Jewish congregations in the USA targeted by cybercrime
Cyber security expert Joseph Steinberg: They impersonate rabbis, asking to purchase prepaid gift cards, and email the card numbers and associated PINs. The attacks likely will continue.
Cyber Security, CISA: Upgrade the unpatched Pulse Secure VPN servers!
US Agency: Threat actors continue to exploit CVE-2019-11510. They may be able to gain access to all active users and their plain-text credentials, and also execute arbitrary commands.
Iran retaliation against US passes from fake news and cyber attacks
BuzzFeed: People spread false-unverified information about missile attack on US Bases in Iraq. Tehran’s hackers will also try to hit American ICS with wiper attacks and spy the enemy.
Ransomware is still one of the most dangerous threats and it’s evolving
Sophos cyber security experts identify three new areas where the malware is starting to reach: “Public cloud”, “MSPs” and “Encryption”.
Geopolitical tension continues to spawn cyber attacks, first of all from Russia-China
VMware Carbon Black’s cyber security experts publish the GIRTR. Risks are growing for the U.S. 2020 elections, voter databases from previous elections are readily available on Dark Web.
Cyber Security, the 5G threats according to ENISA
The EU Agency presents an overview of the challenges in the security of the fifth generation of mobile telecommunications networks, and of the new attackers profiles.
Cyber Security, ransomware attacks against companies are on the rise
Bleeping Computer: A cybercrime malware forced Boardriders to shut down computing systems all over the world. Same destiny for Everis (hit by BitPaymer), NTT DATA and Cadena SER.
Cybercrime, an APT launched zero-day attack thanks to a Google’s Chrome flaw
Kaspersky cyber security experts dubbed the campaign as Operation WizardOpium. The profile of the targeted website is in line with earlier DarkHotel attacks.
Fancy Bear target anti-doping authorities ahead of Tokyo 2020 Games
Microsoft cyber security experts: At least 16 national and international sporting and anti-doping organizations across three continents hit by cyber attacks which began September 16th.
Czech Republic, intelligence uncovered a Russian cyber espionage network
The BIS: It’s part of an operation that involves other European countries. One of the APT that attacks the country is Turla, responsible for the last false flag involving Iran.