Exchange Servers Under Active Attack via ProxyShell Bugs
Exchange Servers Under Active Attack via ProxyShell Bugs
Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery , Critical Infrastructure Security , Finance & Banking Operational Error Blamed for Nationwide System Crash Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • February 24, 2021 The Federal Reserve’s online money transfer system, including Fedwire Funds and Fedcash, suffered an outage for more than three hours Wednesday afternoon, citing technical issues…
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…
3rd Party Risk Management , Breach Notification , Critical Infrastructure Security Microsoft, FireEye Find Additional Payloads Used During Supply Chain Attack Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • March 4, 2021 Researchers with Microsoft and FireEye are disclosing additional malware used by the hacking group that targeted SolarWinds in December 2020, according to a pair of…
Summary: A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® Server Platform Services (SPS) may allow denial of service. Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability. Vulnerability Details: CVEID: CVE-2021-0051 Description: Improper input validation in the Intel(R) SPS versions before SPS_E5_04.
In their Carbis Bay communique, the G7 announced their intention to work together to tackle ransomware groups. Days later, US president Joe Biden met with Russian president Vladimir Putin, where an extradition process to bring Russian cybercriminals to justice in the US was discussed. Putin reportedly agreed in principle, but insisted that extradition be reciprocal….
Cryptocurrency Fraud , Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Latest Federal Indictment Comes After Tax Evasion Charges Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • March 8, 2021 John McAfee now faces additional federal charges related to alleged cryptocurrency schemes. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) John McAfee, who already faces federal tax evasion charges, has now been indicted for…