First-Ever Russian BEC Gang, Cosmic Lynx, Uncovered

Researchers say they have discovered the first-ever reported Russian business email compromise BEC cybercriminal ring, showing that sophisticated attackers beyond the usual Nigerian scammers are setting their sights on the email-based attack vector. The BEC gang is called Cosmic Lynx, and has bee...

Healthcare Enterprises Share Risk Reduction Insight

Healthcare organizations are subject to strict regulations, including data security and privacy. Three enterprises discuss risk reduction within a sector where a data leak could prove disastrous...

The Fear of Vendor Lock-in Leads to Cloud Failures

Vendor lock-in has been an often-quoted risk since the mid-1990’s. Fear that by investing too much with one vendor, an organization reduces their options in the future. Was this a valid concern? Is it still today? The Risk Organizations walk a fine line with their technology vendors. Ideally, you...

Over 100 New Chrome Browser Extensions Caught Spying On Users

Google recently removed 106 more extensions from its Chrome Web Store after they were found illegally collecting sensitive user data as part of a "massive global surveillance campaign" targeting oil and gas, finance, and healthcare sectors. Awake Security, which disclosed the findings late last...

AcidBox Malware Uncovered Using Repurposed VirtualBox Exploit

Advanced malware, dubbed AcidBox, has been identified by researchers who say a mysterious cybergang used it twice against Russian organizations as far back as 2017. In a report released Wednesday, Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 sheds new light onto attacks against the popular open-source...

Hackers Target Military and Aerospace Staff by Posing as HRs Offering Jobs

Cybersecurity researchers today took the wraps off a new sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign directed against aerospace and military organizations in Europe and the Middle East with an aim to spy on key employees of the targeted firms and, in some case, even to siphon money. The campaign, dubb...

Sodinokibi ransomware gang auctions off stolen data

Is it legal to buy stolen data from criminals? In most countries the answer would be no. But will it lead to a penalty or a fine? That is a different question and I’m afraid some companies and organizations will be inclined to seriously consider the last question even when they know the answer to...

Helium: Read-Only user can delete users

hello this endpoint DELETE /api/invitations/0ff7e9f9-877a-40cc-b99f-f6b3b1bea3f8 vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference Steps to reproduce the bug Let's assume that three accounts exist: [email protected] role Administrator [email protected] role Read-Only [email protected] invited user...

Planning Ahead to Prevent Vulnerabilities

The cost to remediate vulnerabilities increases as those vulnerabilities make it further into the development process. If they make it into a final release, those vulnerabilities can leave organizations vulnerable to attacks, costing time and resources to address, as well as causing damage to the...

Logic flaws exist in A8+ Group Edition of Beijing Zhiyuan Internet Software Co.

Zhiyuan Collaboration Management Software A8 is a collaborative office management platform for medium-sized, large and group organizations. There is a logic flaw vulnerability in the A8+ Collaboration Management Software Group Edition of Beijing Zhiyuan Internet Software Co., Ltd, which can be...

PT-2020-13393 · Gitea +1 · Gitea +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Gitea versions through 1.11.5 Description: An issue was discovered in Gitea where an attacker can trigger a deadlock by initiating a transfer of a repository's ownership from one organization to another. Recommendations: For Gitea versions...

Am I doing it right? An introspective look at "why it's like this"

Cybersecurity, as a practice within organizations, has existed for decades. Larger or government organizations have had dedicated cybersecurity functions in place since at least the 90s. By the early 2000s, organizations were appointing CISOs, and by the end of that decade over 85% of large...

Operational resilience in a remote work world

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently said, “We have seen two years’ worth of digital transformation in two months.” This is a result of many organizations having to adapt to the new world of document sharing and video conferencing as they become distributed organizations overnight. At Microsoft, ...

CISA-FBI Joint Announcement on PRC Targeting of COVID-19 Research Organizations

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have jointly released a Public Service Announcement on the People’s Republic of China’s targeting of COVID-19 research organizations. CISA and FBI encourage COVID-19 research organizations to...

Cybersecurity Risk Management – From HIPAA to HITRUST

Cybersecurity risk management for healthcare organizations continues to be a perplexing issue. While it is explicit in the security management standard of the HIPAA Security Rule that a Covered Entity and their Business Associates must conduct an "accurate and thorough" risk analysis teamed with ...

Cloud Transformation and the Shared Security Model

For many organizations, the lure of the cloud is very strong. Large enterprises usually have several justifications for adopting cloud-based services including preserving capital, adding scalability to applications, and minimizing IT staffing needs. Small- to medium-sized organizations often look...

DDoS attacks in Q1 2020

News overview Since the beginning of 2020, due to the COVID-2019 pandemic, life has shifted almost entirely to the Web — people worldwide are now working, studying, shopping, and having fun online like never before. This is reflected in the goals of recent DDoS attacks, with the most targeted...

Building for Billions: Addressing Security Concerns for Platforms at Scale

Security operations once consisted of a multitude of manual operations based around alerts, thresholds and severity levels. As systems scale and platforms continue to grow, how do you keep up with the growing requirements to secure these transactions and the networks they are built upon?...

Applied ThreadFix: Security teams collaborating with development teams

Modern enterprises are distributed. Most ThreadFix deployments have stakeholders spanning development and security teams and those team members are spread around the globe. To support these distributed organizations, ThreadFix has a number of collaboration features that make teams more efficient...

WHO, CDC and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Victims of Credential Dump, Report

Unknown threat actors have allegedly dumped nearly 25,000 email addresses and passwords from notable organizations involved in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, including credentials from prominent health organizations. Hackers have been using information belonging to groups such as World...