Iranian Hackers Abuse Dropbox in Cyberattacks Against Aerospace and Telecom Firms

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Details have emerged about a new cyber espionage campaign directed against the aerospace and telecommunications industries, primarily in the Middle East, with the goal of stealing sensitive information about critical assets, organizations’ infrastructure, and technology while remaining in the dark …

Google to turn on 2-factor authentication by default for 150 million users

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Google has announced plans to automatically enroll about 150 million users into its two-factor authentication scheme by the end of the year as part of its ongoing efforts to prevent unauthorized access to accounts and improve security. In addition, the …

Multiple Critical Flaws Discovered in Honeywell Experion PKS and ACE Controllers

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday released an advisory regarding multiple security vulnerabilities affecting all versions of Honeywell Experion Process Knowledge System C200, C200E, C300, and ACE controllers that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution and …

Researchers Discover UEFI Bootkit Targeting Windows Computers Since 2012

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Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday revealed details of a previously undocumented UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) bootkit that has been put to use by threat actors to backdoor Windows systems as early as 2012 by modifying a legitimate Windows Boot Manager binary to …

New Study Links Seemingly Disparate Malware Attacks to Chinese Hackers

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Chinese cyber espionage group APT41 has been linked to seemingly disparate malware campaigns, according to fresh research that has mapped together additional parts of the group’s network infrastructure to hit upon a state-sponsored campaign that takes advantage of COVID-themed phishing …

Apache Warns of Zero-Day Exploit in the Wild — Patch Your Web Servers Now!

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Apache has issued patches to address two security vulnerabilities, including a path traversal and file disclosure flaw in its HTTP server that it said is being actively exploited in the wild. “A flaw was found in a change made to …

Ransomware Hackers Who Attacked Over 100 Companies Arrested in Ukraine

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Law enforcement agencies have announced the arrest of two “prolific ransomware operators” in Ukraine who allegedly conducted a string of targeted attacks against large industrial entities in Europe and North America since at least April 2020, marking the latest step …

Poorly Configured Apache Airflow Instances Leak Credentials for Popular Services

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Cybersecurity researchers on Monday discovered misconfigurations across older versions of Apache Airflow instances belonging to a number of high-profile companies across various sectors, resulting in the exposure of sensitive credentials for popular platforms and services such as Amazon Web Services …

Creating Wireless Signals with Ethernet Cable to Steal Data from Air-Gapped Systems

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A newly discovered data exfiltration mechanism employs Ethernet cables as a “transmitting antenna” to stealthily siphon highly-sensitive data from air-gapped systems, according to the latest research. “It’s interesting that the wires that came to protect the air-gap become the vulnerability …

A New APT Hacking Group Targeting Fuel, Energy, and Aviation Industries

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A previously undocumented threat actor has been identified as behind a string of attacks targeting fuel, energy, and aviation production industries in Russia, the U.S., India, Nepal, Taiwan, and Japan with the goal of stealing data from compromised networks. Cybersecurity …