Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service Uptick in Hive Ransomware Activity Spotted Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • August 28, 2021 FBI Warns of Hive Ransomware Tactics. (Source: US FBI) The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a warning about Hive ransomware after the group took down IT systems at Memorial Health System…
Researchers who discovered a massive flaw in the main databases stored in Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform have now urged all users to change their digital access keys, not just the 3300 it notified this week. Researchers at a cloud security company called Wiz discovered this month they could have gained access to the primary digital…
The following article was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal and published on News5Cleveland.com under a content-sharing agreement. The U.S. Air Force announced Wednesday the Mansfield Air National Guard Base, home of the 179th Airlift Wing, has been selected as the preferred site for the Air National Guard’s first Cyber Warfare Wing. “This selection…
Security researchers have found a long-standing vulnerability in the Azure Cosmos DB fully managed non-structured query language database, which allows attackers to remotely take over the information store with a trivial exploit. Named ChaosDB, the vulnerability gives any Azure user full administrative access to other customers’ Cosmos DB instances, security vendor Wiz Research Team said….
The 179th Airlift Wing at Mansfield-Lahm Air National Guard Base in Ohio has been chosen as the Air National Guard’s first Cyber Warfare Wing. United States Air Force, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsThe eight C-130H transports at the wing are scheduled to be retired in fiscal year 2022. The new mission will bring approximately 175…
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Researchers who discovered a massive flaw in the main databases stored in Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform on Saturday (Aug 28) urged all users to change their digital access keys, not just the 3,300 it notified this week. As first reported by Reuters, researchers at a cloud security company called Wiz discovered this…
Some of the country’s leading technology companies have committed to investing billions of dollars to strengthen cybersecurity defences and to train skilled workers, the White House has announced, following President Joe Biden’s private meeting with top executives. The gathering was held Wednesday during a relentless stretch of ransomware attacks that have targeted critical…
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…
Vulnerability Allows Remote Hacking of Annke Video Surveillance Product | IT Security News 27. August 2021 This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek RSS Feed Researchers at industrial and IoT cybersecurity firm Nozomi Networks have discovered a critical vulnerability that can be exploited to hack a video surveillance product made by Annke, a Hong Kong-based…
Governance & Risk Management , IT Risk Management , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Microsoft Mitigates Flaw That Researchers Say Was ‘Trivial’ to Exploit Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • August 27, 2021 A vulnerability in Microsoft Azure’s database service Cosmos DB has potentially put at risk thousands of Azure customers, including many Fortune 500…
