Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for March 11, 2022
This episode features a discussion on vulnerabilities in the WordPress ecosystem, bugs in some Mitel products and a call for companies to be more transparent about their cybersecurity
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Canadian sentenced for ransomware attacks extradited to U.S. to face more charges
Also, a Ukrainian man was extradited to the U.S. to face charges related to the Kaseya ransomware attack
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Experts skeptical new Russian certificate authority will evade sanctions
The risk of this solution is that it creates a single point of failure for Russian websites, says one researcher
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Cyber Security Today, March 11, 2022 – Threats from APC power supplies, a warning to ServiceNow administrators and more
This episode reports on threats from internet-connected APC power supplies, a warning to ServiceNow administrators, fake Ukraine support websites and hijacked message threads
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Threat Actors Mimics Ukraine’s IT Army To Spread Malware
Threat actors are taking advantage of people’s desire to join Ukraine’s IT army to infect them with malware.
Chinese Hackers Target Gmail Users Affiliated With The U.S. Gov’t
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has identified the activities of a Chinese-backed hacking group known as APT31. The hackers target multiple Gmail users affiliated with the United States government via a phishing attack. The attack was however unsuccessful since all the emails contains phishing link which was marked as spam and filtered by Gmail. “All […]
REvil Ransomware Member Extradited To U.S. To Face Trial
Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a REvil ransomware member extricated to the U.S. will face trial for the Kaseya attack according to the Department of Justice.
Website Contact Form Used To Spread BazarBackdoor Malware
According to Abnormal Security analysts, attackers are using BazarBackdoor to target corporate victims.
Phishing Attack Hijacks Users Mail Chats To Spread Malware
Cybersecurity researchers at Sophos have uncovered a botnet called Qakbot. Qakbot can hijack email threads to spread itself to more victims.
Top Shareholder, Proxy Firms Rejects Toshiba’s Split Up Plans
Effissimo Capital Management, Toshiba’s top shareholder and proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has kicked against Toshiba’s breakup.
