June Patch Tuesday digs into 67 bugs
An extremely Windows-heavy month, with a surprise cameo by… Sophos?!
Russell Kinsaul reports a serious situation in St. Louis, Missouri: A cyberattack has caused a nationwide outage of the Code Red emergency notification system, leaving cities and counties across the St. Louis region unable to use the popular system to send tornado warnings and other emergency alerts directly to residents’ phones. Code Red has been……
Identity-based attacks are on the rise. Attacks in which malicious actors assume the identity of an entity to easily gain access to resources and sensitive data have been increasing in number and frequency over the last few years. Some recent reports estimate that 83% of attacks involve compromised secrets. According to reports such as the…
The Brussels Criminal Court has sentenced a Russian hacker to 7 years in prison. His former partner is sentenced to 5 years in prison, of which 1 year is suspended. The couple used the malicious software Crylock to remotely block computer files and demand ransom. In this way, they earned millions of euros. It is…
Ever wonder what happens when attackers don’t break the rules—they just follow them better than we do? When systems work exactly as they’re built to, but that “by design” behavior quietly opens the door to risk? This week brings stories that make you stop and rethink what’s truly under control. It’s not always about a…
Sophos Firewall is once again pioneering new innovations.
Chinese cyberspies targeted offices dealing with foreign investments and sanctions in the recent US Treasury hack. The post China Targeted Foreign Investment, Sanctions Offices in Treasury Hack: Reports appeared first on SecurityWeek.