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FireEye, which monitors malware as SILENTNIGHT, reported seeing malicious emails in the “individuals in companies across a wide variety of industries and geographies” inboxes. Emails have the subject line “COVID-19 payment” and contain malicious documents called “COVID 19 relief.” Emails seem to target primary users in the US, Canada, and Australia and targets in ea. The emails sent to Canadians state that the payment authorized by Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, and they assert that if they fill out a questionnaire, the recipient will receive a check for 2,500 Canadian dollars....

Researchers from Claroty, an industrial cybersecurity firm, found potentially serious vulnerabilities in Secomea GateManager, Moxa EDR-G902 and EDR-G903, and eWon for HMS Networks. Several companies use the products for remote management and monitoring of ICS like programmable logic controllers ( PLCs), input / output devices, and field devices. Claroty says the impacted VPNs are commonly used in the oil and gas and utility sectors and exploitation may lead attackers to gain access to field devices and potentially cause physical damage....

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that 127 recommendations still need to be addressed, most of them from past assessments. Of these, 107 were taken from previous audits, and 20 were added to the latest assessment. The most important part concerns access controls while others relate to configuration management, task segregation and contingency planning. The new recommendations in the GAO report concern 14 new security information system failures in the above areas....

Becoming a Security Expert A cyber security expert’s job entails defending computer systems, networks, and online data from external attacks and infiltration methods. If you’re pursuing a career in cyber security, assess whether you have the motivation and passion to make it a long-term commitment. You must have a thorough understanding of how computers and digital networks work. This is the field for you if you’re interested in the science of building hacker-proof digital systems and keeping up with the latest advances in the world of cyber security....

IPTV stands for Internet Protocol Television. Television is a catch-all phrase for services that allow users to watch television over the internet. Online streaming and VOD (video on demand) are common types of IPTV used to watch your favorite TV shows and movies in a world where convenience is king. IPTV is a type of on-demand access that allows viewers to watch what they want, when they want, rather than using analog transmissions to offer consumers with a defined schedule of TV....

And, if you look forward to downloading the app to your smartphone, in case. Then all the moves you have to take are here: Why is it better than other apps? One of the main reasons why TutuApp is popular among iOS users is that the app has a broad range of games and features that can’t be found on the Apple App Store. Even the app allows unrestricted uploading of paid apps....

Nevertheless, it’s necessary to remember that online dangers from hackers, malware, and viruses looking to infect systems, and other risks are still lurking. Agencies must be mindful to protect themselves to avoid coming unstuck by a ransomware infection or other bad outcome. Assess the Biggest Risks Before implementing protection measures against viruses, malware, and other concerns, it’s a good idea to assess what are the worst risks online. To do so, consider the potential risks to determine which are most relevant to your organization and/or the likelier to occur....

JBS SA, based in Brazil, announced on May 31 that it had been the victim of a ransomware attack, but it wasn’t until Wednesday that the company’s US division verified that it had paid the ransom. JBS USA CEO Andre Nogueira remarked, “This was a very difficult decision to make for our company and for me personally.” “However, we felt it was necessary to make this choice in order to avoid any potential danger to our customers....

The publicly disclosed vulnerabilities have been categorised as significant severity and their exploitation can lead to the disclosure of information or the escalation of privilege. The .NET framework is affected by a majority of Windows effects and one. The .NET vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to access memory, precisely the memory structure, of the targeted device. Exploitation requires a specially designed programme to be performed. The Windows Error Reporting (WER) component is affected by another disclosed flaw and it can be leveraged for privilege escalation....

The Microsoft Security Response Center yesterday published a security advisory on the issue of denial of service (DOS) affecting Microsoft’s web server technology, IIS (Internet Information Services). HTTP / 2 is the latest version of the HTTP protocol, which supports what is known as the World Wide Web (www), a part of the Internet accessible to regular users in their browsers. Microsoft says that there are circumstances in which IIS servers can spike to 100 percent using HTTP / 2 requests, blocking or slowing the entire system effectively....

