Friday 30 April 2021

Unknown Chinese APT Targets Russian Defense Sector

Researchers at Cybereason say they have discovered an undocumented malware targeting the Russian military sector and bearing the hallmarks of originating in China if not being Chinese state sponsored.

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Task Force Calls for Aggressive US 'Anti-Ransomware' Campaign

A task force attached to the Institute for Security and Technology (IST) has released set of recommendations to combat the ransomware scourge currently hitting organizations around the world.

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Contract Tracing Breach Impacts Private Info of 72K People

Employees of a vendor paid to conduct COVID-19 contact tracing in Pennsylvania may have compromised the private information of at least 72,000 people, including their exposure status and their sexual orientation, the state Health Department said Thursday.

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Security Operations and Management Startup StrikeReady Emerges From Stealth

Cloud-based security operations and management startup StrikeReady this week emerged from stealth mode after raising $3.6 million in seed funding.

Led by 11.2 Capital, the funding round also saw participation from Outlier Venture Capital and from various Silicon Valley angel investors.

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SonicWall Zero-Day Exploited by Ransomware Group Before It Was Patched

A zero-day vulnerability addressed by SonicWall in its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances earlier this year was exploited by a sophisticated and aggressive cybercrime group before the vendor released a patch, FireEye’s Mandiant unit reported on Thursday.

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В Санкт-Петербурге задержаны пособники украинских телефонных мошенников

В Санкт-Петербурге задержаны пособники украинских телефонных мошенников

Полиция Санкт-Петербурга задержала четырех мужчин в возрасте от 34 до 54 лет. По имеющейся информации, они исполняли курьерские поручения телефонных мошенников с Украины, которые выманивали деньги у пенсионеров.



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Уязвимости BadAlloc затрагивают множество встраиваемых и IoT-устройств

Уязвимости BadAlloc затрагивают множество встраиваемых и IoT-устройств

Исследователи из Microsoft выявили схожие уязвимости в двух десятках прошивок подключенных к интернету устройств, используемых в промышленном производстве, медицинских учреждениях, корпоративных и домашних сетях. Проблемы, объединенные под общим именем BadAlloc, позволяют обойти защиту и удаленно выполнить вредоносный код в целевой системе.



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Cybersecurity Community Unhappy With GitHub's Proposed Policy Updates

GitHub wants to update its policies regarding security research, exploits and malware, but the cybersecurity community is not happy with the proposed changes.

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