Category: News

Ransomware Volumes Hit Record Highs as 2021 Wears On

The second quarter of the year saw the highest volumes of ransomware attacks ever, with Ryuk leading the way.

Raccoon Stealer Bundles Malware, Propagates Via Google SEO

An update to the stealer-as-a-service platform hides in pirated software, pilfers crypto-coins and installs a software dropper for downloads of more malware.

‘DeadRinger’ Targeted Exchange Servers Long Before Discovery

Cyberespionage campaigns linked to China attacked telecoms via ProxyLogon bugs, stealing call records and maintaining persistence, as far back as 2017.

‘PwnedPiper’: Devastating Bugs in >80% of Hospital Pneumatics

Podcast: Blood samples aren’t martinis. You can’t shake them. But bugs in pneumatic control systems could lead to that, RCE or ransomware.

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Vulnerability Name Affected Component CVE# Date Underflow in udpRXThread HMI3 Control Panel in: Nexus Panel CVE-2021-37161 02/08/2021 Overflow in sccProcessMsg HMI3 Control Panel in: Nexus Panel CVE-2021-37162 02/08/2021 Overflow in…
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Chipotle Emails Serve Up Phishing Lures

Mass email distribution service compromise mirrors earlier Nobelium attacks.

NSA Warns Public Networks are Hacker Hotbeds

Agency warns attackers targeting teleworkers to steal corporate data.

Novel Meteor Wiper Used in Attack that Crippled Iranian Train System

A July 9th attack disrupted service and taunted Iran’s leadership with hacked screens directing customers to call the phone of Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei with complaints.

UC San Diego Health Breach Tied to Phishing Attack

Employee email takeover exposed personal, medical data of students, employees and patients.

CISA’s Top 30 Bugs: One’s Old Enough to Buy Beer

There are patches or remediations for all of them, but they’re still being picked apart. Why should attackers stop if the flaws remain unpatched, as so many do?