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Year: 2022

HSE Cyber-Attack Costs Ireland $83m So Far

A total of roughly 100,000 people had their personal data stolen during the cyber-attack

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

HSE Cyber-Attack Costs Ireland $83m So Far

A total of roughly 100,000 people had their personal data stolen during the cyber-attack

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

HSE Cyber-Attack Costs Ireland $83m So Far

A total of roughly 100,000 people had their personal data stolen during the cyber-attack

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

HSE Cyber-Attack Costs Ireland $83m So Far

A total of roughly 100,000 people had their personal data stolen during the cyber-attack

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

HSE Cyber-Attack Costs Ireland $83m So Far

A total of roughly 100,000 people had their personal data stolen during the cyber-attack

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Friday Squid Blogging: China Bans Taiwanese Squid Imports

Today I have some squid geopolitical news. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here.

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  • December 11, 2022

Cisco Warns of High-Severity Unpatched Flaw Affecting IP Phones Firmware

Cisco has released a new security advisory warning of a high-severity flaw affecting IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series firmware that could be potentially exploited by a remote attacker to cause remote code execution or a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The networking equipment major said it’s working on a patch to address the vulnerability, which is […]

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  • December 11, 2022

Researchers Detail New Attack Method to Bypass Popular Web Application Firewalls

A new attack method can be used to circumvent web application firewalls (WAFs) of various vendors and infiltrate systems, potentially enabling attackers to gain access to sensitive business and customer information. Web application firewalls are a key line of defense to help filter, monitor, and block HTTP(S) traffic to and from a web application, and safeguard against […]

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  • December 11, 2022

Hack-for-Hire Group Targets Travel and Financial Entities with New Janicab Malware Variant

Travel agencies have emerged as the target of a hack-for-hire group dubbed Evilnum as part of a broader campaign aimed at legal and financial investment institutions in the Middle East and Europe. The attacks targeting law firms throughout 2020 and 2021 involved a revamped variant of a malware called Janicab that leverages a number of public services […]

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