According to John Hultquist, VP of Intelligence Analysis, Mandiant, Iranian state hackers are specifically aggressive with this Log4j vulnerability. Cybersecurity firms Mandiant and CrowdStrike have confirmed that Iranian and Chinese…
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Espionage Hacking Campaign Is Targeting Telecom Operators
A fresh espionage hacking effort targeting Middle Eastern and Asian telecommunications and IT service companies was recently discovered. The operation has been running for six months, and it may have…
Log4j flaw: Now state-backed hackers are using bug as part of attacks, warns Microsoft
State-sponsored hackers from China, Iran, North Korea and Turkey have started testing, exploiting and using the Log4j bug to deploy malware, including ransomware, according to Microsoft. As predicted by…
Suspected espionage campaign targets telecoms, IT service firms in Middle East
Written by AJ Vicens Dec 14, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP Hackers targeted a string of telecommunication operators and IT service organizations in the Middle East and Asia over the last six…
Microsoft December 2021 Patch Tuesday: Zero-day exploited to spread Emotet malware
Microsoft has released 67 security fixes for software including seven critical issues and a zero-day flaw being actively exploited by cybercriminals. In the Redmond giant’s latest round of patches, usually released…
What the Log4Shell Bug Means for SMBs: Experts Weigh In
An exclusive roundtable of security researchers discuss the specific implications of CVE-2021-44228 for smaller businesses, including what’s vulnerable, what an attack looks like and to how to remediate. News of…
‘Seedworm’ Attackers Target Telcos in Asia, Middle East
The focused attacks aimed at cyberespionage and lateral movement appear to hint at further ambitions by the group, including supply-chain threats. Attackers targeting telcos across the Middle East and Asia…
Kronos Ransomware Outage Drives Widespread Payroll Chaos
Kronos, the workforce-management provider, said a weeks-long outage of its cloud services is in the offing, just in time to hamstring end-of-year HR activities like bonuses and vacation tracking. Kronos,…
Where the Latest Log4Shell Attacks Are Coming From
Analysts find at least 10 Linux botnets actively exploiting Log4Shell flaw. Cybersecurity professionals across the world have been scrambling to shore up their systems against a critical remote code-execution (RCE)…