Facebook announced it dismantled covert influence campaigns in some countries in the Middle East and Northern Africa, including one tied to the Saudi government. Facebook uncovered two separate influence campaigns, one originated in the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, and another in Saudi Arabia. The campaigns appeared to be distinct and involved “coordinated inauthentic behavior” […]
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Security researchers at Dragos Inc have tracked the activity of a threat actor recently discovered and dubbed Hexane. Security experts at Dragos Inc. have discovered a new threat actor, tracked as Hexane, that is targeting organizations in the oil and gas industry and telecommunication providers. The Hexane group has been active since at least the […]
Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a new Mirai Botnet that has command and control server in the Tor network to make takedowns hard. Experts at Trend Micro have discovered a new Mirai Botnet that uses a Command and Control hidden in the Tor Network, a choice that protects the anonymity of the operators and […]
MICROCHIPS Act (S. 2316) – Two US Senators have introduced a bill to protect US government supply chain against foreign sabotage and cyber espionage. Two US senators have introduced legislation a bill, dubbed Manufacturing, Investment and Controls Review for Computer Hardware, Intellectual Property and Supply ACT (MICROCHIPS Act – S. 2316) that aims at protecting […]
Cisco is going to pay $8.6 million to settle a legal dispute for selling vulnerable software to the US government. Back in 2008, a whistle-blower identifies a vulnerability in Cisco video surveillance software, but the tech giant continued to sell the software to US agencies until July 2013. The case was filed in the Federal […]
The U.S. CISA published a security advisory to warn of multiple critical vulnerabilities affecting in Prima FlexAir access control system. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published an advisory to warn of critical flaws affecting access control systems manufactured by Prima Systems. Prima access control has a wide range of solutions, including wall-mounted […]
A wave of cyber attacks hit schools of Louisiana ahead of yearâs beginning that is planned for the next week. Several schools of Louisiana were targeted by hackers ahead of yearâs beginning that is planned for the next week. The AP press states that a fourth Louisiana school district is assessing damages caused by a […]
A few hours ago, I have written about an interesting analysis of the possible hack of avionics systems, not DHS warns of cyber attacks against small airplanes. Today we introduced an interesting report published by researchers at Rapid7 about the hacking of avionics systems via CAN bus, now the DHS issues an alert to warn […]
An expert analyzed the level of security of avionics systems used in small airplanes, and the results are disconcerting. Patrick Kiley, a senior security consultant at Rapid7 conducted an investigation into the security of avionics systems inside small airplanes. The results are disconcerting it is quite easy to hack a small plane. Kiley, which is […]