warned Friday that organizations face enormous risks from the recently disclosed Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities that have affected thousands of private organizations. As attacks leveraging the vulnerabilities have escalated, the window for updating exposed servers is incredibly short — “measured in hours, not days,” a senior administration official told reporters. President Joe Biden…

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…

Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Malware Spreads Via Indiscriminate Port Scanning Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • March 24, 2021     The developers behind the Purple Fox fileless downloader malware have upgraded their operation and are using worm capability to target internet-facing devices running Windows, the security firm Guardicore Labs reports….

NEW DELHI: Spyware Pegasus, which is sold by the NSO Group of Israel, may have been used to conduct surveillance on about 300 Indians, including two serving Cabinet ministers at the Centre, three opposition leaders, a Constitutional authority, government officials, scientists and about 40 journalists, according to French media nonprofit, Forbidden Stories, and Amnesty International….