UK to ban public sector orgs from paying ransomware gangs
The United Kingdom’s government is planning to ban public sector and critical infrastructure organizations from paying ransoms after ransomware attacks. The list of entities that…
Author: Cybernoz
Critical Sophos Firewall Vulnerabilities Enables pre-auth Remote Code Execution
Multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Sophos firewall products, with two enabling pre-authentication remote code execution that could allow attackers to compromise systems without valid credentials. The…
Hackers Selling macOS 0-Day LPE Exploit on Dark Forums
A threat actor claiming to possess a zero-day Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) exploit targeting Apple’s macOS operating system has emerged on underground cybercriminal forums, offering…
Cybercrime Doesn’t Pay For Hacker Promoting His ‘Cybersecurity’ Services
A Kansas City, Mo., man, Nicholas Michael Kloster, 32, has pleaded guilty for hacking into the computer system at an area nonprofit, according to the U.S. Department…
How to Advance from SOC Manager to CISO?
Making the move from managing a security operations center (SOC) to being a chief information security officer (CISO) is a significant career leap. Not only…
Interview: How OpenAI is making ChatGPT public and private sector-ready
OpenAI’s mission statement is focused on building artificial general intelligence (AGI) to benefit everyone. It has now signed a strategic partnership with the UK government,…
ExpressVPN Fixes Windows VPN Leak Affecting RDP Traffic
ExpressVPN has alerted users of a security issue in its Windows application that allowed certain Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) traffic to bypass the VPN tunnel,…
Cisco Warns of Identity Services Engine RCE Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
Cisco Systems has issued a critical security advisory warning of multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities in its Identity Services Engine (ISE) that are being actively…
Cisco Alerts on ISE RCE Vulnerability Actively Exploited
Cisco has issued an urgent security advisory warning that a set of critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities affecting its Identity Services Engine (ISE) and…
The Bank of England’s quiet ‘Big Bang’
The Bank of England has completed the replacement of the UK financial system’s “beating heart”, and is making good progress in its goal of providing…
Microsoft Sharepoint ToolShell attacks linked to Chinese hackers
Hackers with ties to the Chinese government have been linked to a recent wave of widespread attacks targeting a Microsoft SharePoint zero-day vulnerability chain. They…
UK Sanctions Russian APT 28 Hackers for Attacking Microsoft Cloud Service Login Details
The UK Government has imposed sanctions on Russian military intelligence units and 18 individuals following the exposure of a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign targeting Microsoft…