August 2023

In Other News: US Hacking China, Unfixed PowerShell Gallery Flaws, Free Train Tickets

In Other News: US Hacking China, Unfixed PowerShell Gallery Flaws, Free Train Tickets 18/08/2023 at 18:17 By SecurityWeek News Weekly cybersecurity news roundup that provides a summary of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar for the week of August 14, 2023. The post In Other News: US Hacking China, Unfixed PowerShell Gallery

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A closer look at Harvard and Google’s HPC heart research project

A closer look at Harvard and Google’s HPC heart research project 18/08/2023 at 17:31 By Dan Robinson That’s a massive workload you’ve got there – how much does it cost? Google is working with Harvard University on a medical research program using public cloud resources rather than a supercomputer to run very large scale simulations..…

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Railway company agrees to new safety measures following derailment

Railway company agrees to new safety measures following derailment 18/08/2023 at 17:17 By Following a train derailment in February 2023, Norfolk Southern Corp has settled with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Jenkins Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Multiple Plugins

Jenkins Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Multiple Plugins 18/08/2023 at 16:46 By Ionut Arghire Jenkins has announced patches for high and medium-severity vulnerabilities impacting several of the open source automation tool’s plugins. The post Jenkins Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Multiple Plugins appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original

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Stealthy ‘LabRat’ Campaign Abuses TryCloudflare to Hide Infrastructure

Stealthy ‘LabRat’ Campaign Abuses TryCloudflare to Hide Infrastructure 18/08/2023 at 16:46 By Ionut Arghire The ‘LabRat’ cryptomining and proxyjacking operation relies on signature-based tools and stealthy cross-platform malware, and abuses TryCloudflare to hide its C&Cs. The post Stealthy ‘LabRat’ Campaign Abuses TryCloudflare to Hide Infrastructure appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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CISA hosts nation’s largest annual election security exercise

CISA hosts nation’s largest annual election security exercise 18/08/2023 at 15:49 By This week, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) hosted the nation’s largest annual election security exercise. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Companies Respond to ‘Downfall’ Intel CPU Vulnerability 

Companies Respond to ‘Downfall’ Intel CPU Vulnerability  18/08/2023 at 15:49 By Eduard Kovacs Several major companies have published advisories in response to the Downfall vulnerability affecting Intel CPUs. The post Companies Respond to ‘Downfall’ Intel CPU Vulnerability  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source React to

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14 Suspected Cybercriminals Arrested Across Africa in Coordinated Crackdown

14 Suspected Cybercriminals Arrested Across Africa in Coordinated Crackdown 18/08/2023 at 15:49 By A coordinated law enforcement operation across 25 African countries has led to the arrest of 14 suspected cybercriminals, INTERPOL announced Friday. The exercise, conducted in partnership with AFRIPOL, enabled investigators to identify 20,674 cyber networks that were linked to financial losses of more than

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The Vulnerability of Zero Trust: Lessons from the Storm 0558 Hack

The Vulnerability of Zero Trust: Lessons from the Storm 0558 Hack 18/08/2023 at 15:49 By While IT security managers in companies and public administrations rely on the concept of Zero Trust, APTS (Advanced Persistent Threats) are putting its practical effectiveness to the test. Analysts, on the other hand, understand that Zero Trust can only be

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New Wave of Attack Campaign Targeting Zimbra Email Users for Credential Theft

New Wave of Attack Campaign Targeting Zimbra Email Users for Credential Theft 18/08/2023 at 15:49 By A new “mass-spreading” social engineering campaign is targeting users of the Zimbra Collaboration email server with an aim to collect their login credentials for use in follow-on operations. The activity, active since April 2023 and still ongoing, targets a

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LG’s $1,000 TV-in-a-briefcase is unlikely to travel much further than the garden

LG’s $1,000 TV-in-a-briefcase is unlikely to travel much further than the garden 18/08/2023 at 15:33 By Richard Currie ‘Perfect’ for your next camping trip! For three hours… We’ve all been there – the camping holiday where the Sun shines for about three hours and the rest of the trip is spent sitting in a tent

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Tammi Morton takes on Chief Security Officer role at UnitedHealth Group

Tammi Morton takes on Chief Security Officer role at UnitedHealth Group 18/08/2023 at 15:33 By Experienced security executive Tammi Morton has been named the new Chief Security Officer at UnitedHealth Group. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Israel, US to Invest $4 Million in Critical Infrastructure Security Projects

Israel, US to Invest $4 Million in Critical Infrastructure Security Projects 18/08/2023 at 14:16 By Ionut Arghire Israel and US government agencies have announced plans to invest close to $4 million in projects to improve the security of critical infrastructure systems. The post Israel, US to Invest $4 Million in Critical Infrastructure Security Projects appeared

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Federally Insured Credit Unions Required to Report Cyber Incidents Within 3 Days

Federally Insured Credit Unions Required to Report Cyber Incidents Within 3 Days 18/08/2023 at 14:16 By Ionut Arghire The National Credit Union Administration is requiring all federally insured credit unions to report cyber incidents within 72 hours of discovery. The post Federally Insured Credit Unions Required to Report Cyber Incidents Within 3 Days appeared first

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New BlackCat Ransomware Variant Adopts Advanced Impacket and RemCom Tools

New BlackCat Ransomware Variant Adopts Advanced Impacket and RemCom Tools 18/08/2023 at 14:16 By Microsoft on Thursday disclosed that it found a new version of the BlackCat ransomware (aka ALPHV and Noberus) that embeds tools like Impacket and RemCom to facilitate lateral movement and remote code execution. “The Impacket tool has credential dumping and remote service execution modules that

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What DARPA wants, DARPA gets: A non-hacky way to fix bugs in legacy binaries

What DARPA wants, DARPA gets: A non-hacky way to fix bugs in legacy binaries 18/08/2023 at 14:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo When you need to patch a problem in your drone and no one’s got the source Imagine a world where, rather than inspiring fear and trembling in even the stoutest of IT professional’s hearts, snipping

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Our AI habit is already changing the way we build datacenters

Our AI habit is already changing the way we build datacenters 18/08/2023 at 12:47 By Tobias Mann If you thought a 700W GPU was hot, imagine what it takes to keep racks full of 15kW accelerators cool Analysis  The mad dash to secure and deploy AI infrastructure is forcing datacenter operators to reevaluate the way

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4 ways simulation training alleviates team burnout

4 ways simulation training alleviates team burnout 18/08/2023 at 11:32 By Help Net Security Burnout is endemic in the cybersecurity industry, damaging the mental and physical health of cyber professionals and leaving organizations underskilled, understaffed, and overexposed to cyber risk as security leaders and team members leave for more promising career opportunities elsewhere or drop

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Zimbra users in Europe, Latin America face phishing threat

Zimbra users in Europe, Latin America face phishing threat 18/08/2023 at 11:04 By Help Net Security ESET researchers have uncovered a mass-spreading phishing campaign aimed at collecting Zimbra account users’ credentials. Zimbra Collaboration is an open-core collaborative software platform, a popular alternative to enterprise email solutions. About the Zimbra phishing campaign The campaign has been

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