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Conti ransomware group’s pulse stops, but did it fake its own death?
The dark web leak site used by the notorious Conti ransomware gang has disappeared, along with the chat function it used to negotiate ransoms with victims. For as long as this infrastructure is down the group is unable to operate and a significent threat is removed from the pantheon of ransomware...
CVE-2022-28383
An issue was discovered in certain Verbatim drives through 2022-03-31. Due to insufficient firmware validation, an attacker can store malicious firmware code for the USB-to-SATA bridge controller on the USB drive e.g., by leveraging physical access during the supply chain. This code is then...
CVE-2022-28387
An issue was discovered in certain Verbatim drives through 2022-03-31. Due to an insecure design, they can be unlocked by an attacker who can then gain unauthorized access to the stored data. The attacker can simply use an undocumented IOCTL command that retrieves the correct password. This affec...
CVE-2022-28383
An issue was discovered in certain Verbatim drives through 2022-03-31. Due to insufficient firmware validation, an attacker can store malicious firmware code for the USB-to-SATA bridge controller on the USB drive e.g., by leveraging physical access during the supply chain. This code is then...
CVE-2022-28387
An issue was discovered in certain Verbatim drives through 2022-03-31. Due to an insecure design, they can be unlocked by an attacker who can then gain unauthorized access to the stored data. The attacker can simply use an undocumented IOCTL command that retrieves the correct password. This affec...
CVE-2022-28382
An issue was discovered in certain Verbatim drives through 2022-03-31. Due to the use of an insecure encryption AES mode Electronic Codebook, aka ECB, an attacker may be able to extract information even from encrypted data, for example by observing repeating byte patterns. The firmware of the...
Design/Logic Flaw
An issue was discovered in certain Verbatim drives through 2022-03-31. Due to an insecure design, they can be unlocked by an attacker who can then gain unauthorized access to the stored data. The attacker can simply use an undocumented IOCTL command that retrieves the correct password. This affec...
CVE-2022-28382
An issue was discovered in certain Verbatim drives through 2022-03-31. Due to the use of an insecure encryption AES mode Electronic Codebook, aka ECB, an attacker may be able to extract information even from encrypted data, for example by observing repeating byte patterns. The firmware of the...
The Challenge Digital Executive Protection Poses to Enterprise Security Teams
In our previous articles for Threatpost, we’ve talked a lot about how the attack surface has expanded into the personal digital lives of executives and high-profile employees. About how their online privacy, personal devices, and home networks are now primary targets – either to compromise them...
Why you should act like your CEO’s password is “qwerty”
A poor password at the highest levels of an organisation can cost a company millions in losses. Recent findings show that half of IT leaders store passwords in shared documents. On top of that, it seems that folks at executive level are not picking good passwords either. Researchers from NordPass...
Microsoft showcases the future of comprehensive security at RSA 2022
The last time the RSA Conference was held as an in-person event was in 2020. Needless to say, a lot has changed since then. RSA is once again going forward as an in-person and digital event in San Francisco, from June 6 to 9, 2022. After two years of remote interactions, we’re excited to exchange...
The Future of Executive Protection is Digital
Physical threats against executives are on the rise. Intensified by unprecedented societal tension, pandemic fatigue, and the economic crisis, corporate leaders are being confronted and assaulted, their vehicles vandalized, and their homes invaded. A 2021 study by the Center for Protective...
New Hacker Group Pursuing Corporate Employees Focused on Mergers and Acquisitions
A newly discovered suspected espionage threat actor has been targeting employees focusing on mergers and acquisitions as well as large corporate transactions to facilitate bulk email collection from victim environments. Mandiant is tracking the activity cluster under the uncategorized moniker...
CISA Releases Secure Cloud Business Applications (SCuBA) Guidance Documents for Public Comment
CISA has released draft versions of two guidance documents—along with a request for comment RFC—that are a part of the recently launched Secure Cloud Business Applications SCuBA project: Secure Cloud Business Applications SCuBA Technical Reference Architecture TRA Extensible Visibility Reference...
South Korean DarkHotel Hackers Targeted Luxury Hotels in Macau
Luxury hotels in the Chinese special administrative region of Macau were the target of a malicious spear-phishing campaign from the second half of November 2021 and through mid-January 2022. Cybersecurity firm Trellix attributed the campaign with moderate confidence to a suspected South Korean...
The paradigm shift of PCI SSF: what executive leaders need to know now
As a security leader who lives and breathes security controls, protocols, and compliance standards, youre probably aware of the upcoming Payment Card Industry PCI Software Security Framework SSF transition thats been coming for some time. In fact, I posted a blog about the phase-out of the...
Current executive guidance for ongoing cyberattacks in Ukraine
Read this blog post in 日本語 Japanese Cyber threat activity against Ukraine, and around the world, has long been a central focus of our work. We continue to monitor the Ukraine-Russia situation by enacting a comprehensive, Talos-wide effort to provide support to our partners and customers. These...
CISA’s Zero Trust Guidance for Enterprise Mobility Available for Public Comment
CISA has released a draft version of Applying Zero Trust Principles to Enterprise Mobility for public comment. The paper guides federal agencies as they evolve and operationalize cybersecurity programs and capabilities, including cybersecurity for mobility. The public comment period will close...
Secure your OT and IoT devices with Microsoft Defender for IoT and Quzara Cybertorch™
This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association guest blog series. Learn more about MISA. In recent years, malicious actors have started attacking industrial control systems and key sectors of nations’ critical infrastructure to inflict damage that transcends the cyber...
Research reveals cyber risk is the best language for a C-suite audience
As a Chief Information Security Officer CISO or cybersecurity leader, one of the most important parts of your role is to manage the organizations cybersecurity risk. Managing risk and minimizing the impact of cyber incidents strengthens trust between you and the executive team, which is essential...