Tag: threat actor

Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/31/canada_cybersec_threats/ Source: The Register Title: Chinese attackers accessed Canadian government networks – for five years Feedly Summary: India makes it onto list of likely threats for the first time A report by Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) revealed that state-backed actors have collected valuable information from government networks for five years.… AI Summary…

Alerts: Fortinet Updates Guidance and Indicators of Compromise following FortiManager Vulnerability Exploitation

Oct 30, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/10/30/fortinet-updates-guidance-and-indicators-compromise-following-fortimanager-vulnerability Source: Alerts Title: Fortinet Updates Guidance and Indicators of Compromise following FortiManager Vulnerability Exploitation Feedly Summary: Fortinet has updated their security advisory addressing a critical FortiManager vulnerability (CVE-2024-47575) to include additional workarounds and indicators of compromise (IOCs). A remote, unauthenticated cyber threat actor could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive…

The Register: Russian spies use remote desktop protocol files in unusual mass phishing drive

Oct 30, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/30/russia_wrangles_rdp_files_in/ Source: The Register Title: Russian spies use remote desktop protocol files in unusual mass phishing drive Feedly Summary: The prolific Midnight Blizzard crew cast a much wider net in search of scrummy intel Microsoft says a mass phishing campaign by Russia’s foreign intelligence services (SVR) is now in its second week, and…

Cloud Blog: Hybrid Russian Espionage and Influence Campaign Aims to Compromise Ukrainian Military Recruits and Deliver Anti-Mobilization Narratives

Oct 28, 2024

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/russian-espionage-influence-ukrainian-military-recruits-anti-mobilization-narratives/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Hybrid Russian Espionage and Influence Campaign Aims to Compromise Ukrainian Military Recruits and Deliver Anti-Mobilization Narratives Feedly Summary: In September 2024, Google Threat Intelligence Group (consisting of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant) discovered UNC5812, a suspected Russian hybrid espionage and influence operation, delivering Windows and Android…

Alerts: Cisco Releases Security Bundle for Cisco ASA, FMC, and FTD Software

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Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/10/24/cisco-releases-security-bundle-cisco-asa-fmc-and-ftd-software Source: Alerts Title: Cisco Releases Security Bundle for Cisco ASA, FMC, and FTD Software Feedly Summary: Cisco released its October 2024 Semiannual Cisco ASA, FMC, and FTD Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication to address vulnerabilities in Cisco ASA, FMC, and FTD. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to…

Cisco Talos Blog: Talos IR trends Q3 2024: Identity-based operations loom large

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Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/incident-response-trends-q3-2024/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Talos IR trends Q3 2024: Identity-based operations loom large Feedly Summary: Credential theft was the main goal in 25% of incidents last quarter, and new ransomware variants made their appearance – read more about the top trends, TTPs, and security weaknesses that facilitated adversary actions. AI Summary…

The Register: Ransomware’s ripple effect felt across ERs as patient care suffers

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/24/ransomware_ripple_effect_hospitals/ Source: The Register Title: Ransomware’s ripple effect felt across ERs as patient care suffers Feedly Summary: 389 US healthcare orgs infected this year alone Ransomware infected 389 US healthcare organizations this fiscal year, putting patients’ lives at risk and costing facilities up to $900,000 a day in downtime alone, according to Microsoft.……

Cloud Blog: Investigating FortiManager Zero-Day Exploitation (CVE-2024-47575)

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/fortimanager-zero-day-exploitation-cve-2024-47575/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Investigating FortiManager Zero-Day Exploitation (CVE-2024-47575) Feedly Summary: Written by: Foti Castelan, Max Thauer, JP Glab, Gabby Roncone, Tufail Ahmed, Jared Wilson Summary In October 2024, Mandiant collaborated with Fortinet to investigate the mass exploitation of FortiManager appliances across 50+ potentially compromised FortiManager devices in various industries. The vulnerability,…

The Cloudflare Blog: 4.2 Tbps of bad packets and a whole lot more: Cloudflare’s Q3 DDoS report

Oct 23, 2024

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