Ethicon Endo-Surgery Generator G11 Vulnerability

OVERVIEW Johnson & Johnson, the parent company of Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC, reported an improper authentication vulnerability in the Ethicon Endo-Surgery Generator Gen11. EthiconEndo-Surgery, LLC has produced updates that mitigate this vulnerability in the affected product. AFFECTED PRODUCTS The...

Threat Predictions for Automotive in 2018

The landscape in 2017 Modern cars are no longer just electro-mechanical vehicles. With each generation, they become more connected and incorporate more intelligent technologies to make them smarter, more efficient, comfortable and safe. The connected-car market is growing at a five-year compound...

Ursnif Banking Trojan Spreading In Japan

Attackers behind the pervasive banking Trojan Ursnif have made Japan one of their top targets, delivering the malware via spam campaigns that began last month. For years, Ursnif or Gozi has targeted Japan along with North America, Europe and Australia. But according to a recent IBM X-Force analys...

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North Korean Actors Spear Phish U.S. Electric Companies

We can confirm that FireEye devices detected and stopped spear phishing emails sent on Sept. 22, 2017, to U.S. electric companies by known cyber threat actors likely affiliated with the North Korean government. This activity was early-stage reconnaissance, and not necessarily indicative of an...

North Korean Actors Spear Phish U.S. Electric Companies

We can confirm that FireEye devices detected and stopped spear phishing emails sent on Sept. 22, 2017, to U.S. electric companies by known cyber threat actors likely affiliated with the North Korean government. This activity was early-stage reconnaissance, and not necessarily indicative of an...

North Korean Actors Spear Phish U.S. Electric Companies

We can confirm that FireEye devices detected and stopped spear phishing emails sent on Sept. 22, 2017, to U.S. electric companies by known cyber threat actors likely affiliated with the North Korean government. This activity was early-stage reconnaissance, and not necessarily indicative of an...

FormBook Malware Targets U.S. Defense Contractors, Aerospace and Manufacturing Sectors

Attackers spreading new malware called FormBook are singling out aerospace firms, defense contractors and some manufacturing organizations in the United States and South Korea. According to researchers at FireEye, FormBook was spotted in several high-volume distribution campaigns targeting the U....

Siemens 7KT PAC1200 Data Manager

CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit. Vendor: Siemens Equipment: 7KT PAC1200 data manager Vulnerability: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel AFFECTED PRODUCTS Siemens reports that the vulnerability affects the following versions of the 7KT...

DNSSEC Key Signing Key Rollover Postponed

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN has announced that the change to the Root Zone Key Signing Key KSK scheduled for October 11, 2017, has been postponed. A new date for the Key Roll has not yet been determined. DNSSEC is a set of DNS protocol extensions used to digitall...

September 28, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Hugh Hefner” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! September 28, 2017 - Headlines Twitter, With Accounts Linked to Russia, to Face...

Iranian APT33 Targets U.S. Firms with Destructive Malware

The Iranian group known as APT33 is believed to be behind a cyberespionage campaign targeting aerospace, petrochemical and energy sector firms located in the United States, Saudi Arabia and South Korea. The group’s latest attack leverages a dropper called DropShot that is tied to the StoneDrill...

Insights into Iranian Cyber Espionage: APT33 Targets Aerospace and Energy Sectors and has Ties to Destructive Malware

When discussing suspected Middle Eastern hacker groups with destructive capabilities, many automatically think of the suspected Iranian group that previously used SHAMOON – aka Disttrack – to target organizations in the Persian Gulf. However, over the past few years, we have been tracking a...

Insights into Iranian Cyber Espionage: APT33 Targets Aerospace and Energy Sectors and has Ties to Destructive Malware

When discussing suspected Middle Eastern hacker groups with destructive capabilities, many automatically think of the suspected Iranian group that previously used SHAMOON – aka Disttrack – to target organizations in the Persian Gulf. However, over the past few years, we have been tracking a...

Dragonfly 2.0: Hacking Group Infiltrated European and US Power Facilities

The notorious hacking group that has been in operation since at least 2011 has re-emerged and is still interested in targeting the United States and European companies in the energy sector. Yes, I am talking about the 'Dragonfly,' a well-resourced, Eastern European hacking group responsible for...

Angelfire: CIA’ Undetectable Implants Infect Windows Boot Sector

By Uzair Amir WikiLeaks suffered a cyber attack earlier today, but that couldnt stop the whistleblowing platform This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Angelfire: CIA Undetectable Implants Infect Windows Boot Sector...

AngelFire: CIA Malware Infects System Boot Sector to Hack Windows PCs

A team of hackers at the CIA, the Central Intelligence Agency, allegedly used a Windows hacking tool against its targets to gain persistent remote access. As part of its Vault 7 leaks, WikiLeaks today revealed details about a new implant developed by the CIA, dubbed AngelFire, to target computers...

Attacking Critical Infrastructure: The Evolution Of Kinetic Warfare

I said earlier in 2017 I believed it was quite possible that during the year a major cyberattack will occur in either the United States, the United Kingdom, or another friendly country that will require a response equivalent to a kinetic attack. In other words, a cyberattack will occur that will ...

August 23, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Boston Celtics” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! August 23, 2017 - Headlines No U.S.-Russia Cyber Unit Without Trump Notifying...

Spam and phishing in Q2 2017

Spam: quarterly highlights Delivery service Trojans At the start of Q2 2017, we registered a wave of malicious mailings imitating notifications from well-known delivery services. Trojan downloaders were sent out in ZIP archives, and after being launched they downloaded other malware –...