Summary:
- Chinese state-sponsored hackers breached the systems of two dozen critical entities in the US, including gas and oil pipelines, a water utility, and a major port. [hashtags: Cyberwarfare, Cybercrime, DataBreaches]
- Ukraine's defense intelligence claims to have wiped over 2,300 servers belonging to Russia's federal tax service, erasing databases and preventing regional servers from connecting. [hashtags: Cyberwarfare, NationState]
- A SIM swapper in Texas was sentenced to prison for using SIM swapping to steal over $600,000 in cryptocurrency. [hashtags: Cybercrime, Cryptocurrency]
- French police apprehended an individual connected to the Hive ransomware gang and found over €570,000 in cryptocurrency on his phone. [hashtags: Cybercrime, Ransomware]
- CISA assigned a CVE identifier to a vulnerability in Unitronics Vision PLC that was exploited in recent attacks on the US water sector. [hashtags: WaterAttacks, Vulnerabilities]
- Akamai identified new DNS spoofing attacks that exploit Microsoft DHCP servers, allowing attackers to access DNS zones without authentication. [hashtags: DNSspoofing, Cybersecurity]
- Tenable discovered vulnerabilities in Edulog's parental portal that exposed K-12 student information and school district details. [hashtags: DataBreaches, Education]
- Fortinet, Zoom, Palo Alto Networks, and Ivanti released patches for various vulnerabilities in their software. [hashtags: Cybersecurity, SoftwarePatches]
- Industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos' CEO joined venture capital firm DataTribe as a venture partner. [hashtags: IndustrialCybersecurity, VentureCapital]
- Bishop Fox released an open-source tool called Swagger Jacker for auditing OpenAPI definition files. [hashtags: OpenSource, APIsecurity]
- Intel launched 5th Gen Xeon processors, bringing improved performance and increased security with features like Intel Trust Domain Extensions. [hashtags: Intel, Cybersecurity]
Hashtags:
#Cyberwarfare #Cybercrime #DataBreaches #NationState #Cryptocurrency #Ransomware #WaterAttacks #Vulnerabilities #DNSspoofing #Cybersecurity #DataBreaches #Education #SoftwarePatches #IndustrialCybersecurity #VentureCapital #OpenSource #APIsecurity #Intel #Cybersecurity