Cisco discloses XSS zero-day flaw in server management tool

Cisco disclosed today a zero-day vulnerability in the company’s Prime Collaboration Deployment (PCD) software that can be exploited for cross-site scripting attacks. This server management utility enables admins to perform migration or upgrade tasks on servers in their organization’s inventory. Read More …

Energy giant warns of ‘catastrophic damage’ if government bans payment of cyber ransoms

A government-imposed ban on companies paying cyber ransoms to hackers could cause “catastrophic damage” and even lead to the loss of Australian lives, the nation’s biggest energy producer has warned. AGL Energy, whose board was recently reshuffled by Atlassian billionaire Read More …

Irrigation Systems in Israel Hit With Cyber Attack That Temporarily Disabled Farm Equipment

A cyber attack that targeted irrigation systems in Israel is thought to be part of an annual “hacktivist” campaign that takes place every April, and this year’s attempt at least managed to cause a nuisance for some farms in the Read More …

Abuse of the Service Location Protocol May Lead to DoS Attacks

The Service Location Protocol (SLP, RFC 2608) allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to register arbitrary services. This could allow an attacker to use spoofed UDP traffic to conduct a denial-of-service (DoS) attack with a significant amplification factor. Researchers from Bitsight Read More …

Cyber Thieves Are Getting More Creative

Cybercriminals pull off many of their crimes by combining lots of real information with just a tiny bit of misinformation, which can be financially devastating for both companies and individuals. This article describes some recent examples of this technique, which include Read More …

Tomiris called, they want their Turla malware back

Kaspersky introduced Tomiris to the world in September 2021, following their investigation of a DNS-hijack against a government organization in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Kaspersky researchers initial report described links between a Tomiris Golang implant and SUNSHUTTLE (which Read More …