Tag: network
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Biz hired, and fired, a fake North Korean IT worker then the ransom demands began
‘My webcam isn’t working today’ is the new ‘The dog ate my network’ First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2024/10/18/ransom_fake_it_worker_scam/
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Cato Networks CEO Shlomo Kramer to Speak at Bloomberg Tech London 2024
This week, SASE providers Cato Networks, announced that Shlomo Kramer, co-founder and CEO at Cato Networks, will be speaking at Bloomberg Tech London 2024. Kramer will appear at a session, “Protecting Your Information in the Cloud” (Tuesday, October 22 at 11:00 a.m. BST), and discuss the common cause underlying many cyberattacks”, the increasing complexity of enterprise…
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3 Longtime Health Centers Report Hacks Affecting 740,000
Data Thefts, Leaks Follow Continuing Trend in Healthcare: Expert. A network of family health centers, a public medical center and a plastic surgery practice with nearly 180 years of combined service are among the latest healthcare groups reporting major data theft incidents to regulators. The three hacks affected nearly 740,000 patients and employees. First seen…
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U.S. Charges Two Sudanese Brothers for Record 35,000 DDoS Attacks
Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have charged two Sudanese brothers with running a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet for hire that conducted a record 35,000 DDoS attacks in a single year, including those that targeted Microsoft’s services in June 2023.The attacks, which were facilitated by Anonymous Sudan’s “powerful DDoS tool,” singled out critical infrastructure, corporate networks,…
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Authorities Indicted Two Anonymous Sudan Hackers Over Cyberattacks
Tags: attack, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, government, group, hacker, infrastructure, network, serviceA federal grand jury has indicted two Sudanese nationals, Ahmed Salah Yousif Omer, 22, and Alaa Salah Yusuuf Omer, 27. The pair are accused of operating Anonymous Sudan, a notorious cybercriminal group responsible for tens of thousands of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks targeting critical infrastructure and government agencies globally. Unveiling the Cybercriminal Network…
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Iranian hackers act as brokers selling critical infrastructure access
Tags: access, credentials, cyberattack, cybercrime, data, hacker, infrastructure, iran, network, threatIranian hackers are breaching critical infrastructure organizations to collect credentials and network data that can be sold on cybercriminal forums to enable cyberattacks from other threat actors. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/iranian-hackers-act-as-brokers-selling-critical-infrastructure-access/
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Oracle October 2024 Critical Patch Update Addresses 198 CVEs
Oracle addresses 198 CVEs in its fourth quarterly update of 2024 with 334 patches, including 35 critical updates. Background On October 15, Oracle released its Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2024, the fourth and final quarterly update of the year. This CPU contains fixes for 198 CVEs in 334 security updates across 28 Oracle…
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Cato Networks Expands SASE Platform (Again) with DEM for Complete User Experience Delivery
SASE pros Cato Networks have announced that they have again expanded the Cato SASE Cloud Platform today by introducing Cato Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM). Today’s announcement of DEM is the third major expansion to the Cato SASE Cloud Platform in 2024, following the additions of extended detection and response (XDR) and endpoint protection (EPP/EDR) earlier…
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Kubernetes Security Best Practices 2024 Guide
Kubernetes security best practices include using RBAC for access control, enforcing network policies, regularly updating components, and more. Read our guide here. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/applications/kubernetes-security-best-practices/
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Air-Gapped Systems Breached: A Deep Dive into the Attack and Prevention
Once considered impregnable bastions of security, air-gapped systems have been shown to be vulnerable to sophisticated attacks. These systems, physically isolated from networks, were believed to be immune to remote hacking. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/10/air-gapped-systems-breached-a-deep-dive-into-the-attack-and-prevention/
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Lawmakers seek insight into China-linked attacks on telecom networks
Members of congress want to know when and how AT&T, Lumen and Verizon learned of the intrusions and what data the threat group accessed. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/lawmakers-china-linked-attacks-telecom-networks/729865/
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New Telekopye Scam Toolkit Targeting Booking.com and Airbnb Users
ESET Research found the Telekopye scam network targeting Booking.com and Airbnb. Scammers use phishing pages via compromised accounts… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/telekopye-scam-toolkit-hit-booking-com-airbnb-users/
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New Malware Campaign Uses PureCrypter Loader to Deliver DarkVision RAT
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new malware campaign that leverages a malware loader named PureCrypter to deliver a commodity remote access trojan (RAT) called DarkVision RAT.The activity, observed by Zscaler ThreatLabz in July 2024, involves a multi-stage process to deliver the RAT payload.”DarkVision RAT communicates with its command-and-control (C2) server using a custom network First…
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Unit 42 veröffentlicht zwei neue Ransomware-Forschungsreports
Das Unit 42-Team der Cyber Security-Experten bei Palo Alto Networks hat zwei neue Forschungsberichte veröffentlicht. Die hohe Sensibilität gegenüber Ausfallzeiten macht diese Branchen besonders anfällig. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/unit-42-veroeffentlicht-zwei-neue-ransomware-forschungsreports/a38634/
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Cerberus Android Banking Trojan Deployed in New Multi-Stage Malicious Campaign
The sophisticate campaign, ErrorFather, employs keylogging, virtual networks and a domain generation algorithm to target Android users First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cerberus-android-banking-trojan/
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A Deep Dive into DDoS Carpet-Bombing Attacks
With the rapid growth of the internet, especially in areas like cloud computing, 5G, and IoT technologies, the scale of botnets continues to expand, intensifying the battle between attack and defense. In response, DDoS attacks have evolved, taking on a more intelligent form to evade security defenses. Traditional DDoS attacks typically target specific services”, either…
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Stärkung der Cyberresilienz – Neue Integration bei Veeam mit Palo Alto Networks
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/neue-integration-bei-veeam-mit-palo-alto-a-df35967ed525838db870a8046b6695b3/
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How DDoS Botent is used to Infect your Network?
