VMware has disclosed a pair of vulnerabilities impacting vCenter Server, a centralized management software for VMware vSphere systems. The most severe flaw, CVE-2021-21985, is a remote code execution vulnerability in vSphere Client, assigned a CVSSv3 score of 9.8 To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to be able to access vCenter Server over port…
Russian-language dark web marketplace Hydra has emerged as a hotspot for illicit activities, pulling in a whopping $1.37 billion worth of cryptocurrencies in 2020, up from $9.4 million in 2016. The “blistering growth” in annual transaction volumes marks a staggering 624% year-over-year jump over a three-year period from 2018 to 2020. “Further buoying Hydra’s growth…
The Belgian interior ministry has found itself the target of “sophisticated” cyber espionage, a spokesman told RTBF public television on Tuesday. The Federal Public Service Interior’s communications director, Olivier Maerens, insisted, however, that the ministry’s servers were well protected and that the hackers had not succeeded in getting hold of the most sensitive data. Federal…
Tehran, Iran – Iran has banned all cryptocurrency mining for the next four months as widespread power outages stir public dissatisfaction across the country. President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that all crypto mining operations in Iran – including legal ones – must shut down until the end of the sixth Iranian calendar month on…
Executive Summary This vulnerability is currently undergoing analysis and not all information is available. Please check back soon to view the completed vulnerability summary Informations Name CVE-2020-25673 First vendor Publication 2021-05-26 Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2021-05-26 Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3 Cvss vector : N/A Overall CVSS Score NA Base Score NA Environmental Score NA…
Ingrida Simonyte, the prime minister of Lithuania, has criticised Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko’s statement about diverting a flight to Minsk on Sunday. “It is so complicated for anyone who believes in the rule of law, institutions and the Western democracies to believe in anything Mr Lukashenko is saying,” she told BBC World News. “I think…
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Report: Oil Provides Electricity for Cryptomining Servers Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • May 25, 2021 Iran is using its abundance of oil to generate electricity that powers a massive bitcoin cryptomining operation that enables the country to turn its greatest natural resource…
Biden, who raised the prospect of a summit in a call with Putin earlier this year, has long believed in the important role that personal relationships play in foreign policy, even when it comes to the leaders of U.S. adversaries like Russia. The Kremlin has been circumspect about whether Putin will even show up, but…
According to new research published by Flashpoint analysts, Hydra marketplace has revealed increasing transaction volumes and a booming cryptocurrency ecosystem. The Russian dark web marketplace, mainly known for its illicit, high-traffic narcotics market, is now conducting illegal sales of stolen credit cards, SIM cards, counterfeit documents, and IDs, as well as covering its own digital…
VMware has rolled out patches to address a critical security vulnerability in vCenter Server that could be leveraged by an adversary to execute arbitrary code on the server. Tracked as CVE-2021-21985 (CVSS score 9.8), the issue stems from a lack of input validation in the Virtual SAN (vSAN) Health Check plug-in, which is enabled by…
