Threat Report 5th August 2022 – NCSC.GOV.UK
National Cyber Security Centre Threat Report 5 August 2022
US CISA security updates advisories
The US Government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued security advisories on a number of products from F5, Cisco and VMware. Cisco Releases Security Updates for RV Series Routers | CISA F5 Releases Security Updates | CISA VMware Releases Security Updates | CISA
Ransomware, the how and where and what your first step is in defending against it…
Here are a couple of stories showing that ransomware hits large and small organisations: Luxembourg energy companies struggling with alleged ransomware attack, data breach – The Record by Recorded Future At least 34 healthcare orgs affected by alleged ransomware attack on OneTouchPoint – The Record by Recorded Future The Bromford …
A combination attack that exploits the Log4j vulnerability and VMware to deliver ransomware
I have published a lot on the log4j and log4shell exploits and vulnerability. CISA issued a special warning about the long term impact of the issue: CISA advisory for continued exploitation of Log4Shell in VMware Horizon Systems – Smart Thinking Solutions Here is another real world example of the exploitation …
VMware vital security patches
These patches fix an authentication issue in various VMware products: VMSA-2022-0021 (vmware.com)
