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Iranian Hackers Compromised a U.S. Federal Agency’s Network Using Log4Shell Exploit
Iranian government-sponsored threat actors have been blamed for compromising a U.S. federal agency by taking advantage of the Log4Shell vulnerability in an unpatched VMware Horizon server. The details, which were shared by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), come in response to incident response efforts undertaken by the authority from mid-June through mid-July 2022
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North Korean Hackers Targeting Europe and Latin America with Updated DTrack Backdoor
Hackers tied to the North Korean government have been observed using an updated version of a backdoor known as Dtrack targeting a wide range of industries in Germany, Brazil, India, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the U.S. "Dtrack allows criminals to upload, download, start or delete files on the victim host," Kaspersky researchers Konstantin Zykov and Jornt van der Wiel
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High Severity Vulnerabilities Reported in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Devices
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ devices that, if successfully exploited, to completely compromise affected systems. Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 said the flaws could be abused to remote access to the devices and defeat security constraints. The two high-severity issues, which were reported to F5 on August 18, 2022, are as follows -
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Microsoft fixes bug behind Windows 10 freezes, desktop issues
Microsoft has resolved a known issue triggering errors and temporarily causing the taskbar and desktop to disappear on Windows 10 systems. [...]
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FBI-Wanted Leader of the Notorious Zeus Botnet Gang Arrested in Geneva
A Ukrainian national who has been wanted by the U.S for over a decade has been arrested by Swiss authorities for his role in a notorious cybercriminal ring that stole millions of dollars from victims' bank accounts using malware called Zeus. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, who went by online pseudonyms "tank" and "father," is said to have been involved in the day-to-day operations of the group
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100 Apps, Endless Security Checks
On average, organizations report using 102 business-critical SaaS applications, enabling operations of most departments across an organization, such as IT and Security, Sales, Marketing, R&D, Product Management, HR, Legal, Finance, and Enablement. An attack can come from any app, no matter how robust the app is.Without visibility and control over a critical mass of an organization’s entire SaaS
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Iranian Hackers Compromised a U.S. Federal Agency’s Network Using Log4Shell Exploit
Iranian government-sponsored threat actors have been blamed for compromising a U.S. federal agency by taking advantage of the Log4Shell vulnerability in an unpatched VMware Horizon server. The details, which were shared by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), come in response to incident response efforts undertaken by the authority from mid-June through mid-July 2022
Read more....
North Korean Hackers Targeting Europe and Latin America with Updated DTrack Backdoor
Hackers tied to the North Korean government have been observed using an updated version of a backdoor known as Dtrack targeting a wide range of industries in Germany, Brazil, India, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the U.S. "Dtrack allows criminals to upload, download, start or delete files on the victim host," Kaspersky researchers Konstantin Zykov and Jornt van der Wiel
Read more....
High Severity Vulnerabilities Reported in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Devices
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ devices that, if successfully exploited, to completely compromise affected systems. Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 said the flaws could be abused to remote access to the devices and defeat security constraints. The two high-severity issues, which were reported to F5 on August 18, 2022, are as follows -
Read more....
Microsoft fixes bug behind Windows 10 freezes, desktop issues
Microsoft has resolved a known issue triggering errors and temporarily causing the taskbar and desktop to disappear on Windows 10 systems. [...]
Read more....
FBI-Wanted Leader of the Notorious Zeus Botnet Gang Arrested in Geneva
A Ukrainian national who has been wanted by the U.S for over a decade has been arrested by Swiss authorities for his role in a notorious cybercriminal ring that stole millions of dollars from victims' bank accounts using malware called Zeus. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, who went by online pseudonyms "tank" and "father," is said to have been involved in the day-to-day operations of the group
Read more....
100 Apps, Endless Security Checks
On average, organizations report using 102 business-critical SaaS applications, enabling operations of most departments across an organization, such as IT and Security, Sales, Marketing, R&D, Product Management, HR, Legal, Finance, and Enablement. An attack can come from any app, no matter how robust the app is.Without visibility and control over a critical mass of an organization’s entire SaaS
Read more....