The Reuters agency revealed in an exclusive that the COVID vaccine maker AstraZeneca was targeted by alleged North Korea-linked hackers. According to a report published by Reuters, suspected North Korea-linked hackers targeted AstraZeneca, one of the companies that are developing a COVID vaccine. The attack attempts took place in recent weeks, two people with knowledge […]
Manchester United is still facing problems after the cyber attack that suffered last week, it has yet to fully restore its systems. Last week Manchester United was hit by a sophisticated cyber attack, the attack took place on Friday evening and the football club shut down its systems to prevent the malware from spreading within. […]
The global impact of the Fortinet 50.000 VPN leak posted online, with many countries impacted, including Portugal. A compilation of one-line exploit tracked as CVE-2018-13379 and that could be used to steal VPN credentials from nearly 50.000 Fortinet VPN devices has posted online. This vulnerability resides in an improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory […]
Canon finally confirmed that it has suffered a ransomware attack in early August that resulted in the theft of data from its servers. Canon has finally confirmed that it was the victim of a ransomware attack in early August and that the threat actors also stole data from its servers. In August, BleepingComputer first revealed […]
The cyber-security firm Sophos is notifying customers via email about a security breach that took place earlier this week. ZDNet reported that the cyber-security firm Sophos is notifying customers via email about a security breach, the company became aware ot the incident on November 24. “On November 24, 2020, Sophos was advised of an access […]
Researcher discovers a zero-day vulnerability in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 while he was working on a Windows security tool. The French security researcher Clément Labro discovered a zero-day vulnerability was discovered while the security researcher was working on an update Windows security tool. The researcher was developing his own Windows privilege escalation enumeration […]
Belden, the manufacturer of networking and cable products, disclosed a data breach, threat actors have stolen employee and business information. The manufacturer of networking and cable products Belden disclosed a data breach, the company revealed that attackers gained “unauthorized access and copying of some current and former employee data, as well as limited company information […]
Group-IB, a global threat hunting and intelligence company, has presented its annual Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 report. In the report, the company examines key shifts in the cybercrime world internationally between H2 2019 and H1 2020 and gives forecasts for the coming year. The most severe financial damage has occurred as a result of ransomware activity. […]
2FA bypass discovered in web hosting software cPanel More than 70 million sites are managed via cPanel software, according to the company. Researchers discovered a major issue in cPanel that could be exploited by attackers to bypass two-factor authentication for cPanel accounts. Security researchers from Digital Defense have discovered a major security issue in cPanel, a popular […]
Microsoft released an out-of-band update for Windows to address authentication flaws related to a recently patched Kerberos vulnerability. Microsoft released an out-of-band update to address authentication issues in Windows related to a recently patched Kerberos vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-17049. “An out-of-band optional update is now available on the Microsoft Update Catalog to address a known […]