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October 19, 2021

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U.S. Government Issues Urgent Warning on BlackMatter Ransomware

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA) this week published a joint...

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October 19, 2021

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Nation-State APT Targets Afghans With New Toolset

A previously unseen threat actor, likely a nation-state, is targeting various entities in South Asia, with a focus on Afghanistan, according to a warning...

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October 14, 2021

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VirusTotal Shares Analysis of 80 Million Ransomware Samples

At least 130 ransomware families were active in 2020 and in the first half of 2021, according to a recent data analysis from Google’s...

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October 13, 2021

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Necro Python Botnet Starts Targeting Visual Tools DVRs

Security researchers have spotted signs of the Necro Python botnet targeting a vulnerability in Visual Tools DVR systems to install a Monero miner on...

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October 13, 2021

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OpenSSF Bags $10 Million Investment

The Linux Foundation has secured a new $10 million investment that will help  expand and support the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). The funding...

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October 13, 2021

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Intel, VMware Join Patch Tuesday Parade

Technology giants Intel Corp. and VMware joined the Patch Tuesday parade this week, rolling out fixes for security defects that expose users to malicious...

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October 12, 2021

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MS Patch Tuesday: 71 Vulns, One Exploited as Zero-Day

The Microsoft Patch Tuesday freight train for October rolled in with fixes for at least 71 security defects in Windows products and components and...

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October 12, 2021

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CISO Forum Panel: Navigating SBOMs and Supply Chain Security Transparency

At SecurityWeek’s 2021 CISO Forum, a high-powered panel of experts  discussed specific ways an SBOM can improve supply chain security and where expectations may be overblown. ...

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October 11, 2021

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Engineering Company Weir Group Discloses Ransomware Hack

Engineering company Weir Group has acknowledged it was the victim of a ransomware attack that will likely affect revenue for the third quarter of...

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October 11, 2021

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Microsoft Exposes Iran-linked APT Targeting U.S., Israeli Defense Tech Sectors

Threat hunters at Microsoft are raising the alarm about a new Iran-linked threat actor caught using password-spraying techniques to break into defense technology companies...