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Positive Technologies released a research that examines information security risks present in industrial companies, the second-most targeted sector by cybercriminals in 2020. Among key findings, an external attacker can penetrate the corporate network … Continue reading The cybersecurity of industrial companies remains low, potential damage can be severe
In its latest research, security specialist Positive Technologies documents how the market enabling initial access to corporate networks has evolved through 2020 and into early 2021, and reveals that the number of ‘access-for-sale’ ads on the dark web … Continue reading Dark web ads offering corporate network access increase seven-fold
A growing number of cybercriminals are developing malware to conduct attacks on virtualized environments, and some are aggressively trying to exploit vulnerabilities already found in software for deploying virtual infrastructure, according to a report… Continue reading Rising Threats Target Cloud Providers, Virtual Infrastructure
Cyber incidents continue to rise, ransomware accounts for nearly two-thirds of all malware attacks, and more cybercriminals are customizing malware for attacks on virtual infrastructure, Positive Technologies finds. According to the research, the numbe… Continue reading Cybercriminals customizing malware for attacks on virtual infrastructure
Attackers and bug hunters are leveraging an exploit for CVE-2020-3580 to compromise vulnerable security devices running Cisco ASA or FTD software. Active attacks apparently started after Positive Technologies researchers shared proof-of-concept (PoC) e… Continue reading Cisco security devices targeted with CVE-2020-3580 PoC exploit
Extensive analysis of cyberthreats in 2020 reveals a 91% jump in attacks on industrial companies and a 54% rise in malware-related attacks compared to 2019. Medical institutions ranked first in ransomware attacks, Positive Technologies reports. The mos… Continue reading Malware-related attacks jump by 54%
Two vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-21975, CVE-2021-21983) recently patched by VMware in its vRealize Operations platform can be chained together to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) on the underlying operating system, Positive Technologies… Continue reading VMware patches critical vRealize Operations flaws that could lead to RCE
Security researcher Alexander Popov has discovered and fixed five similar issues in the virtual socket implementation of the Linux kernel. The vulnerabilities could be exploited for local privilege escalation, as confirmed in experiments on Fedora 33 S… Continue reading Now-fixed Linux kernel vulnerabilities enabled local privilege escalation (CVE-2021-26708)
The day after VMware released fixes for a critical RCE flaw (CVE-2021-21972) found in a default vCenter Server plugin, opportunistic attackers began searching for publicly accessible vulnerable systems. We’ve detected mass scanning activity targeting vulnerable VMware vCenter servers (https://t.co/t3Gv2ZgTdt). Query our API for “tags=CVE-2021-21972” for relevant indicators and source IP addresses. #threatintel https://t.co/AcSZ40U5Gp — Bad Packets (@bad_packets) February 24, 2021 “In our opinion, the RCE vulnerability in the vCenter Server can pose no less a … More
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Positive Technologies’ experts have analyzed the ten most active forums on the dark web, which offer services for hacking websites, buying and selling databases, and accessing web resources. The research found that in the vast majority of cases on thes… Continue reading Dark web analysis shows high demand for hackers