Madagascar Drops Predator Spyware on Citizens in Watering Hole Attack
The Predator spyware was distributed by dropping malicious links inside typosquatted facsimiles of news websites.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- October 6, 2023
- October 6, 2023
10 Routine Security Gaffes the Feds Are Begging You to Fix
Here are the most common misconfigurations plaguing large organizations, according to a new joint cybersecurity advisory.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- October 6, 2023
Cisco fixes serious flaws in emergency responder and other products
Cisco patched authentication, privilege escalation, and denial-of-service vulnerabilities this week in several of its products, including one that’s used for identifying the location of 9-1-1 emergency callers. The flaw in Cisco Emergency Responder is caused by the presence of default static credentials for the root account that were used during development but were never removed. […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- October 6, 2023
Legions of Critical Infrastructure Devices Subject to Cyber Targeting
Nearly 100,000 ICS devices have been found open to the public Internet, potentially threatening physical safety globally. Here’s how to quantify the risk.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- October 6, 2023
Quash EDR/XDR Exploits With These Countermeasures
With tools and hacker groups constantly evading defenses, expanding cybersecurity beyond endpoint security becomes crucial.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- October 6, 2023
Qakbot malware’s creators ride again, despite FBI takedown
While the Qakbot banking Trojan was eradicated in August by a large-scale law enforcement operation, the people behind it are still active and pose a threat to users, researchers said today. According to a report from Cisco’s Talos threat intelligence group, its experts can say with “moderate confidence” that the creators and operators of Qakbot […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- October 6, 2023
‘Operation Jacana’ Reveals DinodasRAT Custom Backdoor
The previously undocumented data exfiltration malware was part of a successful cyber-espionage campaign against the Guyanese government, likely by the Chinese.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- October 6, 2023
Troubleshooting the MFA in Lambda— Local Testing and Lambda Do Not Match
ACM.327 Resolved some issues, others could not due to misleading error messages and mismatched environments Continue reading on Cloud Security »
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- October 5, 2023
Security Breaches Shake Up Canada’s Friendly Skies
Security Breaches Shake Up Canada’s Friendly Skies A Quick Checklist for Concerned Business Leaders Mayday! Mayday! A recent cyberattack almost grounded Canada’s aviation giant. International hackers are gunning for Air Canada. The full extent of the damage has not been disclosed, but it appears that employee data—not customer information or flight operations—was compromised. Unfortunately, hacks […]
Cyber Thoughts