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Lockbit ransomware gang hit the Portuguese municipal water utility Aguas do Porto

Issued by: Security Affairs

The LockBit ransomware gang claims to have hacked Aguas do Porto, a Portuguese municipal water utility company, and is threatening to leak the stolen data. Aguas do Porto is a municipal water utility company that manages the full water cycle including water supply, and wastewater drainage. The company also manages public lighting and photovoltaic parks….

Vulnerabilities

NSA Chief Says DNC Email Leak Was Deliberate Act

Issued by: Dark Reading

In some of the most unequivocal comments on the issue so far, the director of the National Security Agency (NSA) Michael Rogers this week labeled the leak of emails belonging to the Democratic National Committee in July as a deliberate action by a state actor with specific motives. Rogers, who also heads the US Cyber…

Application Security

Cisco Resets Passwords on Careers Portal

Issued by: Security Week

Cisco last week prompted a password reset for the user accounts on its Cisco Professional Careers mobile website after a security researcher discovered a vulnerability in the portal. The networking giant decided to reset the user passwords to ensure that accounts are kept secure, and says that the issue would have resulted in exposing “a…