UK spy agencies sharing bulk personal data with foreign allies was legal, says court

A privacy rights org this week lost an appeal in a case about the sharing of Bulk Personal Datasets (BPDs) by MI5, MI6, and GCHQ with foreign intelligence agencies. The British agencies have never stated, in public, whether any of Read More …

Feds slay dark-web souk Hydra: Servers and $25m in crypto-coins seized

US and German federal agencies came down hard on Hydra, the longest-running known dark-web marketplace trafficking in illegal drugs and money-laundering services, with a multi-pronged attack that aimed to cut off multiple heads of the nefarious online beast. First, German Read More …

Cicada: Chinese APT Group Widens Targeting in Recent Espionage Activity

A Chinese state-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) group is attacking organizations around the globe in a likely espionage campaign that has been ongoing for several months. Victims in this Cicada (aka APT10) campaign include government, legal, religious, and non-governmental organizations Read More …

Bank had no firewall license, intrusion or phishing protection – guess the rest

An Indian bank that did not have a valid firewall license, had not employed phishing protection, lacked an intrusion detection system and eschewed use of any intrusion prevention system has, shockingly, been compromised by criminals who made off with millions Read More …

MacOS SUHelper Root Privilege Escalation Vulnerability: A Deep Dive Into CVE-2022-22639

Trend Micro researchers discovered a vulnerability in suhelperd, a helper daemon process for Software Update in macOS. A class inside suhelperd, SUHelper, provides an essential system service through the inter-process communication (IPC) mechanism. The process runs as root and is Read More …

How Does Cybersecurity Impact Environmental Services and Infrastructure?

Environmental sustainability has become a significant concern for businesses today. Yet, many are not seeing the connection between sustainability efforts and cybersecurity. Despite how different they may seem, these two topics are intertwined. If environmental services and infrastructure don’t embrace Read More …

An In-Depth Look at ICS Vulnerabilities Part 2

In part one, Trend Micro researchers discussed ICS-CERT advisories from 2010 to 2021. Using MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK) for ICS, determined the number of identified CVEs that affect the ICS environment. For this blog entry, Trend Read More …

SpringShell RCE vulnerability: Guidance for protecting against and detecting CVE-2022-22965

On March 31, 2022, vulnerabilities in the Spring Framework for Java were publicly disclosed. Microsoft is currently assessing the impact associated with these vulnerabilities. This blog is for customers looking for protection against exploitation and ways to detect vulnerable installations Read More …