Hacker brute-forced his way through our network

Hacker brute-forced his way through our network

Today, T-Mobile’s CEO Mike Sievert said that the hacker behind the carrier’s latest massive data breach brute forced his way through T-Mobile’s network after gaining access to testing environments. The attacker could not exfiltrate customer financial information, credit card information, debit or other payment information during the incident. However, T-Mobile says that he stole records belonging to 54.6 million…

Senator Seeks Input on Securing Crypto, Blockchain

Senator Seeks Input on Securing Crypto, Blockchain

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency , Cryptocurrency Fraud , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Security Experts Praise Desire to Regulate Market, Cite Complexity Dan Gunderman (dangun127) • August 30, 2021     Sen. Pat Toomey, ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee (Photo: Gage Skidmore via Flickr) Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., the ranking member of the U.S. Senate…

CVE-2021-26084 – Alert Detail – Security Database

CVE-2021-26084 – Alert Detail – Security Database

Executive Summary Informations Name CVE-2021-26084 First vendor Publication 2021-08-30 Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2021-08-30 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…

Critical Vulnerability in Cosmos DB Affects Microsoft Azure Customers

Critical Vulnerability in Cosmos DB Affects Microsoft Azure Customers

Microsoft Azure customers have been informed of a newly found critical bug in Cosmos DB that enables intruders to remotely take control over databases by giving them complete admin access with no authorization requested. Anyone can read, change, or delete databases as they please, according to Microsoft. What Happened? This month, cybersecurity researchers at the…

Microsoft warns Azure customers of critical Cosmos DB vulnerability

Microsoft warns Azure customers of critical Cosmos DB vulnerability

Microsoft has warned thousands of Azure customers that a now-fixed critical vulnerability found in Cosmos DB allowed any user to remotely take over other users’ databases by giving them full admin access without requiring authorization. Azure Cosmos DB is a globally distributed and fully managed NoSQL database service used by high-profile customers, including Mercedes Benz, Symantec,…

Microsoft Issues Security Advisory on ProxyShell Flaws

Microsoft Issues Security Advisory on ProxyShell Flaws

Governance & Risk Management , Patch Management Alert Urges Organizations to Patch as Vulnerabilities Are Exploited Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • August 27, 2021     Four months after Microsoft released the first security update for three vulnerabilities in several versions of its on-premises Exchange Server software – collectively called ProxyShell – the company has issued…

Failing to Meet Cybersecurity Standards Can Have Legal Consequences

Failing to Meet Cybersecurity Standards Can Have Legal Consequences

Cybercrime is one of the most significant threats facing companies today. With the average cost of a data breach reaching an all-time high of $4.24 million, the business case for cybersecurity has never been stronger. Still, some businesses seem to misunderstand the urgency of meeting current cybersecurity standards. It may help to consider the legal…

Boston Public Library discloses cyberattack, system-wide technical outage

Boston Public Library discloses cyberattack, system-wide technical outage

The Boston Public Library (BPL) has disclosed today that its network was hit by a cyberattack on Wednesday, leading to a system-wide technical outage. BPL serves almost 4 million visitors per year through its central library and twenty-five neighborhood branches, as well as millions more online.  It is the third-largest public library in the United States behind the…

179th AW selected as location for ANG’s first Cyber Warfare Wing > Air National Guard > Article Display

179th AW selected as location for ANG’s first Cyber Warfare Wing > Air National Guard > Article Display

MANSFIELD, Ohio – The Department of the Air Force announced yesterday it has identified Ohio’s Mansfield-Lahm Air National Guard Base as the preferred location for a new Cyber Warfare Wing mission. The transformation will support Air Combat Command’s future requirements and result in operational mission changes, including an increase of approximately 175 Airmen and associated…