CVE-2021-1078
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver for Windows, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver (nvlddmkm.sys) where a NULL pointer dereference may lead to system crash.
President Joe Biden has revealed that he and President Vladimir Putin of Russia have agreed to establish “what’s off limits” from cyber activity. They also discussed how each country would “follow up” with cyberattacks that originated in either country. This press conference came after Biden’s four-hour meeting with Putin in Geneva. 16 critical infrastructure sectors,…
According to cybersecurity specialists, unknown cybercriminals hacked the servers of Mongolian Certificate Authority (CA) MonPass and abused the company’s website in order to distribute malware. The organization analysis that started in April 2021 shows that a public web server hosted by MonPass was breached potentially eight separate times. Avast researchers discovered eight different webshells and…
Written by Tim Starks Jul 28, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP Digital sleuths at cyber threat intelligence firms have found clues that a seemingly new ransomware organization has links to DarkSide and REvil, two gangs that suddenly disappeared shortly after major attacks. From the moment DarkSide vanished following the Colonial Pipeline incident and REvil went dark after…
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management FBI and CISA Continue to Probe Campaign That Targeted Marketing Firm Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • June 1, 2021 The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it has seized two domains that were used during a recent phishing campaign that…
Matt Gaetz’s longtime friend and partner in alleged crimes Joel Greenberg has pleaded guilty to six of the charges against him: identity theft, stalking, wire fraud, conspiracy to bribe a public official, and sex trafficking of a minor. While all of those crimes are incredibly serious, that last one carries a mandatory minimum sentence of…
Endpoint Security , Governance & Risk Management , Internet of Things Security ‘Arson Cat’ Hacker Tillie Kottmann Says She’s Not Worried About Law Enforcement Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • March 12, 2021 Photo: Verkada Tales of unsecure IoT cameras come along with regularity. But it’s going to be tough to top the system-wide failure…