Edge devices that are no longer supported have been targeted in attacks by state-sponsored hackers, the US says. The post Organizations Urged to Replace Discontinued Edge Devices appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (aka Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz or BfV) and Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) have issued a joint advisory warning of a malicious cyber campaign undertaken by a likely state-sponsored threat actor that involves carrying out phishing attacks over the Signal messagingRead More »German Agencies Warn of Signal Phishing Targeting Politicians, Military, Journalists
This is a video of advice for squid fishing in Puget Sound. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Blog moderation policy.
Once. Someone named “Vincenzo lozzo” wrote to Epstein in email, in 2016: “I wouldn’t pay too much attention to this, Schneier has a long tradition of dramatizing and misunderstanding things.” The topic of the email is DDoS attacks, and it is unclear what I am dramatizing and misunderstanding. Rabbi SchneierRead More »I Am in the Epstein Files
Reports suggest raw email data was found in select Epstein files.
Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a gateway-monitoring and adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) framework dubbed DKnife that’s operated by China-nexus threat actors since at least 2019. The framework comprises seven Linux-based implants that are designed to perform deep packet inspection, manipulate traffic, and deliver malware via routers and edge devices. ItsRead More »China-Linked DKnife AitM Framework Targets Routers for Traffic Hijacking, Malware Delivery
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to strengthen asset lifecycle management for edge network devices and remove those that no longer receive security updates from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) over the next 12 to 18 months. The agency said theRead More »CISA Orders Removal of Unsupported Edge Devices to Reduce Federal Network Risk
A previously undocumented cyber espionage group operating from Asia broke into the networks of at least 70 government and critical infrastructure organizations across 37 countries over the past year, according to new findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. In addition, the hacking crew has been observed conducting active reconnaissanceRead More »Asian State-Backed Group TGR-STA-1030 Breaches 70 Government, Infrastructure Entities
404Media is reporting that the FBI could not access a reporter’s iPhone because it had Lockdown Mode enabled: The court record shows what devices and data the FBI was able to ultimately access, and which devices it could not, after raiding the home of the reporter, Hannah Natanson, in JanuaryRead More »iPhone Lockdown Mode Protects Washington Post Reporter
Potential breach at Flickr exposes usernames, email addresses, IP addresses, and activity data. The post Flickr Security Incident Tied to Third-Party Email System appeared first on SecurityWeek.
