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‘Tortilla’ Wraps Exchange Servers in ProxyShell Attacks
A new-ish threat actor sometimes known as “Tortilla” is launching a fresh round of ProxyShell attacks on Microsoft Exchange servers, this time with the aim of inflicting vulnerable servers with variants of the Babuk ransomware. Cisco Talos researchers said in a Wednesday report that they spotted...
New York Times Journalist Hacked with NSO Spyware
Citizen Lab is reporting that a New York Times journalist was hacked with the NSO Groups spyware Pegasus, probably by the Saudis. The world needs to do something about these cyberweapons arms manufacturers. This kind of thing isnt enough; NSO Group is an Israeli company...
foresthealthtracker.dnr.wa.gov Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2189267
Following the 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. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...
REvil Ransomware Gang Goes Underground After Tor Sites Were Compromised
REvil, the notorious ransomware gang behind a string of cyberattacks in recent years, appears to have gone off the radar once again, a little over a month after the cybercrime group staged a surprise return following a two-month-long hiatus. The development, first spotted by Recorded Future's...
twp.washington.nj.us Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2137382
Following the 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...
Babuk Ransomware Builder Mysteriously Appears in VirusTotal
The Babuk ransomware gang’s source code has been uploaded to VirusTotal, making it available to all security vendors and competitors. It’s unclear however just how that happened. According to a Wednesday posting from Malwarebytes, the operators of the ransomware – perhaps best-known for hitting t...
EU to Launch Bloc-wide Rapid Response Joint Cyber Unit
By Deeba Ahmed The task force is quite similar to Washington’s ransomware task force, but the EU’s version will coordinate with authorities across the bloc. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: EU to Launch Bloc-wide Rapid Response Joint Cyber Unit...
Ransomware to be investigated like terrorism
The impact of recent ransomware attacks on vital infrastructure in the US has triggered a reaction from the US Attorney’s office. In an internal guidance it says that all ransomware investigations in the field should be centrally coordinated with a recently created task force in Washington...
Babuk Ransomware Gang Mulls Retirement
Just a few days after hackers bragged about purportedly raiding the computer systems of the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department MPD and doxxing what looked like its data, the Babuk ransomware-as-a-service RaaS gang prepared a goodbye note saying that they’re hanging up its spurs...
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid-Shaped Bike Rack
Theres a new squid-shaped bike rack in Ballard, WA. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here...
US Sanctions Russia and Expels 10 Diplomats Over SolarWinds Cyberattack
The U.S. and U.K. on Thursday formally attributed the supply chain attack of IT infrastructure management company SolarWinds with "high confidence" to government operatives working for Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service SVR. "Russia's pattern of malign behaviour around the world – whether in...
Fake Trezor app steals more than $1 million worth of crypto coins
Several users of Trezor, a small hardware device that acts as a cryptocurrency wallet, have been duped by a fake app with the same name. The app was available on Google Play and Apple’s App Store and also claimed to be from SatoshiLabs, the creators of Trezor. According to the Washington Post, th...
2034, Part II: Blackout in Washington, DC
“So much was happening and yet they had no news. Everything had been compromised.”...
Data Breach Exposes 1.6 Million Jobless Claims Filed in the Washington State
The Office of the Washington State Auditor SAO on Monday said it's investigating a security incident that resulted in the compromise of personal information of more than 1.6 million people who filed for unemployment claims in the state in 2020. The SAO blamed the breach on a software vulnerabilit...
Data Breach Exposes 1.6 Million Jobless Claims Filed in the Washington State
The Office of the Washington State Auditor SAO on Monday said it's investigating a security incident that resulted in the compromise of personal information of more than 1.6 million people who filed for unemployment claims in the state in 2020. The SAO blamed the breach on a software vulnerabilit...
Lawmakers Take Aim at Insidious Digital ‘Dark Patterns’
A new California law prohibits efforts to trick consumers into handing over data or money. A bill in Washington state copies the language...
The Race Is On to Identify and Stop Inauguration Rioters
As tech companies scramble to tackle the extreme far-right, police and law enforcement are encasing Washington, DC, in a ring of steel...
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: Im speaking online at Western Washington University on January 20, 2021. Details to come. I’ll be speaking at an Informa event on February 28, 2021. Details to come. The list is maintained on this page...
washington.hirecentral.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-1476358
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...
washingtondcregisteredagent.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-1474320
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...