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Russian hacktivists have infected multiple organizations in Ukraine with a new ransomware strain called ‘Somnia,’ encrypting their systems and causing operational problems. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has confirmed the outbreak via an announcement on its portal, Read More …
With mandated spyware downloads to tens of thousands of surveillance cameras equipped with facial-recognition technology, the World Cup in Qatar next month is looking more like a data security and privacy nightmare than a celebration of the beautiful game. Football Read More …
The National Security Agency (NSA) is urging developers to shift to memory safe languages – such as C#, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust, and Swift – to protect their code from remote code execution or other hacker attacks. Of the languages Read More …
The European Commission on Thursday proposed a cyber defense policy in response to Europe’s “deteriorating security environment” since Russia illegally invaded Ukraine earlier this year. The Commission, citing recent cyber attacks on energy networks, transportation infrastructure and space assets, called Read More …
Today CISA published its guide on Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC), a vulnerability management methodology that assesses vulnerabilities and prioritizes remediation efforts based on exploitation status, impacts to safety, and prevalence of the affected product in a singular system. As stated Read More …
A ongoing phishing campaign has infected thousands of home and corporate users with a new version of the ‘IceXLoader’ malware. The authors of IceXLoader, a malware loader first spotted in the wild this summer, have released version 3.3.3, enhancing the Read More …
Apple has released an update that protects users against two security vulnerabilities that could affect iPhones and iPads. The iOS 16.1.1 and iPadOS 16.1.1 software update comes two weeks after the release of iOS 16.1 for all iPhone and iPad Read More …
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned today that Venus ransomware attacks are also targeting the country’s healthcare organizations. In an analyst note issued by the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3), HHS’ security team also mentions Read More …
In early 2022, Trend Micro investigated an incident that compromised a company in Taiwan. The malware used in the incident was a simple but custom Cobalt Strike loader. After further investigation, however, we found incidents targeting multiple regions using a Read More …
VMware has revealed a terrible trio of critical-rated flaws in Workspace ONE Assist for Windows – a product used by IT and help desk staff to remotely take over and manage employees’ devices. The flaws are all rated 9.8 out Read More …