Via a seed round in late 2014, the firm received its first external investment and has steadily added funding over the years, with the cumulative sum raised by the company currently at $22.5 million. The new funding will be used by Mission Secure to advance its product products and add more expertise to support its managed services division. Visibility, segmentation and other safeguards for operational technology (OT) environments are incorporated in the company’s cornerstone cyber-protection platform and offers signal-integrity tracking, a strategy that goes beyond looking at network traffic only and measures physical process signals (Level 0 on the Purdue Model) to locate risks and secure infrastructure....

It also supports modes to offer a favicon that looks like a lock icon, selective logging and denial of session. Step 1: We should set our machine in forwarding modes to enable our machine to forward every packet not intended for your machine. echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward Step 2: Iptables must be set to redirect traffic from port 80 to port 8080. iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp –destination-port 80 -j REDIRECT –to-port 8080 Step 3: You need to find our network gateway!...

Mobile Device Manager It’s a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) world out there. Your work is made even more difficult by the growth of user-selected devices that use a range of operating systems and service providers. You also can’t put your IT systems’ integrity and security at risk. ITarian’s mobile device management (MDM) allows you to manage a wide range of mobile devices, much like your users. How does ITarian MDM help you?...

How to avoid getting infected COVID-19 by your phone? Yes, as the epidemic is showing no signs of letting-up, international media has begun talking to leading cell phone manufacturers for their comments on how to clean their phones. Apple and Samsung have come out with advisories on how their phones can be disinfected without damaging them. Looking at the way we care little about mobile device hygiene, the ubiquitous mobile phone can become a lethal medium of the Coronavirus spread....

FTP, which is based on a client-server approach and has been around for around five decades, provides for the simple transmission of files and directories between computers. The protocol, however, has long been regarded as insecure due to the fact that data is transferred without encryption. There are secure variations, such as one that uses SSL/TLS (FTPS) or the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). FTP has been supported by all major browsers almost since the beginning, however security concerns have led to declining adoption and deprecation in favour of more secure alternatives....

The researcher has found this ongoing ransomware infection identified with the Emotet and TrickBot infection in the various networks. Ryuk Ransomware, initially uncovered in August 2018, has since infected various organizations and compromised them and stealed millions of dollars from victims. Emotet is one of the world’s famous malware families which infects various victims and serves as a dropper for other Trojans ‘ initial stage infection. Trickbot is a banking malware that robs applications of login credentials....

The Team Cymru State of Attack Surface Management Report covers multiple aspects of ASM. With over 30 questions, it illuminates everything from why organizations deploy ASM solutions, to their experience, and how they would like to use ASM solutions in the future. A critical finding of this report indicates that integration with security information and event management (SIEM) and security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) technologies is essential. In fact, integration with SIEM/SOAR is the most sought-after capability for an ASM solution....

According to Cisco Talos security analysts, the attack is aimed at those who believe they were targeted by the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware and are linked to nation-state action, but Talos has yet to identify a specific threat actor. Pegasus is a controversial surveillance software tool that has been reportedly utilised by oppressive governments in campaigns targeting journalists, human rights activists, and other individuals who oppose the regime, despite claims of lawful use....

Detailed in 2018 for the first time, Zebrocy has been affiliated with APT28 (also known as Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sednit, and Strontium), a Russia-linked state-sponsored threat actor, which has been involved since at least 2007. Although some security analysts see Zebrocy as a distinct foe, others have seen similarities between different threat actors operating out of Russia, including a correlation between attacks by GreyEnergy and Zebrocy. QuoINT’s security researchers announce that the recently detected programme, which presumably began on August 5, employed the Delphi version of Zebrocy malware and a command and control (C&C) infrastructure hosted in France....

Matten Nelson and Vasily Kravets, security scientists, both lately found the same vulnerability in commonly used Steam Client software and said that Valve would not fix it because its vulnerability reporting program is “out of scope.” Nelson told the vulnerability would not be fixed After this huge outcry, Valve altered her mind and published a correction. Unfortunately, however, there is still another likewise reported vulnerability. You may use the following free web scanning tool to know the issue directly....