CVE-2021-1522
CVE-2021-1522
Holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline’s Charlotte Tank Farm in Charlotte, North Carolina, US an undated photograph. Colonial Pipeline/Handout via REUTERS US government officials were working closely with top US fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline on Sunday to help it recover from a ransomware cyber attack that forced the company to shut a…
Endpoint Security , Internet of Things Security Researchers: Kalay Protocol Flaw Could Affect Millions of Connected Devices Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • August 17, 2021 Example of how an attacker could exploit a vulnerability in ThroughTek’s Kalay protocol (Source: FireEye) FireEye researchers and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are warning about a…
StrongPity Campaign Targeted Syrian E-Governance Website Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • July 24, 2021 Hack-for-hire group StrongPity deployed Android malware to target visitors to Syria’s e-government website as part of its latest cyberespionage campaign, security firm Trend Micro reports. See Also: Live Webinar: Seeking Success by Adopting a SASE Architecture: en el idioma Español…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Those entrusted with securing the nation’s voting systems must remain nonpartisan as a myriad of complex and growing risks continue to threaten U.S. elections, one of the nation’s top cybersecurity officials said Saturday. Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said in an interview with The Associated…
Application Security , Governance & Risk Management , Identity & Access Management Agency Warns of Impact on National Security Dan Gunderman (dangun127) • July 2, 2021 Failure to take very basic security steps – such as avoiding using end-of-life software and default passwords – can create serious national security risks, the Cybersecurity and…
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Endpoint Security , Fraud Management & Cybercrime ‘Pegasus Project’ Says List Used to Coordinate Attacks Using NSO Group’s Spyware Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • July 19, 2021 Countries where journalists were selected as targets (Source: Forbidden Stories) A leak of 50,000 telephone numbers and email addresses led to…