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IT software provider SolarWinds downplayed a recent security breach in documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. By Catalin Cimpanu | December 14, 2020
About four months ago, the Independence City Council decided to spend more than $4 million to beef up the city’s cybersecurity protections and upgrade the outdated computer network. By Kevin Hardy I Decemebr 12, 2020
A suspected Russia-led cyberattack that reportedly breached several U.S. government agencies seemingly exploited software from Texas-based software company SolarWinds, with malware pushed via booby-trapped updates. By Jason Murdock I December 14, 2020
A hospital in California has notified 67,000 patients that their personal data may have been exposed in a cyber-attack. By Sarah Coble I December 16, 2020
The City of Independence, Missouri, suffered a ransomware attack last week that continues to disrupt the city's services. By Lawrence Abrams I December 15, 2020
Over 45 million medical imaging files including x-rays and CT scans have been found sitting on internet-facing unprotected servers and accessible for anyone to view. By Amer Owaida I December 15, 2020
State-sponsored actors allegedly working for Russia have targeted the US Treasury, the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), and other government agencies to monitor internal email traffic as part of a widespread cyberespionage campaign. By Ravie Lakshmanan I December 13, 2020
The US has issued an emergency warning after discovering that “nation-state” hackers hijacked software used by almost all Fortune 500 companies and multiple federal agencies to gain entry to secure IT systems. By Financial Times I December 14, 2020
In today’s complex geopolitical environment, inadequate business cybersecurity has clear and immediate national security implications. Business drivers for cybersecurity include enterprise risk, compliance, service management, operational resilience and cyber hygiene. These must now be supplemented by a deeper understanding of the national security impacts of business in unprotected digital space. By: Vimy Services LLC I December 14, 2020
A hacking campaign has gained access to private information from a number of government and industry organizations, including the U.S. Departments of Treasury, Commerce and Homeland Security. By Sophie Bushwick I December 15, 2020
Cybercriminals bank on small businesses being easy targets, and the Covid-19 pandemic has only made it easier for them to wreak havoc, experts say. By Emon Reiser I December 15, 2020
CVE Announcements This Week
Security researchers have discovered this week a botnet operation that targets PostgreSQL databases to install a cryptocurrency miner. By Catalin Cimpanu | December 13, 2020
The SMTP WordPress plugin is installed on more than 500,000 sites, but despite the security patch has been released earlier this week many sites are yet to be patched. By Pierluigi Paganini I December 12, 2020
BlackBerry researchers are tracking a relatively new ransomware variant called "MountLocker" and the operators behind it, who are using affiliate cybercriminal gangs to help spread the malware, exfiltrate data and extort victims, sometimes for millions of dollars, according to an analysis. By Scott Ferguson I December 12, 2020
In the course of searching for WinZip network communications changes, the experts noticed that through the unsecured tcp, the WinZip archiver was vulnerable to many attacks. By granting a rogue “update,” any threat attacker will easily manipulate this. By Mark Funk I December 12, 2020
Molerats cyberespionage group has been using in recent spear-phishing campaigns fresh malware that relies on Dropbox, Google Drive, and Facebook for command and control communication and to store stolen data. By Ionut Ilascu I December 14, 2020
The FDIC is poised to take the first public action on the issue with the agency’s board scheduled to vote Tuesday on a proposed rulemaking dealing with “computer-security incident notification.” By Kevin Wack I December 14, 2020
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