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Cyber Security Monitor Alerts News Notifications. We monitor and send notifications on the latest Cyber Security alerts, blogs, news on data breaches and emerging cyber threats.
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Joint NCSC-CISA-FBI-NSA Cybersecurity Advisory on Russian SVR Activity
Original release date: May 7, 2021 CISA has joined with the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA), in releasing a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) tactics, techniques, and procedures. Further TTPs associated with SVR cyber actors provides additional… Read more
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Critical Cisco SD-WAN, HyperFlex Bugs Threaten Corporate Networks
The networking giant has rolled out patches for remote code-execution and command-injection security holes that could give attackers keys to the kingdom. Read more
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Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox
Original release date: May 6, 2021 Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Mozilla Security Advisory for Firefox 88.0.1 and apply the necessary updates. This product is provided subject to this… Read more
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CISA Releases Analysis Reports on New FiveHands Ransomware
Original release date: May 6, 2021 CISA is aware of a recent, successful cyberattack against an organization using a new ransomware variant, known as FiveHands, that has been used to successfully conduct a cyberattack against an organization. CISA has released AR21-126A: FiveHands Ransomware and MAR-10324784-1.v1: FiveHands Ransomware to provide analysis of the threat actor’s tactics, techniques,… Read more
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Anti-Spam WordPress Plugin Could Expose Website User Data
‘Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk’ is installed on more than 100,000 sites — and could offer up sensitive info to attackers that aren’t even logged in. Read more
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Raft of Exim Security Holes Allow Linux Mail Server Takeovers
Remote code execution, privilege escalation to root and lateral movement through a victim’s environment are all on offer for the unpatched or unaware. Read more
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Pulse Secure VPNs Get a Fix for Critical Zero-Day Bugs
The security flaw tracked as CVE-2021-22893 is being used by at least two APTs likely linked to China, to attack U.S. defense targets among others. Read more
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Apple Fixes Zero‑Day Security Bugs Under Active Attack
On Monday, Apple released a quartet of unscheduled updates for iOS, macOS, and watchOS, slapping security patches on flaws in its WebKit browser engine. Read more
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Hundreds of Millions of Dell Users at Risk from Kernel-Privilege Bugs
The privilege-escalation bug remained hidden for 12 years and has been present in all Dell PCs, tablets and notebooks shipped since 2009. Read more
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New Attacks Slaughter All Spectre Defenses
The 3+ years computer scientists spent concocting ways to defend against these supply-chain attacks against chip architecture? It’s bound for the dustbin. Read more