Cybersecurity
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Sep 14, 2023THNEndpoint Security / Vulnerability A set of memory corruption flaws have been discovered in the ncurses (short for new curses) programming library that could be exploited by threat actors to run malicious code on vulnerable Linux and macOS systems. “Using environment variable poisoning, attackers could chain these vulnerabilities to elevate privileges and run […]
The governing body for soccer in the Netherlands said this week that it paid a ransom to hackers who breached its systems earlier this year and stole the sensitive data of more than more than 1.2 million employees and members. The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) didn’t say how large the ransom was, but it […]
Sep 14, 2023THNSupply Chain / Malware A download manager site served Linux users malware that stealthily stole passwords and other sensitive information for more than three years as part of a supply chain attack. The modus operandi entailed establishing a reverse shell to an actor-controlled server and installing a Bash stealer on the compromised system. […]
Employee offboarding is no one’s favorite task, yet it is a critical IT process that needs to be executed diligently and efficiently. That’s easier said than done, especially considering that IT organizations have less visibility and control over employees’ IT use than ever. Today, employees can easily adopt new cloud and SaaS applications whenever and […]
The number of claimants in a class action lawsuit against Capita, a UK company, is increasing following a cybersecurity breach in March. Manchester-based law firm, Barings Law, sent a legal letter to Capita in June after receiving numerous enquiries.
CLAYTON — A cyberattack caused St. Louis County to shut down some computer systems used to look up court cases, issue charges and process people in custody at the jail, County Executive Sam Page said Tuesday. Police officers, jail officials, the county counselor, municipal court officials and the prosecuting attorney’s office all use the Regional Justice […]
Hospitality and entertainment company, MGM Resorts, recently suffered a cyber attack that severly impacted its business operations. The cyber attack was discovered on September 11, when MGM Resorts put out a statement via X (formerly Twitter) that a “cyber security incident” was impacting come of its systems. MGM Resorts reassured customers that it had contacted […]
A new ransomware family calling itself 3AM has emerged. To date, the ransomware has only been used in a limited fashion. Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team, part of Broadcom, has seen it used in a single attack by a ransomware affiliate that attempted to deploy LockBit on a target’s network and then switched to 3AM when […]
Dive Brief: Valid, compromised account credentials were the initial access vector for more than 1 in 3 cloud intrusions observed by IBM Security X-Force during the last year, making it the most common point of entry across all cloud security incidents. Credentials used as an initial access vector for cloud intrusions jumped from 9% in […]