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Europol nukes nearly 600 IP addresses in Cobalt Strike crackdown
Private sector helped out with week-long operation – but didn't touch China Europol just announced that a week-long operation at the end of June dropped nearly 600 IP addresses that supported illegal copies of Cobalt Strike.…
Ransomware scum who hit Indonesian government apologizes, hands over encryption key
Brain Cipher was never getting the $8 million it demanded anyway Brain Cipher, the group responsible for hacking into Indonesia's Temporary National Data Center (PDNS) and disrupting the country's services, has seemingly apologized for its actions and released an encryption key to the government.…
Traeger security bugs bad news for grillers with neighborly beef
Never risk it when it comes to brisket – make sure those updates are applied Keen meatheads better hope they haven't angered any cybersecurity folk before allowing their Traeger grills to update because a new high-severity vulnerability could be used for all kinds of high jinks.…
Affirm admits customer info pilfered during ransomware raid at Evolve Bank
Number of partners acknowledging data theft continues to rise The number of financial institutions caught up in the ransomware attack on Evolve Bank & Trust continues to rise as fintech businesses Wise and Affirm both confirm they have been materially affected.…
‘Almost every Apple device’ vulnerable to CocoaPods supply chain attack
Dependency manager used in millions of apps leaves a bitter taste CocoaPods, an open-source dependency manager used in over three million applications coded in Swift and Objective-C, left thousands of packages exposed and ready for takeover for nearly a decade – thereby creating opportunities for supply chain attacks…
Baddies hijack Korean ERP vendor’s update systems to spew malware
Notorious 'Andariel' crew takes a bite of HotCroissant backdoor for fresh attack A South Korean ERP vendor's product update server has been attacked and used to deliver malware instead of product updates, according to local infosec outfit AhnLab.…
Nasty regreSSHion bug in OpenSSH puts around 700K Linux boxes at risk
Full system takeovers on the cards, for those with enough patience to pull it off Glibc-based Linux systems are vulnerable to a new bug (CVE-2024-6387) in OpenSSH's server (sshd) and should upgrade to the latest version.…
Juniper Networks flings out emergency patches for perfect 10 router vuln
Get 'em while they're hot A critical vulnerability affecting Juniper Networks routers forced the vendor to issue emergency patches last week, and users are advised to apply them as soon as possible.…
Polyfill.io claims reveal new cracks in supply chain, but how deep do they go?
There will always be bad actors in the system. We can always learn from the drama they create Opinion Libraries. Hushed temples to the civilizing power of knowledge, or launchpads of global destruction? Yep, another word tech has borrowed and debased. Code libraries are essential for adding just…
CISA director: US is ‘not afraid’ to shout about Big Tech’s security failings
Jen Easterly hopes CSRB's Microsoft report won't impede future private sector collaboration CISA director Jen Easterly says the Cybersecurity Safety Review Board (CSRB) "is not afraid to say when something is amiss" in response to questions about fears around private sector collaboration following the board's scathing Microsoft report.…