Cisco Data Breach Attributed to Lapsus$ Ransomware Group

Analysis shows attackers breached employee credentials with voice phishing and were preparing a ransomware attack against Cisco Systems. A month after confirming its systems were breached, networking giant Cisco reported that the attack was a failed ransomware attempt conducted on behalf of the Lapsus$ group. The cybercriminals obtained access to Cisco’s systems with a social engineering attack that began with […]

Hackerangriff auf Therme Bad Waltersdorf

Internationale Hacker-Gruppe hat in der Steiermark zugeschlagen. Betroffen ist die Therme Bad Waltersdorf. Besucher können aktuell im Gastrobereich nur bar oder mit Bankomatkarte zahlen, auch das Online-Buchungssystem ist betroffen. Entspannen ist trotz des Hackerangriffs möglich. Gäste können nur nicht mit den Chiparmbändern im Gastrobereich bezahlen Erst in der vergangenen Woche war die Stadt Feldbach von einem […]

Uber’s ex-security chief faces landmark trial over data breach that hit 57m users

Joe Sullivan’s trial is believed to be the first case of an executive facing criminal charges over such a breach The US district court in San Francisco will hear arguments on whether Joe Sullivan failed to properly disclose a 2016 breach. Photograph: Richard Drew/AP Uber’s former security officer, Joe Sullivan, is standing trial this week in […]

Cisco confirms hackers leaked stolen company data

Tech giant Cisco confirmed that data Yanluowang ransomware gang published on its leak site was stolen during the May cyberattack. The company earlier said that it had suffered from a cyberattack in May. However, the admission came only after ransomware group Yanluowang published the list of stolen data on its website. The group started posting the […]

BMW und AWS werten Fahrzeugdaten aus

Die BMW Group und AWS bauen gemeinsam eine IT-Umgebung, um Fahrzeugdaten auszuwerten. Die Kontrolle über die Daten bleibt beim Münchner Automobilhersteller. Die BMW Group bearbeitet Fahrzeugdaten in der Cloud von Amazon Web Services (AWS). Zugang zu den Informationen haben ausschließlich Mitarbeiter von BMW. Foto: BMW Group Eine cloudgestützte Software-Umgebung, mit der sich Fahrzeugdaten speichern und […]

Agencies Shouldn’t ‚Just Trust‘ Software Vendors‘ Security Assurances, IG Warns

NIST advisors debating the merits of OMB’s policy on software vendors’ “self-attestation” to secure development practices found common ground on a need for audits and testing.   A key National Institute of Standards and Technology advisor expressed skepticism at a recent meeting about a policy that encourages agencies to accept software vendors’ security promises. The […]

Abzocke bei Amazon: Verbraucherzentrale warnt vor neuer Betrugsmasche

Die Verbraucherzentrale warnt Amazon-Kunden vor einer neuen Betrugsmasche. Wie die Betrüger vorgehen und was Sie jetzt beachten sollten, erklären wir Ihnen hier. Wichtige Warnung an Amazon-Kunden: Wie die Verbraucherzentrale Niedersachsen berichtet, ist aktuell eine perfide Betrugsmasche im Umlauf. Kunden berichten, dass Sie nach dem Kauf eines Artikels eine Mail vom Verkäufer erhielten, in der zu lesen war, […]

Actively exploited Windows MoTW zero-day gets unofficial patch

A free unofficial patch has been released for an actively exploited zero-day that allows files signed with malformed signatures to bypass Mark-of-the-Web security warnings in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Last weekend, BleepingComputer reported that threat actors were using stand-alone JavaScript files to install the Magniber ransomware on victims‘ devices. When a user downloads a file from the Internet, […]

96% of companies report insufficient security for sensitive cloud data

Organizations are also having trouble tracking data in the cloud, which contributes to dark data. CIS The vast majority of organizations lack confidence in securing their data in cloud, while many companies acknowledge they lack sufficient security even for their most sensitive data, according to a new report by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). The […]

AFRL developing ‘cyber range’ for space operators

Brian Engberg, AFRL’s space control branch chief, hosted the lab’s Space Cyber Summit at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. in October 2021. Credit: AFRL Space Force would use the cyber training range to practice defending satellites using actual spacecraft in orbit WASHINGTON — The Air Force Research Laboratory plans to use experimental cubesats to create […]