August 31, 2023 Rapid7 security researchers have warned that hackers are targeting Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) SSL VPNs in brute-force attacks. The attacks exploit lapses in security defenses, such as not enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA). According to more...
August 30, 2023 More ransomware and MOVEit attack numbers, and an attack on a Rust repository. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, August 30th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in more...
August 30, 2023 Chinese hackers targeted and breached government and government-linked organizations worldwide in recent attacks targeting a Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) zero-day. The attacks, which were motivated by espionage, were carried out by a threat actor more...
August 30, 2023 The FBI has taken down Qakbot, one of the largest and longest-running botnets to date. The botnet was used by ransomware gangs to infect over 700,000 computers worldwide, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in more...
August 29, 2023 Government authorities have scored another — if perhaps temporary — win in the fight against cybercriminals. Police in seven countries, including the U.S., said Tuesday they infiltrated and took down the infrastructure behind the Qakbot more...
August 29, 2023 Some already compromised Barracuda Networks ESG email gateways remain vulnerable to continued exposure despite users being warned to replace the appliances, say researchers at Mandiant. In a report released this morning, the company says a more...
August 29, 2023 China has publicly accused U.S. intelligence agencies of carrying out a cyberattack on the Wuhan Earthquake Monitoring Center in late July. The attack involved the planting of malware backdoors into systems that gather seismic intensity more...
August 29, 2023 According to Specops research, hackers have begun to exploit how human minds instinctively spot patterns, even in password creation. They are circumventing password rules by making informed guesses. Using common base terms is one of more...
August 28, 2023 Canada’s leading cybersecurity agency has again warned IT managers, corporate leaders and residents of the risks of not being prepared for cybercrime. In what it calls a Baseline Cyber Threat Assessment on Cybercrime, the Canadian more...
August 28, 2023 Pôle emploi, France's governmental unemployment registration and financial aid agency, has notified of a data breach that exposed data belonging to 10 million individuals. The exposed information includes full names and social security numbers, while more...
