German fuel and oil distributors disrupted by cyberattack
Petrol distributors had to re-route deliveries to keep fuel flowing to consumers and businesses across the country.
Oittanking Deutschland GmbH and Mabanaft GmbH & Co KG Group, both subsidiaries of Marquard & Bahls AG, announced that they were victims of a cyberattack over the weeke... Read more
KnowBe4 launches benchmark to compare security hygiene with industry norms
KnowBe4 has introduced the Security Culture Survey benchmark to help companies improve their security culture.
Many organizations invest in security awareness and hygiene among employees. Security awareness programs are commonplace. KnowBe4 developed a benchmark to keep programs and corporate cu... Read more
Belgian port giant Sea-Invest hit by hacking attack
The site of Sea-Invest in Ghent, a Belgian port terminal, has shut down all operations due to a hacking attack. This is reported by the Belgian newspaper De Tijd.
According to De Tijd, operations at Sea-Invest have been at a standstill since January 28 due to a cyber attack. Sea-Invest is a glob... Read more
Check Point invests in code security through Spectral acquisition
Check Point is investing in code security. To this end, the organization acquired Spectral, an Israeli startup offering solutions for quick code security.
The acquisition provides Check Point with technology for securing code and cloud environments. The price of Spectral has not been disclosed. ... Read more
600,000 WordPress websites threatened by critical RCE vulnerability
Multiple versions of WordPress plugin 'Essential Addons for Elementor' are vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE). The plugin is used by hundreds of thousands of websites. The vulnerability is present in every version prior to 5.0.5.
Its attack surface is huge. According to WordPress, the plu... Read more
‘We’ve mitigated the largest DDoS attack reported in history’
Microsoft announces that Azure DDoS Protection defended against a DDoS attack of 3.47 Tbps in November 2021. "The largest attack reported in history", Microsoft says.
DDoS attackers use the connectivity of hacked devices to fire a large number of data packets at a target. If a target cannot pro... Read more
New exploit in Windows 10 makes everyone an admin
A new vulnerability in Windows 10 allows hackers to become administrators. Microsoft has fixed the vulnerability with a security update.
CVE-2022-21882 was discovered in December by security expert RyeLv. The vulnerability allows hackers to call the relevant user-level GUI API to make kernel cal... Read more
‘Social media fraudsters pocketed 690 million euros’
95,000 US residents fell victim to social media fraud in 2021. The total damage amounts to 770 million dollars (690 million euros).
The Federal Trade Commission (US market watchdog) shares the news in a report. One in four of all fraud victims was misled by an ad or post on social media. The com... Read more
Portnox raises $22 million in its Series A investment to fund growth
Portnox, a network security startup, officially known as Access Layers, announced on Thursday that it has closed a $22-million funding round. The Series A investment was led by Elsewhere partners and is going to fuel growth plans by the startup.
Large companies can have corporate networks spanni... Read more
Malware attacks via Excel XLL files rose by nearly 600 percent
Cyber attacks based on Microsoft Excel add-in files (.XLL) increased by nearly 600 percent in 2021. In a new report, security researchers at HP Wolf Security disclose how the file type is being exploited.
Excel add-in files (.XLL) allow DLL files to be opened within Excel sheets. Cybercriminals ... Read more