Facebook has been in the news this week over a data breach from 2019 when over half a billion user’s details were stolen from the company. What are the security implications for businesses today? In 2019 the Facebook website was scraped to steal the account information for over 500 million users – including combinations ofRead more
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Microsoft has released an easy to install one-click mitigation tool for the critical Exchange security vulnerability known as ProxyLogon as the NCSC issues an urgent alert to UK firms. The Hafnium/Proxylogon attack against Microsoft Exchange servers worldwide is escalating. Security researchers at Checkpoint report a 10 fold increase in daily attacks against Exchange e-mail serversRead more
Programmable Logic Controllers manage industrial systems of all kinds, from oil rigs to vaccine production and one of the leading manufacturers of PLC is Rockwell Automation. A bad-as-it-gets (CVSS 10) vulnerability has been discovered that affects the Logix line of PLC devices. According to the alert issued by the US CERT: Successful exploitation of thisRead more
Microsoft has published details and out of cycle patches for several 0-day Exchange exploits under active attack. Microsoft Security Response Center advises: Due to the critical nature of these vulnerabilities, we recommend that customers apply the updates to affected systems immediately to protect against these exploits and to prevent future abuse across the ecosystem. The exploits have been linked to theRead more
A hacker tried to poison the water supply in Oldsmar, Florida by dumping caustic soda into the water by adjusting the SCADA system in control of the water treatment plant. On Friday 5th February, an operator at the water plant noticed the mouse on his screen moving and accessing the control system software for theRead more
37,000 Plex Media servers exposed to the internet are being abused in DDOS attacks according to a new security report. Plex Media Server is a personal media library and streaming platform available on Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. One of the attractions of Plex is the ability to stream your local media library to remoteRead more
The NAT Slipstreaming2.0 attack exploits the standard support for VOIP routing in NAT routers/firewalls to expose all devices on the internal network to attack from the internet. A new variant of the NAT Slipstreaming attack has been published which extends the attack to abuse the H.323 protocol used by VOIP devices to manage call forwarding. Read more
In their tenth annual Payment Security Report, Verizon reveals the security trends affecting businesses that seek PCI-DSS compliance and cybersecurity lessons applicable to all organisations. This year’s 140 page Payment Security Report from Verizon focuses on the role and challenges of the CISO and how this relates to the performance and security of businesses inRead more
Described as the most sophisticated hack ever – what is the SolarWinds hack and how might it affect your business? SolarWinds provides network monitoring software to thousands of large enterprises and government departments. One of the SolarWinds products, called Orion, was compromised in a supply chain attack, and was then used to deliver Solarigate malwareRead more
Daily GDPR breach notifications are up 20% and fines are up 39% according to a new report. Law firm DLA Piper has published their third annual GDPR Fines and Data Breech Survey which reveals the number of breaches being reported is rising along with the number and level of fines being imposed. In the post-BrexitRead more
