CISA Addresses the Rise in Ransomware Targeting Operational Technology Assets

CISA has published the Rising Ransomware Threat to OT Assets fact sheet in response to the recent increase in ransomware attacks targeting operational technology OT assets and control systems. The guidance: provides steps to prepare for, mitigate against, and respond to attacks; details how the...

Weak Password Vulnerability in HG630 V2 Home Gateway of Huawei Technologies Co.

Founded in 1987, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is a leading global provider of ICT information and communications infrastructure and smart terminals. A weak password vulnerability exists in the Huawei Technologies HG630 V2 Home Gateway, which can be exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive...

Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure 4.6 (4.6.0-208)

In this release, Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure provides a wide range of new features that enhance service providers' operability. The improvements cover compute services, object storage, monitoring, security, localization, and the user interface. Additionally, this release delivers stability...

The U.S. EO on Ransomware: What Does it Mean? – Part 2

The White House is urging companies to do more to stem the tide of ransomware attacks now that they are starting to impact critical infrastructure and supply chains. It is a good start, but what will be the implication of this to U.S. businesses?...

Hackers Breached Colonial Pipeline Using Compromised VPN Password

The ransomware cartel that masterminded the Colonial Pipeline attack early last month crippled the pipeline operator's network using a compromised virtual private network VPN account password, the latest investigation into the incident has revealed. The development, which was reported by Bloomber...

Ransomware to be investigated like terrorism

The impact of recent ransomware attacks on vital infrastructure in the US has triggered a reaction from the US Attorney’s office. In an internal guidance it says that all ransomware investigations in the field should be centrally coordinated with a recently created task force in Washington...

API Securing in 2021 — Top 10 Best Practices

API Securing in 2021📋 — Top 10 Best Practices I love drawing inspiration from real life and todays article is no different. I often get asked the question on how to hack an API but what some people don’t realise is that almost everything is connected to an API these days, even the smart fridges i...

Vulnerability fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat has fixed a vulnerability in the Public Key Infrastructure PKI Core package. A component of this package writes out the administrator password during installation to a log file that is unjustifiably readable by any local user. A local malicious person with knowledge of the location of thi...

HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager Authentication Bypass (HPESBGN04124)

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Steamship Authority answers question: Who’s the next ransomware victim?

After the attacks on Colonial Pipeline and JBS, many may have been wondering, as we did, what the next ransomware headline was going to be. Well, here it is—another victim in the vital infrastructure of transport and logistics, although this time the impact may be less brutal. Steamship Authority...

Experts Uncover Yet Another Chinese Spying Campaign Aimed at Southeast Asia

An ongoing cyber-espionage operation with suspected ties to China has been found targeting a Southeast Asian government to deploy spyware on Windows systems while staying under the radar for more than three years. "In this campaign, the attackers utilized the set of Microsoft Office exploits and...

PKI-server 安全漏洞

PKI-server is a J2EE application running on the JBoss server . It is designed to automatically encrypt/decrypt data and apply/validate digital signatures with flags. A security vulnerability exists in PKI-server, which can be exploited by a local attacker to retrieve files in order to obtain the...

Effective Adoption of SASE in 2021

Think back to mid-2019: People had already been moving to the cloud, having talked about digital transformation for years. Then, March 2020 shoved transformation into hyperdrive: Suddenly, there was a mass exodus from the office, and everybody was working from home. That’s when the old ways of...

Privacy compliance for smart meter infrastructure with Microsoft Information Protection and Azure Purview

Smart meters and smart grid infrastructure have been deployed in many of the world’s electric distribution grids. They promise energy conservation, better grid management for utilities, electricity theft reduction, and a host of value-added services for consumers. To deliver on this promise, they...

JBS says it is recovering quickly from a ransomware attack

This week another major supplier reported it had been hit with ransomware. After the Colonial Pipeline attack last month, this time the victim is the worlds largest meatpacker, JBS. JBS halted cattle slaughter at all its US plants on Tuesday after the attack caused their Australian operations to...

Preventing Multi-layered Cybersecurity Threats

It’s 2021, and this rapidly evolving threat landscape requires partnership with a trusted cybersecurity expert, who can provide protection across distributed endpoints, networks, cloud infrastructure, and hybrid environments...

Creating coefficiency: DevOps, Security, and Compliance

Secure IaC Infrastructure-as-code IaC is a powerful partnership accelerator. As businesses and organizations scale into the cloud to realize its full production-enablement potential, security often struggles to keep up. The ultimate goal on the security horizon is, of course, to prevent risks and...

Kimsuky APT continues to target South Korean government using AppleSeed backdoor

This blog post was authored by Hossein Jazi. The Kimsuky APT—also known as Thallium, Black Banshee, and Velvet Chollima—is a North Korean threat actor that has been active since 2012. The group conducts cyber espionage operations to target government entities mainly in South Korea. On December...

A week in security (May 24 -30)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs we discussed VPN Android apps, how even the FBI has to deal with insider threats, Chromes Incognito mode, new rules for critical infrastructure spurred by the Colonial Pipeline attack, how to delete your Twitter account, what encryption is, how healthcare service...

Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch 128.0 for Virtuozzo Hybrid Server 7.0, 7.5 and Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure 3.5, 4.0, 4.5

The cumulative Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch was updated with stability fixes. The patch applies to the kernels 3.10.0-1062.4.2.vz7.116.7 Virtuozzo Hybrid Server 7.0.12 HF1 and Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure 3.5, 3.10.0-1062.12.1.vz7.131.10 Virtuozzo Hybrid Server 7.0.13, 3.10.0-1127.8.2.vz7.151.1...