cybersecurity

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

The company says it has detected unusual activity and decided to ‘reset’ its network and systems as a precaution. It shut down all external connectivity, including its delegated authority platforms, in response to the incident. “Following the unusual activity detected on Lloyd’s network, our precautionary work to secure systems has been completed overnight,” a Lloyd’s…

Application Security, Mobile Security, Software Security

Issued by: Security Week

Founded in 2017, the Pasadena, California-based firm provides organizations with privacy, cybersecurity, and optimization solutions for PC, Mac, and mobile devices. The firm offers software and services tailored for consumers and small businesses and has a global presence in 33 countries, claiming to have more than one million customers. Additionally, RealDefense offers an M&A playbook…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

GTSC, a cybersecurity company based in Vietnam, reported seeing attacks exploiting two new Microsoft Exchange zero-day vulnerabilities. The firm believes the attacks, which were first seen in August and aimed at critical infrastructure, were launched by a Chinese threat group. Technical details on the vulnerabilities have not been made public, but GTSC did say that…

Application Security, Network Security, Software Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

Fortifying cybersecurity defenses remains a work in progress for many organizations, who acknowledge their shortcomings but have yet to commit the necessary resources to the effort, new research from CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce, reveals. “Risk mitigation is the key, the filter through which everything should be viewed.”…

Network Security

Issued by: Malwarebytes

It seems like not a day goes by where we don’t hear about a local government cyberattack. Indeed, from 911 call centers to public schools, cyberattacks on local governments are as common as they are devastating. Just how often do threat actors attack local governments? A survey of 14 mainly larger US local governments found…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

The vulnerability in question is CVE-2007-4559, initially described as a directory traversal vulnerability in Python’s ‘tarfile’ module that could allow an attacker to remotely overwrite arbitrary files by convincing users to process specially crafted tar archives. The flaw was never properly patched and instead users were warned not to open archive files from untrusted sources….

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

The EU said a ransomware attack takes place every 11 seconds, and the global annual cost of cybercrime is estimated at 5.5 trillion euros in 2021. In Europe alone, cyberattacks cost between 180 and 290 billion euros each year, according to EU officials. The European Commission said an increase of cyberattacks was witnessed during the…