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Prometei Botnet Exploiting Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers
Attackers are exploiting the ProxyLogon Microsoft Exchange Server flaws to co-opt vulnerable machines to a cryptocurrency botnet named Prometei, according to new research. "Prometei exploits the recently disclosed Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities associated with the HAFNIUM attacks to penetrate...
GEICO Alerts Customers Hackers Stole Driver License Data for Two Months
Threat actors stole driver license numbers from customers of GEICO insurance for nearly two months earlier this year due to a security flaw on its website that has since been fixed. The second-largest auto insurance provider in the United States disclosed the vulnerability in a data breach notice...
Ransomware: A Deep Dive into 2021 Emerging Cyber-Risks
Ransomware has been a growing scourge for years, but recent attacks illustrate a growing sophistication by attackers within this slice of the cybercrime underbelly. Snowballing assaults against the business sector, schools and government organizations are now a primary cybersecurity concern. Maki...
Insurance Giant CNA Hit with Novel Ransomware Attack
A novel ransomware attack forced insurance giant CNA to take systems offline and temporarily shutter its website. The attack occurred earlier this week and leveraged a new variant of the Phoenix CryptoLocker malware. The Chicago-based company—the seventh largest commercial insurance provider in t...
Web Application Firewalls Instrumental in Digital-First Banking
Like many industries, the banking and insurance sectors have shifted their resources to be digital-first, all the more so since the start of the global pandemic. For today’s customers, who increasingly begin their banking experiences using digital channels, whether online or mobile, a digital-fir...
FIN8 Hackers Return With More Powerful Version of BADHATCH PoS Malware
Threat actors known for keeping a low profile do so by ceasing operations for prolonged periods in between to evade attracting any attention as well as constantly refining their toolsets to fly below the radar of many detection technologies. One such group is FIN8, a financially motivated threat...
REvil ransomware’s calling, and it’s not good news
The REvil ransomware AKA Sodinokibi, which operates as a Ransomware as a Service is adopting some outreach techniques after initial compromise, designed to shame victims into paying up. Shaming victims into action Malware authors and social engineers have relied on shame and the threat of exposur...
Post-Cyberattack, Universal Health Services Faces $67M in Losses
The cyberattack that hit Universal Health Services UHS in September has cost the healthcare service provider a whopping $67 million in damages, according to financial statements. A fourth-quarter earnings report last week from UHS highlighted the “significant incremental labor expense” needed to...
Payroll/HR Giant PrismHR Hit by Ransomware?
PrismHR, a company that sells technology used by other firms to help more than 80,000 small businesses manage payroll, benefits, and human resources, has suffered what appears to be an ongoing ransomware attack that is disrupting many of its services. Hopkinton, Mass.-based PrismHR handles...
K&R insurance. Kidnap and Ransom(ware)
Businesses are increasingly getting insurance cover for cyber liability incidents. Whilst cover was traditionally focussed on US-style 3rd party losses relating to data breaches, claims are accelerating in the 1st party / ransomware and business interruption arena. Ransomware claims are growing s...
The Taxman Cometh for ID Theft Victims
The unprecedented volume of unemployment insurance fraud witnessed in 2020 hasnt abated, although news coverage of the issue has largely been pushed off the front pages by other events. But the ID theft problem is coming to the fore once again: Countless Americans will soon be receiving notices...
The dynamic duo: How to build a red and blue team to strengthen your cybersecurity, Part 2
The security community is continuously changing, growing, and learning from each other to better position the world against cyber threats. In the first post of our new Voice of the Community blog series, Microsoft Product Marketing Manager Natalia Godyla talks with Jake Williams, Founder of...
VMware Carbon Black Cloud™ Awarded Cyber Catalyst Designation
VMware Carbon Black Cloud has been awarded a Cyber CatalystSM designation for its cloud native endpoint and workload protection platforms, which helps more than 20,000 organizations worldwide detect and stop emerging attacks. The designation is part of the annual Cyber Catalyst by Marsh℠ program,...
Life Insurance Management System 1.0 Cross Site Scripting
Exploit Title: Life Insurance Management System 1.0 - Multiple Stored XSS Date: 4/1/2021 Exploit Author: Arnav Tripathy Vendor Homepage: https://www.sourcecodester.com Software Link: https://www.sourcecodester.com/php/14665/life-insurance-management-system-php-full-source-code.html Version: 1.0...
Spearphishing Attack Spoofs Microsoft.com to Target 200M Office 365 Users
A spearphishing attack is spoofing Microsoft.com to target 200 million Microsoft Office 365 users in a number of key vertical markets, including financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and utility providers. Researchers at Ironscales discovered the campaign targeting several thousand...
Hackers steal sensitive client data in Israeli insurance firm data breach
By Deeba Ahmed BlackShadow hackers took responsibility for the attack and leaked the data online belonging to Shirbit's customers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers steal sensitive client data in Israeli insurance firm data breach...
BaoBao App has a flawed logic vulnerability
BaoBao APP is an insurance knowledge exchange platform. A logic flaw vulnerability exists in Paobao APP, which can be exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive information about the application...
2020 DDoS Extortion Campaign -- A Sequel More Thrilling Than the Original
Costarring Susan McReynolds and Tom Emmons As you might imagine, as the go-to enterprise DDoS mitigation experts, our phones have been "ringing off the hook" as the global extortion DDoS campaign sequel rages on. It's bigger, badder, and features a broader cast of criminal characters than seen...
columbusfreecarinsurancequotes.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-1423554
Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has:       a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence;       b. notified the website operator about its existence...
virginiacheapautoinsurance.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-1385132
Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has:       a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence;       b. notified the website operator about its existence...