APT Groups Targeting Government Agencies

APT Groups Targeting Government Agencies

Application Security , Application Security & Online Fraud , Breach Notification Three FortiOS Vulnerabilities Being Exploited for the Campaign Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • April 3, 2021     The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI warn that unidentified nation-state actors are scanning for three vulnerabilities in Fortinet’s operating system, FortiOS, to likely…

533 million Facebook users’ phone numbers leaked on hacker forum

533 million Facebook users’ phone numbers leaked on hacker forum

The mobile phone numbers and other personal information for approximately 533 million Facebook users worldwide has been leaked on a popular hacker forum for free. The stolen data first surfaced on a hacking community in June 2020 when a member began selling the Facebook data to other members. What made this leak stand out was that…

533 Million Facebook Account Records Posted to Forum

533 Million Facebook Account Records Posted to Forum

Breach Notification , Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Facebook Says Data Comes from Previously Reported 2019 Incident Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • April 4, 2021     A security researcher has found more than 500 million Facebook records made available for free on the darknet, exposing basic user information, including any phone numbers associated with…

Stolen Data of 533 Million Facebook Users Leaked Online

Stolen Data of 533 Million Facebook Users Leaked Online

The personal data of over 500 million Facebook users has been posted online in a low-level hacking forum. The data includes phone numbers, full names, location, email address, and biographical information. Security researchers warn that the data could be used by hackers to impersonate people and commit fraud. See more stories on Insider’s business page….

North Korean .Gov Hackers Back With Fake Pen-Test Company

North Korean .Gov Hackers Back With Fake Pen-Test Company

A North Korean government-backed APT group has been caught using a fake pen-testing company and a range of sock puppet social media accounts in an escalation of a hacking campaign targeting security research professionals. The notorious hacking group, first exposed by Google earlier this year, returned on March 17th with a website for a fake…

VMware Patches 2 Flaws in vRealize Operations

VMware Patches 2 Flaws in vRealize Operations

Governance & Risk Management , IT Risk Management , Patch Management If Exploited, Flaws Could Open Door to Theft of Admin Credentials Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • April 1, 2021     VMware has issued patches for two critical vulnerabilities in its IT operations management platform, vRealize Operations, which, if exploited, could allow attackers to steal…

(ISC)2 calls for greater collaboration off the back of UK Cyber Security Council launch

(ISC)2 calls for greater collaboration off the back of UK Cyber Security Council launch

The UK’s new Cyber Security Council is being urged not to “squander the opportunity” provided by the new organisation. Commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the Cyber Security Council was set up by the members of the Cyber Security Alliance. It’s aim is to serve as a single governing voice…

CVE-2020-9147 – Alert Detail – Security Database

CVE-2020-9147 – Alert Detail – Security Database

Executive Summary Informations Name CVE-2020-9147 First vendor Publication 2021-04-01 Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2021-04-01 Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3 Cvss vector : N/A Overall CVSS Score NA Base Score NA Environmental Score NA impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA Exploitabality Sub Score NA   Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2 Cvss…

Booking.com Fined €475,000 For Late Data Breach Reporting

Booking.com Fined €475,000 For Late Data Breach Reporting

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has imposed a €475,000 fine on Booking.com for reporting a data breach to the AP too late. Cybercriminals exfiltrated the personal data of more than 4,000 customers and they were also able to obtain the credit card details of nearly 300 victims. Source Hackers extracted login credentials of victims’…