French president pushes for Israeli inquiry into NSO spyware concerns Emmanuel Macron has reportedly spoken to the Israeli prime minister, Naftali Bennett, to ensure that the Israeli government is properly investigating allegations that the French president could have been targeted…
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, July 19-23, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Shawn M. Bowen, CISO, World Fuel Services Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is live every Thursday at…
Leaked NSO group data hints at widespread Pegasus spyware infections Israeli-based NSO Group is being investigated due to reports that allege that its Pegasus malware is being used to target activists, journalists, business executives and politicians on a widespread level,…
Israeli firm uses Windows zero-days to deploy spyware Microsoft and Citizen Lab have linked Israeli spyware company Candiru (also tracked as Sourgum) to new Windows spyware dubbed DevilsTongue deployed using now patched Windows zero-day vulnerabilities. “Candiru is a secretive Israel-based…
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, July 12-16, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Norman Hunt, deputy CISO, GEICO Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is live every Thursday at 4pm PT/7pm…
REvil web sites mysteriously shut down While it is not unheard of for REvil sites to lose connectivity for some time,for all sites to shut down simultaneously is unusual. Furthermore, the decoder[.]re clear website is no longer resolvable by DNS…
Cyber-attack hits Iran’s transport ministry and railways Websites of Iran’s transport and urbanization ministry went out of service on Saturday after a “cyber-disruption” in computer systems, the official IRNA news agency reported. This follows an outage on Friday, in which…
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, July 5-9, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Shawn M. Bowen, CISO, World Fuel Services Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is live every Thursday at…
Kaseya patches imminent after zero-day exploits The worldwide attacks on the Kaseya Virtual System/Server Administrator (VSA) platform by the REvil ransomware gang turn out to be the result of exploits for at least one zero-day security vulnerability, and the company…
Kaseya was fixing zero-day just as REvil sprang their attack The zero-day vulnerability used to breach on-premise Kaseya VSA servers was in the process of being fixed, just as the REvil ransomware gang used it to perform a massive Friday…
