REvil hacking group arrested by Russian intelligence agency
REvil has been busted. The Russian government launched a manhunt for members of the hacking group. The FSB, a Russian intelligence agency, announces that 14 members were arrested and charged.
The FSB searched dozens of homes and detained 14 people. The intelligence agency seized 426 million rubl... Read more
‘More external WordPress plugins with vulnerabilities in 2021’
In a recent study, Risk Based Security concludes that the number of third-party WordPress plugins with vulnerabilities has increased significantly in the past year.
According to the security specialists, 10,359 vulnerabilities were discovered in 2021 among providers of WordPress plugins. A total... Read more
Cyber attack takes down Ukrainian government websites
The attack warned Ukrainians to "be afraid and expect the worst"
Ukraine was the victim of a “massive” cyber-attack this week, with the websites of several government departments including the ministry of foreign affairs and the education ministry knocked out.
Ukrainian officials told Reu... Read more
‘Companies often struggle to implement zero trust policies’
Most companies consider implementing a zero trust policy, but struggle with its actual implementation.
In a survey by Fortinet, over half of the companies indicate difficulties translating a zero trust vision into practical measures and solutions. Especially the lack of consistent authentication... Read more
2022 is the year of API security, Salt Security plays an important role
APIs are tremendously useful and are in use almost everywhere these days. But how do you make sure that attackers can't abuse them? That's the question Salt Security took up in 2016. We spoke with co-founder and CEO Roey Eliyahu and also received a demo of Salt's platform.
APIs are getting a lot... Read more
SentinelOne integrates security services with ServiceNow
SentinelOne has integrated its security services in ServiceNow's solutions. To this end, the security specialist introduces the SentinelOne app for ServiceNow Security Incident Response (SIR).
According to both vendors, the joint solution should improve the threat and incident response of securi... Read more
Fortinet discovers cybercriminals use Omicron news to spread malware
Fortinet warns Windows users about the spread of Redline malware using the news on COVID-19’s latest variant Omicron. The FortiGuard Labs believe that hackers are leveraging the pandemic to gain access to user information and credentials.
The researchers at FortiGuard discovered that Redline m... Read more
EU Parliament wants the bloc’s governments investigated over Pegasus-related rights abuses
European Parliament lawmakers on Wednesday called for the formation of a committee to investigate rights abuses by European Union governments. The spyware in question is Israel’s NSO Group’s Pegasus.
Over in Poland, the Polish Senate gave formal approval for the formation of a committee to i... Read more
Micro Focus launches CyberRes Galaxy, threat intelligence for CISOs
Micro Focus introduces CyberRes Galaxy. The solution provides threat insights and forecasts of organizations' annual security costs.
CyberRes Galaxy contains a wealth of global threat intelligence from Micro Focus. That information is supplemented by a user's corporate data. Thereby, CyberRes G... Read more
‘Vulnerability in Windows RDP protocol enables MITM attack’
A vulnerability in the Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) allows users connected to a remote machine to access connected devices of other users. The threat was recently observed by security specialists at CyberArk Labs. Hackers can exploit the vulnerability for a Man-In-The-Middle (MITM) attack.... Read more