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Manufacturing Attack Surface
18
May
2023

How to Reduce Exposure on the Manufacturing Attack Surface

Digitalization initiatives are connecting once-isolated Operational Technology (OT) environments with their Information Technology (IT) counterparts. This digital transformation of the…

18
May
2023

Escalating China-Taiwan Tensions Fuel Alarming Surge in Cyber Attacks

May 18, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber War / Threat Intel The rising geopolitical tensions between China and Taiwan in recent months have…

Apple App Store
18
May
2023

Apple Thwarts $2 Billion in App Store Fraud, Rejects 1.7 Million App Submissions

May 18, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / App Sec Apple has announced that it prevented over $2 billion in potentially fraudulent…

Darknet Carding Kingpin
18
May
2023

Sold Financial Info of Tens of Thousands

May 18, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Crime / Payment Security A U.S. national has pleaded guilty in a Missouri court to operating…

Cisco Small Business Switches
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May
2023

Critical Flaws in Cisco Small Business Switches Could Allow Remote Attacks

May 18, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Cisco has released updates to address a set of nine security flaws in…

Arabian Android Users
17
May
2023

Emerging Houthi-linked Cyber Threat Targets Arabian Android Users

May 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Mobile Security A hacking group dubbed OilAlpha with suspected ties to Yemen’s Houthi movement…

Azure
17
May
2023

Threat Group UNC3944 Abusing Azure Serial Console for Total VM Takeover

May 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananSIM Swapping / Server Security A financially motivated cyber actor has been observed abusing Microsoft Azure Serial…

Patch Management Solution
17
May
2023

Identifying a Patch Management Solution: Overview of Key Criteria

Software is rarely a one-and-done proposition. In fact, any application available today will likely need to be updated – or…

Belkin Wemo Smart Plugs
17
May
2023

Serious Unpatched Vulnerability Uncovered in Popular Belkin Wemo Smart Plugs

May 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananInternet of Things / Vulnerability The second generation version of Belkin’s Wemo Mini Smart Plug has been…

Sidewinder Hacker
17
May
2023

State-Sponsored Sidewinder Hacker Group’s Covert Attack Infrastructure Uncovered

May 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Threat Intel Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed previously undocumented attack infrastructure used by the prolific…

Russian Ransomware Operator
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May
2023

U.S. Offers $10 Million Bounty for Capture of Notorious Russian Ransomware Operator

May 17, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Crime / Ransomware A Russian national has been charged and indicted by the U.S. Department of…

Exploit TP-Link Routers
16
May
2023

China’s Mustang Panda Hackers Exploit TP-Link Routers for Persistent Attacks

May 16, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Threat Intel The Chinese nation-state actor known as Mustang Panda has been linked to…