Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management Software Firm Helping Customers Affected by Ransomware to Recover Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • July 22, 2021 Kaseya Executive Vice President Mike Sanders (Source: Kaseya) The software firm Kaseya said on Thursday it has obtained a universal key…
Rapid7 recently announced its purchase and acquisition of IntSights, a contextualized external threat intelligence and proactive threat remediation provider, for $335 million. Rapid7 offers an extensive cybersecurity portfolio for businesses, including user analytics behavior analytics, SIEM, SOAR, and vulnerability management. Additionally, it offers managed security services and security consulting. Meanwhile, IntSights provides the full benefits…
Another day, and it’s time for another Apple security scare: malware that can harvest keystrokes and log-ins and is available on the Darknet for only $49. Malware-as-a-service for Mac attacks Check Point Software’s research team claims to have identified the hack, which it is calling XLoader. Enterprise security specialists managing Macs and Apple devices (of which there…
Network Detection & Response , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development , Security Operations Deals Focus on Bolstering Security Capabilities Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • July 21, 2021 Cybereason, Rapid7 and Microsoft announced acquisitions this week designed to boost their security capabilities. See Also: Why You Should Take Security to the Cloud Meanwhile, the…
Governance & Risk Management , Patch Management Companies Address a Range of Vulnerabilities Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • July 22, 2021 (Image: Pixabay) A patch is forthcoming for a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows operating system that can allow hackers to gain a foothold. Meanwhile, Linux OS users also need to adopt system…
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has seized 17 malicious domains used by scammers in a business email compromise (BEC) campaign targeting the company’s customers. The domains taken down by Microsoft were so-called “homoglyph” domains registered to resemble those of legitimate business. This technique allowed the threat actors to impersonate companies when communicating with their clients. According to the complaint filed…
Another day, and it’s time for another Apple security scare: malware that can harvest keystrokes and log-ins and is available on the Darknet for only $49. Malware-as-a-service for Mac attacks Check Point Software’s research team claims to have identified the hack, which it is calling XLoader. Enterprise security specialists managing Macs and Apple devices (of which there…
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-2021-1094 First vendor Publication 2021-07-22 Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2021-07-22 Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3 Cvss vector : N/A Overall CVSS Score NA Base Score NA Environmental Score NA…
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has announced that his government will hold a referendum on its new law which includes a ban on the depiction or promotion of homosexuality and gender change to under-18s. Dismissing the idea that this decision was about populism, the country’s foreign minister, Peter Szijjarto, said the referendum was about democracy….
A 22-year-old UK citizen has been arrested in connection with a 2020 hack that promised a doubling of Bitcoin promised through high-profile Twitter accounts, including Apple’s. The Department of Justice said that Joseph O’Connor was arrested by Spanish authorities on Wednesday in Estepona, Spain. U.S. officials had sent a request for his arrest, as O’Connor…
