The fire in the OVH datacenter also impacted APTs and cybercrime groups
The fire at the OVH datacenter in Strasbourg also impacted the command and control infrastructure used by several nation-state APT groups and cybercrime gangs. OVH, one of the largest hosting…
Protect Your Organisation Against the Threat of Magecart – The Steps Towards Mitigation
By Pedro Fortuna, CTO, Jscrambler Magecart has certainly garnered mainstream media attention over the last couple of years. Perhaps it’s the high profile nature of many of their targets (British…
CMMC – Lessons Learned to Date
By Carter Schoenberg, Vice President of Cybersecurity at SoundWay Consulting. In the January issue of Cyber Defense Magazine, my first article provided an introduction to the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification…
3 SaaS Backup Rules to Keep Your Data Safer in 2021
By Dmitry Dontov, CEO and Chief Architect of Spin Technology In the wake of the global pandemic, organizations of all types and sizes have pivoted to cloud resources to accommodate…
UnityMiner targets unpatched QNAP NAS in cryptocurrency mining campaign
Experts warn of ongoing attacks targeting QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices to abuse them in cryptocurrency mining. Researchers at 360Netlab are warning of a cryptocurrency malware campaign targeting unpatched network-attached storage…
REvil Ransomware gang uses DDoS attacks and voice calls to make pressure on the victims
The REvil ransomware operators are using DDoS attacks and voice calls to journalists and victim’s business partners to force victims to pay the ransom. The REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware operators announced that…
Four zero-days in Microsoft Exchange actively exploited in the wild
Microsoft released emergency out-of-band security updates for all supported Microsoft Exchange versions that fix four zero-day flaws. Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band security updates that address four zero-day issues (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858,…
Cyber Defense Magazine nominated Cobwebs Technologies for Its 2021 InfoSec Awards for threat intelligence
By Udi Levy, CEO & Co-Founder at Cobwebs Technologies With a growing number of malicious cyber activities, threat intelligence has become an integral part of many organizations. Most threat intelligence…
Making the Most of Virtual Cybersecurity Events for your Company and the Community
By Trevor Daughney, VP, product marketing, Exabeam With the pandemic and shutdown orders still in full effect in many regions worldwide, moving in-person events to virtual experiences is the reality…
EU leaders aim at boosting defense and security, including cybersecurity
During a video conference of the members of the European Council, EU leaders agreed on a new strategy aimed at boosting defense and security. During the recent video conference of the…
Thousands of VMware Center servers exposed online and potentially vulnerable to CVE-2021-21972 flaw
A Chinese security researcher published a PoC code for the CVE-2021-21972 vulnerability in VMware Center, thousands of vulnerable servers are exposed online. A Chinese security researcher published the Proof-of-concept exploit code for…
Does Sunburst Have Your Confidential Emails and Database Data?
By Randy Reiter CEO of Don’t Be Breached So far three malware strains have been identified in the SolarWinds supply chain attack. They are the SUNBURST, SUPERNOVA, and TEARDROP malware…