- CISA and Partners Release Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Preventing Web Application Access Control Abuse
July 27, 2023
The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the National Security Agency (NSA) are releasing a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), Preventing Web Application Access Control Abuse, to warn vendors, designers, developers, and end-user organizations of web applications about insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are ...
- A Tale of Two Cities’ water attacks
July 27, 2023
There have been more than 130 control system cyber incidents in water/wastewater utilities. Like Oldsmar and Discovery Bay, most of these incidents have occurred in small water utilities. Many of these incidents were not publicly disclosed, nor were the utilities required to disclose these incidents. Additionally, some of the real cases that were made public were ...
- Uncovering an Iranian mobile malware campaign
July 27, 2023
During a recent proactive hunt for malicious mobile malware, Sophos X-Ops researchers from SophosLabs discovered a group of four credential-harvesting apps targeting customers of several Iranian banks. Most of the apps are signed using the same – possibly stolen – certificate, and share various classes and strings. The apps target the following banks: Bank Mellat Bank Saderat Resalat ...
- CISA Releases Five Industrial Control Systems Advisories
July 27, 2023
CISA released five Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on July 27, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-23-208-01 ETIC Telecom RAS Authentication ICSA-23-208-02 PTC KEPServerEX Read more… Source: U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
- Insights on Collaboration In Oil and Gas Industry At AUTOMA 2023
July 26, 2023
Oil and gas leaders are going to share benefits and uncover challenges of collaboration in the process of industry transformation at the Oil and Gas Automation and Digitalization Congress. The Congress gets together decision makers and key technical specialists from the Upstream, Midstream and Downstream companies representing the whole value chain to discuss why collaboration ...
- New SEC rule requires public companies to disclose cybersecurity breaches in 4 days
July 26, 2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules Wednesday to require public companies to disclose within four days all cybersecurity breaches that could affect their bottom lines. Delays will be permitted if immediate disclosure poses serious national security or public safety risks. The new rules, passed by a 3-2 vote, also require publicly traded companies to annually ...
- Understanding Machine Learning Attacks, Techniques, and Defenses
July 26, 2023
Machine learning (ML) is a subset of Artificial Intelligence (AI), which enables machines and software to automatically learn from historical data to generate accurate output without being programmed to do so. Many leading organizations today have incorporated machine learning into their daily processes for business intelligence. But the ability of machine learning can be altered by ...
- TSA updates, renews cybersecurity requirements for pipeline owners, operators
July 26, 2023
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced an update to its Security Directive regarding oil and natural gas pipeline cybersecurity. This revised directive will continue the effort to reinforce cybersecurity preparedness and resilience for the nation’s critical pipelines. Developed with input from industry stakeholders and federal partners, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the ...
- CardioComm, a provider of ECG monitoring devices, confirms cyberattack downed its services
July 26, 2023
CardioComm Solutions, a Canadian provider of consumer and professional-grade heart monitoring technologies, has been downed by an ongoing cybersecurity incident. The Toronto-based organization said on Tuesday that its business operations will be “impacted for several days and potentially longer” following a “cybersecurity incident on the Company’s servers.” Read more… Source: TechCrunch
- Moscow City Court sentences Group-IB founder to 14 years for high treason
July 26, 2023
The Moscow City Court has sentenced Group-IB founder Ilya Sachkov to 14 years in prison after finding him guilty of high treason, a TASS correspondent reported from the courtroom. Sachkov has been in custody since September 2021. According to the prosecution, in 2011 he handed over classified information to foreign intelligence thus causing reputational damage to ...