Healthcare Industry Witnessed 45% Spike in Cyber Attacks Since Nov 20

Cyberattacks targeting healthcare organizations have spiked by 45% since November 2020 as COVID-19 cases continue to increase globally. According to a new report published by Check Point Research today and shared with The Hacker News, this increase has made the sector the most targeted industry b...

Digital Footprint Intelligence Report

Introduction The Digital Footprint Intelligence Service announces the results of research on the digital footprints of governmental, financial and industrial organizations for countries in the Middle East region: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Suda...

CISA Updates Alert and Releases Supplemental Guidance on Emergency Directive for SolarWinds Orion Compromise

CISA has updated AA20-352A: Advanced Persistent Threat Compromise of Government Agencies, Critical Infrastructure, and Private Sector Organizations, originally released December 17. This update states that CISA has evidence of, and is currently investigating, initial access vectors in addition to...

Microsoft Office 365 Credentials Under Attack By Fax 'Alert' Emails

Researchers are warning of a coordinated phishing attack that targeted “numerous” enterprise organizations last week. The attackers behind the attack leveraged hundreds of compromised, legitimate email accounts in order to target organizations with emails, which pretended to be document delivery...

VideoBytes: Ryuk Ransomware Targeting US Hospitals

Hello Folks! In this Videobyte, we’re talking about why hospitals are being targeted by the Ryuk ransomware, what tricks they are using to pull this off and what their motivations might be. Ryuk ransomware is being spread to hospitals using targeted phishing emails that infect systems with the...

Cyberattacks Target COVID-19 Vaccine 'Cold-Chain' Orgs

A sophisticated, global phishing campaign has been targeting the credentials of organizations associated with the COVID-19 “cold-chain” – companies that ensure the safe preservation of vaccines by making sure they are stored and transported in temperature-controlled environments. The phishing...

IBM Releases Report on Cyber Actors Targeting the COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain

IBM X-Force has released a report on malicious cyber actors targeting the COVID-19 cold chain—an integral part of delivering and storing a vaccine at safe temperatures. Impersonating a biomedical company, cyber actors are sending phishing and spearphishing emails to executives and global...

Lock and Code S1Ep20: Tracking the charities that track you online with Chris Boyd

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to Chris Boyd, lead malware intelligence analyst for Malwarebytes, about charity organizations and online ad tracking. Though many might assume that these t...

CVE-2020-4006

VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector address have a command injection vulnerability. Recent assessments: ccondon-r7 at December 10, 2020 7:54pm UTC reported: I’ve seen some news headlines with very scary-sounding words “ransacking...

Election Cyber Threats in the Asia-Pacific Region

In democratic societies, elections are the mechanism for choosing heads of state and policymakers. There are strong incentives for adversary nations to understand the intentions and preferences of the people and parties that will shape a country's future path and to reduce uncertainty about likel...

Vastaamo psychotherapy data breach sees the most vulnerable victims extorted

“Hell is too nice a place for these people.” Never have we seen outrage about a cybercrime at such a level. The outrage is aimed at cybercriminals behind the data breach that occurred at Finnish psychotherapy practice Vastaamo. Vastaamo, which has treated some 40,000 patients, is a subcontractor ...

Kegtap, Singlemalt, Winekey Malware Serve Up Ransomware to Hospitals

The boozy names might sound like the kind of thing conjured up in a frat-house common room, but malware families Kegtap, Singlemalt and Winekey are being used to gain initial network access in potentially lethal ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations in the midst of a global pandemic,...

Russian Espionage Group Updates Custom Malware Suite

The advanced persistent threat APT known as Turla is targeting government organizations using custom malware, including an updated trio of implants that give the group persistence through overlapping backdoor access. Russia-tied Turla a.k.a. Ouroboros, Snake, Venomous Bear or Waterbug is a...

North Korea-Backed Spy Group Poses as Reporters in Spearphishing Attacks, Feds Warn

The North Korean advanced persistent threat APT group known as Kimsuky is actively attacking commercial-sector businesses, often by posing as South Korean reporters, according to an alert from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA. Kimsuky a.k.a. Hidden Cobra has been...

Life of Maze ransomware

In the past year, Maze ransomware has become one of the most notorious malware families threatening businesses and large organizations. Dozens of organizations have fallen victim to this vile malware, including LG, Southwire, and the City of Pensacola. The history of this ransomware began in the...

CVE-2020-16270

OLIMPOKS under 3.3.39 allows Auth/Admin ErrorMessage XSS. Remote Attacker can use discovered vulnerability to inject malicious JavaScript payload to victim’s browsers in context of vulnerable applications. Executed code can be used to steal administrator’s cookies, influence HTML content of...

CVE-2020-16270

CVE-2020-16270 affects OLIMPOKS v3.3.39 and involves an Auth/Admin ErrorMessage XSS that enables a remote attacker to inject JavaScript in vulnerable applications. The vulnerability stems from improper handling/validation of the ErrorMessage parameter, allowing script execution in the victim’s br...

CVE-2020-16270

OLIMPOKS under 3.3.39 allows Auth/Admin ErrorMessage XSS. Remote Attacker can use discovered vulnerability to inject malicious JavaScript payload to victim’s browsers in context of vulnerable applications. Executed code can be used to steal administrator’s cookies, influence HTML content of...

CISA and FBI Release Joint Advisory Regarding APT Actors Chaining Vulnerabilities Against SLTT, Critical Infrastructure, and Elections Organizations

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have released a joint cybersecurity advisory regarding advanced persistent threat APT actors chaining vulnerabilities—a commonly used tactic exploiting multiple vulnerabilities in the course of a...

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2020: Top Resources on “If You Connect it, Protect it”

Leaves are turning red and gold, the temperature is dropping, and the smell of pumpkin spice is filling the air. It’s officially October! which also means it’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month CAM 2020. Now in its 17th year, Cybersecurity Awareness Month is an annual campaign that raises awareness o...