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Radioactivity monitoring and warning system hacked, disabled by attackers

July 28, 2022 admin Critical Infrastructure, dgpce, rar, reports, Spain

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 16:53:24 +0000

Spain has arrested two suspects for disabling part of the country’s gamma radiation detection and alert system.

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IIS extensions are on the rise as backdoors to servers

July 27, 2022 admin backdoor, cryptomining, Exploits and vulnerabilities, extensions, iis, modules, proxylogon, proxyshell, reports, Server, wdigest

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 13:58:06 +0000

The Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team has warned that attackers are increasingly leveraging Internet Information Services (IIS) extensions as covert backdoors into servers.

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T-Mobile agrees to pay customers $350 million in settlement over data breach

July 27, 2022 admin $350 million, data breach, reports, T-Mobile

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 10:32:19 +0000

T-Mobile has proposed to settle its 2021 data breach by paying $350 million, along with an incremental spend of $150 million in security.

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Lightning Framework, modular Linux malware

July 25, 2022 admin framework, lightning, Linux Malware, modular, plugins, reports, timestomping

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 12:26:37 +0000

Researchers at Intezer have published an analysis of a modular and versatile malware targeting Linux systems called Lightning Framework

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Vulnerabilities in GPS tracker could have “life-threatening” implications

July 21, 2022 admin cve-2022-2107, cve-2022-2141, cve-2022-21999, cve-2022-33944, cve-2022-34150, Exploits and vulnerabilities, GPS, micodus, mv720, reports, tracker

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 09:57:08 +0000

Researchers have discovered six vulnerabilities in the MiCODUS MV720 GPS tracker, a popular automotive tracking device.

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Another ransomware payment recovered by the Justice Department

July 20, 2022 admin healthcare providers, justice department, maui, north korean, ransom recovery, ransom.maui, ransomware, reports

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 15:50:14 +0000

The Justice Department announced it was able to forfeit ransomware payments made by health care organizations in Kansas and Colorado.

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PyPI starts rolling out required 2FA for important projects

July 12, 2022 admin 2fa, log4j, psf, pypi, reports

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 13:35:15 +0000

PyPI is rolling out a 2FA requirement for maintainers of critical projects.

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The State of Ransomware in Education 2022

July 12, 2022 admin products & services, ransomware, reports

Credit to Author: Doug Aamoth| Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 11:00:29 +0000

Insights into an ever more challenging attack environment and the growing financial and operational burden ransomware is placing on the education sector.

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