DDoS botnet gained attention a few years ago due to its record-breaking attacks, but the emergence of new threats in 2024 illustrates the evolving tactics of cyber attackers. The cyber threat landscape is in constant flux, with vulnerabilities like Zyxel’s CVE-2023-28771 being exploited and MySQL servers coming under fire from variants like Ddostf and Mirai’s……
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USENIX NSDI ’24 CHISEL: An Optical Slice of the Wide-Area Network
Authors/Presenters:Abhishek Vijaya Kumar, Bill Owens, Nikolaj Bjørner, Binbin Guan, Yawei Yin, Paramvir Bahl, Rachee Singh Our sincere thanks to USENIX, and the Presenters & Authors for publishing their superb 21st USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI ’24) content, placing the organizations enduring commitment to Open Access front and center. Originating from the…
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U.S. Lawmakers, White House Move to Stem China Cyberthreat
Two U.S. House committees want more information about the hack by China threat group Salt Typhoon into the networks of ATT, Verizon, and Lumen while the White House reportedly is creating an emergency group to respond to expanding cyberattacks by the country. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/10/u-s-lawmakers-agencies-move-to-stem-china-cyberthreat/
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Juniper Networks Patches Dozens of Vulnerabilities
Juniper Networks has announced patches for dozens of vulnerabilities in Junos OS, Junos OS Evolved, and third-party components. The post Juniper Networks Patches Dozens of Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/juniper-networks-patches-dozens-of-vulnerabilities/
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Nation-State Attackers Exploiting Ivanti CSA Flaws for Network Infiltration
A suspected nation-state adversary has been observed weaponizing three security flaws in Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) a zero-day to perform a series of malicious actions.That’s according to findings from Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, which said the vulnerabilities were abused to gain unauthenticated access to the CSA, enumerate users configured in the appliance, and attempt to…
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USENIX NSDI ’24 Spectrumize: Spectrum-Efficient Satellite Networks for the Internet of Things
Authors/Presenters:Vaibhav Singh, Tusher Chakraborty, Suraj Jog, Om Chabra, Deepak Vasisht, Ranveer Chandra Our sincere thanks to USENIX, and the Presenters & Authors for publishing their superb 21st USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI ’24) content, placing the organizations enduring commitment to Open Access front and center. Originating from the conference’s events situated…
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Meet the Chinese ‘Typhoon’ hackers preparing for war
Of the cybersecurity risks facing the United States today, few loom larger than the potential sabotage capabilities posed by China-backed hackers, which top U.S. officials have described as an “epoch-defining threat.” In recent months, U.S. intelligence officials said Chinese government-backed hackers have been burrowing deep into the networks of U.S. critical infrastructure, including water, energy…
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USENIX NSDI ’24 Democratizing DirectCell Low Earth Orbit Satellite Networks
Authors/Presenters:Lixin Liu, Yuanjie Li, Hewu Li, Jiabo Yang, Wei Liu, Jingyi Lan, Yufeng Wang, Jiarui Li, Jianping Wu, Qian Wu, Jun Liu, Zeqi Lai Recipient: Outstanding Paper Award Our sincere thanks to USENIX, and the Presenters & Authors for publishing their superb 21st USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI ’24) content, placing…
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American Water Reconnects Its Network Taps After Cyber Incident
The company is beginning to bring its systems back online, though the investigation wages on. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/american-water-reconnects-network-taps-cyber-incident