China Cyberwar Coming? Versa’s Vice: Volt Typhoon’s Target
Richi Jennings | | CenturyLink, china, china espionage, China-linked Hackers, China-nexus cyber attacks, China-nexus cyber espionage, CVE-2024-39717, Lumen, Lumen Technologies, Peoples Republic of China, SB Blogwatch, Versa Director, Versa Neworks, VersaMem, Volt TyphoonXi whiz: Versa Networks criticized for swerving the blame ... Read More
Fortinet Debuts Sovereign SASE, Updates Unified SASE With FortiAI
Security specialist Fortinet announced the debut of Sovereign SASE and the integration of Generative AI (GenAI) technology into its Unified SASE offering ... Read More
Broadcom Extends VMware Cybersecurity Portfolio
Broadcom today at the VMware Explore 2024 conference extended its VMware vDefend portfolio to include generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in addition to extending its software-defined edge computing portfolio to provide deeper integrations with networking and security platforms that its VMware business unit provides ... Read More
‘Terrorgram’ Telegram Terrorists Trash Transformers — Grid in Peril
Richi Jennings | | Anti-Terrorism, Child Abuse, child exploitation, Child Online Safety, child porn, child pornography, Child protection, Child Safety, child sexual exploitation, childpornography, Counter-Terrorism, counterterrorism, CSAM, Data encryption, E2EE, encryption, end-to-end encryption, extremism, france, ICS, ICS/SCADA systems, Pavel Durov, Privacy, Russia, SB Blogwatch, Telegram, Telegram app, Terrorgram, Terrorism, terrorist, terrorist attack, Terrorist attacksShould’ve listened to Edison: After the arrest of Pavel Durov—the Telegram CEO—comes news of domestic extremists using the chat app to organize ... Read More
LockBit, RansomHub Lead Ransomware Attacks in July
Global ransomware attacks surged by 19% in July compared to June, climbing from 331 to 395 incidents, according to the latest data from NCC Group ... Read More
Miggo Uncovers AWS Load Balancer Security Flaw
Miggio has discovered a configuration-based vulnerability that enables cybercriminals to bypass authentication and authorization services provided by the Application Load Balancer (ALB) from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that could affect more than 15,000 potentially vulnerable applications ... Read More
Event Logging Key to Detecting LOTL Attacks, Security Agencies Say
A report by CISA, the FBI, the NSA, and international agencies lay out the argument that event logging tools help enterprises better detect attacks that rely on LOTL techniques used by threat groups to evade security protections during an attack ... Read More
Audit: FBI is Losing Track of Storage Devices Holding Sensitive Data
DOJ inspectors have found the FBI is not labeling hard drives and other storage devices holding sensitive that are slated for destruction, making them hard to track, and that boxes of them can sit in a poorly secured facility for months ... Read More
Pig Butchering at Heart of Bank Failure — CEO Gets 24 Years in Jail
Richi Jennings | | #PigButchering, Crypto, crypto cons, crypto crime, crypto currency, cryptocurrency, Heartland Tri-State Bank, online romance scam, pig butchering, Pig Butchering Scams, romance, romance fraud, romance scam, romance scammers, romance scams, SB Blogwatch, Shan HanesOink, oink, FAIL—you’re in jail: Kansas bank chief exec Shan Hanes stole money from investors, a church and others to buy cryptocurrency to feed a scam ... Read More
Report: Manufacturing Remains Atop Cyberattack Leader Board
A report published today by Critical Start, a provider of managed cybersecurity services, finds cyberattacks in the first half of 2024 continued to focus on vertical industries that are rich in critical data that can either be encrypted or stolen. For example, the manufacturing and industrial products sector remains the ... Read More
