Risky Biz News: Cisco zero-day fun time is here!
In other news: PlugX USB worm infects 2.5 million devices; El Salvador crypto-service hacked; US takes down another crypto-mixing service.
Sandworm An Inspiration for Hostile Actors
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Risky Biz News: First US spyware visa ban hammer falls on 13 individuals
In other news: Pegasus used against Polish female military officers; Russian hackers used a secret Windows zero-day for years; US charges, sanctions four IRGC hackers.
Risky Biz News: FTA hacking spree continues with CrushFTP zero-day
In other news: FISA Section 702 renewed for two years; MITRE hacked by state-backed group; China bans Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp.
Risky Biz News: Authorities take down LabHost, one of the world’s largest phishing platforms
In other news: Akira ransomware group made $42 million in a year; "highly profitable trader" found guilty at trial; Kubernetes clusters hacked via OpenMetadata bugs.
Corporate Freeloading Makes Open Source Vulnerable
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Risky Biz News: PuTTY crypto bug exposes private keys, may lead to supply chain attacks
In other news: Cisco Duo discloses data breach; China tells telcos to ditch US chips; month-long brute-force campaign targets VPN devices.
Risky Biz News: Palo Alto Networks scrambles to push zero-day patch
In other news: FISA S702 reapproval passes through the House; Roku forcibly enables 2FA for all users after waves of credential-stuffing attacks; ex-Amazon engineer gets 3 years in prison for crypto-heist.
Risky Biz News: Sisense breach has CISA and everyone else panicking
In other news: Apple sends mercenary spyware notifications in 92 countries; US prepares a full Kasperksy ban; BatBadBut bug impacts multiple programming languages.
Norms? What Norms? Honeypots, Harassment On the Up
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Risky Biz News: Multi-party approval comes to Google Workspace
In other news: Ukraine suspends SBU cyber chief; hacker dumps data of most Salvadorans; Ukrainian hackers wipe Russian cloud provider.
Risky Biz News: Backdoor found in 92k D-Link NAS devices
In other news: New Ahoi attack impacts cloud VMs; Chinese info-ops adopt AI; Palau falls to ransomware attack.