“I think part of the public is frankly ahead of where the public debate is because there’s just so much information available online. People see the reported comments of the ambassador and the vice ambassador here, as well as the spokesman out of Beijing.” He said he wanted to have a “more frank discussion with…
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Suspicious Activity Detected; Investigation Continues Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • April 30, 2021 The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is investigating whether five government agencies may have been breached when attackers exploited vulnerabilities in Pulse Connect Secure VPN products, according to…
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A previously undocumented backdoor malware, dubbed PortDoor, is being used by a probable Chinese advanced persistent threat actor (APT) to target the Russian defense sector, according to researchers. The Cybereason Nocturnus Team observed the cybercriminals specifically going after the Rubin Design….
/ Published April 29, 2021 FORT MEADE, Md. — The National Security Agency (NSA) released the Cybersecurity Advisory, “Stop Malicious Cyber Activity Against Connected Operational Technology” today, for National Security System (NSS), Department of Defense (DoD), and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) operational technology (OT) owners and operators. The CSA details how to…
For at least the third time since the beginning of this year, the U.S. government is investigating a hack against federal agencies that began during the Trump administration but was only recently discovered, according to senior U.S. officials and private sector cyber defenders. It is the latest so-called supply chain cyberattack, highlighting how sophisticated, often…
Agency Warns Attackers Could Use IT Exploits to Pivot to OT Systems Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • May 1, 2021 The U.S. National Security Agency is offering operational technology security guidance for the Defense Department as well as third-party military contractors and firms in the wake of the attack that targeted SolarWinds in 2020….
Cryptocurrency Fraud , Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Prosecutors: Yearslong Scheme Resulted in Theft of $530,000 Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • April 29, 2021 A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to running a yearslong scam that used SIM swapping and other hacking techniques to steal more than $530,000 worth of cryptocurrency, the U.S….
Microsoft researchers on Thursday disclosed two dozen vulnerabilities affecting a wide range of Internet of Things (IoT) and Operational Technology (OT) devices used in industrial, medical, and enterprise networks that could be abused by adversaries to execute arbitrary code and even cause critical systems to crash. “These remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities cover more than…
Student researcher is concerned security gap may exist on many other sites. A student and security researcher recently informed credit-reporting bureau Experian about a vulnerability on a partner website that lets anyone look up credit scores with only a name and mailing address. KrebsOnSecurity is reporting the incident after receiving the tip from Rochester Institute of Technology sophomore…
