Threat actors, just like any other software developer, are always looking for ways to improve their software. In the case of threat actors this is often done to avoid the mitigation that software vendors have put in place to defend against the malware or patch a vulnerability the threat actors …
The state of the ransomware threat
This report by Adam Janofsky at The Record shows some dipping in the number of reported ransomware attacks over the past few weeks. However there has been a measured increase in the activity of the ransomware gang LockBit. Ransomware tracker: the latest figures [June 2022] – The Record by Recorded …
Lack of knowledge will hamper anyone’s cyber security efforts
This equally applies to individuals, large and small organisations and government departments. The threat actors best friend, is when we all compartmentalise our cyber security issues, dealing with them quietly and behind closed doors – this includes trying to pay the cyber criminals off! This gives them the opportunity to …
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Three US Agencies issue an advisory about Chinese threat actors
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued a joint advisory about Chinese state sponsored threats. People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Exploit Network Providers and Devices | CISA Chinese threat actors have been detected actively …
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Confluence Server and Confluence Data Center – actively being attacked – there’s a patch UPDATE 8 June 2022
This post was first published on 4 June 2022 Following the CISA alert, about vulnerability and active exploits, Atlassian has released new versions of their collaboration software, Confluence Server and Confluence Data Center. Atlassian Releases New Versions of Confluence Server and Data Center to Address CVE-2022-26134 | CISA Update 8 …