Poor Password Security Led to Recent Water Treatment Facility Hack

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New details have emerged about the remote computer intrusion at a Florida water treatment facility last Friday, highlighting a lack of adequate security measures needed to bulletproof critical infrastructure environments. The breach involved an unsuccessful attempt on the part of an adversary …

Iranian Hackers Utilize ScreenConnect to Spy On UAE, Kuwait Government Agencies

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UAE and Kuwait government agencies are targets of a new cyberespionage campaign potentially carried out by Iranian threat actors, according to new research. Attributing the operation to be the work of Static Kitten (aka MERCURY or MuddyWater), Anomali said the “objective of this activity …

Dependency Confusion Supply-Chain Attack Hit Over 35 High-Profile Companies

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In what’s a novel supply chain attack, a security researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies’ internal systems, including that of Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, Netflix, Yelp, Tesla, and Uber, and achieve remote code execution. The technique, called dependency …

LodaRAT Windows Malware Now Also Targets Android Devices

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A previously known Windows remote access Trojan (RAT) with credential-stealing capabilities has now expanded its scope to set its sights on users of Android devices to further the attacker’s espionage motives. “The developers of LodaRAT have added Android as a targeted platform,” …

Apple Patches 10-Year-Old macOS SUDO Root Privilege Escalation Bug

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Apple has rolled out a fix for a critical sudo vulnerability in macOS Big Sur, Catalina, and Mojave that could allow unauthenticated local users to gain root-level privileges on the system. “A local attacker may be able to elevate their …

Microsoft Issues Patches for In-the-Wild 0-day and 55 Others Windows Bugs

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Microsoft on Tuesday issued fixes for 56 flaws, including a critical vulnerability that’s known to be actively exploited in the wild. In all, 11 are listed as Critical, 43 are listed as Important, and two are listed as Moderate in severity …

Webinar and eBook: The Dark Side of EDR. Are You Prepared?

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Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) platforms have received incredible attention as the platform for security teams. Whether you’re evaluating an EDR for the first time or looking to replace your EDR, as an information security professional, you need to be …

Ukrainian Police Arrest Author of World’s Largest Phishing Service U-Admin

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Law enforcement officials in Ukraine, in coordination with authorities from the U.S. and Australia, last week shut down one of the world’s largest phishing services that were used to attack financial institutions in 11 countries, causing tens of millions of …

Hacker Tried Poisoning Water Supply After Breaking Into Florida’s Treatment System

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Hackers successfully infiltrated the computer system controlling a water treatment facility in the U.S. state of Florida and remotely changed a setting that drastically altered the levels of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) in the water. During a press conference held yesterday, …

Detailed: Here’s How Iran Spies on Dissidents with the Help of Hackers

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Twin cyber operations conducted by state-sponsored Iranian threat actors demonstrate their continued focus on compiling detailed dossiers on Iranian citizens that could threaten the stability of the Islamic Republic, including dissidents, opposition forces, and ISIS supporters, and Kurdish natives. Tracing …