Security Affairs newsletter Round 426 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition
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Month: July 2023
Incident Management Chronicles: Striking The Right Balance
By Jeff Chan, Vice President of Technology, If you haven’t experienced a ransomware attack, it’s likely only a matter of time. Adding insult to injury,…
Winning Budget and Trust as a CISO
Matias Madou, Co-Founder and CTO, Nearly thirty years after the , the role finds itself in a difficult position. The demands have never been higher—more…
Week in review: 5 free online cybersecurity courses, 8Base ransomware group leaks data
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Unlocking internet’s secrets via monitoring, data collection, and analysisIn this…
WordPress sites using the Ultimate Member plugin are under attackSecurity Affairs
Threat actors are exploiting a critical WordPress zero-day in the Ultimate Member plugin to create secret admin accounts. Hackers are actively exploiting a critical unpatched…
The Effectiveness Of Scambaiting: Does It Deter Scammers?
by Zac Amos Cybercrime has drastically increased in recent years, heavily impacting vulnerable people and organizations. In response, digital vigilantes took up scambaiting to get…
MuddyWater’s New C2 Center Uncovered
Recently, it has been found by the security analysts at Deep Instinct that MuddyWater (aka Mango Sandstorm and Mercury), an Iranian state-backed group, has been…
Submarine Cable Growing Popularity Intensifying Cyber Attacks
Submarine cables installed on the ocean floor facilitate the transmission of data and voice between land-based stations. International communication has relied on submarine cables since…
LockBit gang demands a $70 million ransom to the Semiconductor Manufacturing giant TSMCSecurity Affairs
The LockBit ransomware gang claims to have hacked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). The LockBit ransomware group this week claimed to have hacked the Taiwan…
Army Combat Veteran to Take Over Key Election Security Role Working With State, Local Officials
An Army combat veteran with extensive cybersecurity and counterterrorism experience is taking over as one of the nation’s top election security officials, the director of…
Avast released a free decryptor for Windows version of Akira ransomwareSecurity Affairs
Avast released a free decryptor for the Akira ransomware that can allow victims to recover their data without paying the ransom. Cybersecurity firm Avast released…
Security News This Week: Cyberstalkers Win First Amendment Victory in the US Supreme Court
Amid exploding AI usage, the United States Senate is mulling legislation to regulate the development of artificial intelligence, but lawmakers’ comments to WIRED this week…