CVE-2021-22333

Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware Also, Parliament’s Email System Shut Down After Clumsy Compromise Attempt Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • March 29, 2021     A major Australian broadcaster was hit over the weekend by what was likely ransomware, and the country’s federal Parliament was affected by what is described as a clumsy…

BlackBerry this week informed customers that the QNX embedded operating system is affected by a BadAlloc vulnerability leading to arbitrary code execution or denial of service. Publicly disclosed in April, BadAlloc is a collection of 25 vulnerabilities impacting many Internet of Things (IoT) and operational technology (OT) devices. The flaws can allow malicious attackers to…

Beware of this malicious Android system update | IT Security News 29. March 2021 Cybersecurity firm Zimperium has uncovered a latest mobile security threat as a critical system update that is actually a sophisticated malware that steals data and conduct espionage on targeted smart phones. Zimperium zLabs says that the malware has capability of sending…

“Microsoft has implemented an automatic mitigation tool within Defender Antivirus to tackle critical vulnerabilities in Exchange Server,” reports ZDNet: On March 18, the Redmond giant said the software will automatically mitigate CVE-2021-26855, a severe vulnerability that is being actively exploited in the wild. This vulnerability is one of four that can be used in a…

History Shows Threats Ramp Up When Businesses Shut Down Labor Day weekend is upon us. Unfortunately, history has shown that, rather than resting, hackers and other threat actors take advantage of holidays to attack closed or understaffed businesses when they least expect it. To remind businesses not to let their guard down over the holiday…

Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service Agency Notes Attacks Have Spiked Since February Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • June 8, 2021     Ransomware actors continue to target schools and universities across the U.K., and attacks have surged since February, a new report by the U.K’s National Cyber Security Center warns. The agency has…