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Ransomware Attacks on Industrial Firms Surged in Q2 2024

by Eduard Kovacs / 32min

Dragos has seen a significant increase in ransomware attacks on industrial organizations in Q2 2024 compared to the previous quarter. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

SolarWinds Issues Hotfix for Critical Web Help Desk Vulnerability

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by Ionut Arghire / 2h

SolarWinds has released a hotfix for a critical Java deserialization remote code execution vulnerability in Web Help Desk. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Google Disrupts Iranian Hacking Activity Targeting US Presidential Election

8 TTPs

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by Ionut Arghire / 2h

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Iranian cyber group targets US Israel

Google says it blocked Iranian APT42 hackers from accessing the personal email accounts of individuals affiliated with the US elections. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Palo Alto Networks Patches Unauthenticated Command Execution Flaw in Cortex XSOAR

3 TTPs

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by Eduard Kovacs / 3h

Palo Alto Networks has patched multiple vulnerabilities, including ones rated high severity, in several products. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Russian Sentenced to Prison in US for Selling Stolen Information

Russian sentenced for selling credentials

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by Ionut Arghire / 3h

Georgy Kavzharadze was sentenced to prison in the US for selling stolen financial, login, and personal information on an online cybercriminal marketplace. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

AutoCanada Hit by Cyberattack

AutoCanada reports cybersecurity incident

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by Eduard Kovacs / 5h

AutoCanada has disclosed a disruptive cybersecurity incident after also being impacted by the recent CDK Global ransomware attack. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Google Confirms an Iranian Group Is Trying to Access Emails Linked to Both US Presidential Campaigns

Trump campaign faces cybersecurity breach

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by Associated Press / 5h

Google said an Iranian hacking group has tried to infiltrate the personal email accounts of roughly a dozen people linked to President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump since May. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

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GitHub Makes Copilot Autofix Generally Available

GitHub launches Copilot Autofix tool

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by Ionut Arghire / 6h

GitHub has made AI-powered Copilot Autofix generally available to help developers fix code vulnerabilities faster. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, Says Ransomware Attackers Stole Corrupted, Unusable Data

Columbus ransomware attack data leaked

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by Associated Press / 6h

Hackers recently stole data from Ohio’s largest city, but what they got was not usable and no personal information about city workers was made available online, the mayor said. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Cisco Cuts Thousands of Jobs, 7% of Workforce, As It Shifts Focus to AI, Cybersecurity

Cisco plans thousands of layoffs

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by Associated Press / 12h

Cisco had 84,900 employees as of July 2023. Based on that figure, the number of jobs cut would be about 5,900. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

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