Security News > 2022 > February
An angry member of the Conti ransomware operation has leaked over 60,000 private messages after the gang sided with Russia over the invasion of Ukraine. AdvIntel CEO Vitali Kremez, who has been tracking the Conti/TrickBot operation over the last couple of years, also confirmed to BleepingComputer that the leaked messages are valid and were taken from a log server for the Jabber communication system used by the ransomware gang.
The global container security market size is expected to grow from an estimated value of $1.3 billion in 2021 to $3.6 billion by 2026, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 22.0% from 2021 to 2026, according to ResearchAndMarkets. Container security market services segment to grow at a higher CAGR. Services aim at training and developing expertise, providing timely upgradations to the platform, and helping customers integrate their platforms with other IT solutions.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency last week published an industrial control system advisory related to multiple vulnerabilities impacting Schneider Electric's Easergy medium voltage protection relays. "Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may disclose device credentials, cause a denial-of-service condition, device reboot, or allow an attacker to gain full control of the relay," the agency said in a bulletin on February 24, 2022.
An Iranian geopolitical nexus threat actor has been uncovered deploying two new targeted malware that come with "Simple" backdoor functionalities as part of an intrusion against an unnamed Middle East government entity in November 2021. The attacks are said to have been orchestrated via spear-phishing messages to gain initial access, followed by taking advantage of publicly available offensive security tools and remote access software for lateral movement and maintaining access to the environment.
Cybersecurity researchers have managed to build a clone of Apple Airtag that circumvents the anti-stalking protection technology built into its Find My Bluetooth-based tracking protocol. The result is a stealth AirTag that can successfully track an iPhone user for over five days without triggering a tracking notification, Positive Security's co-founder Fabian Bräunlein said in a deep-dive published last week.
Threat analysts expect 2022 to be the tipping point for a shift in the focus of hackers from large companies back to consumers. The trend we see now is targeting consumers who hold something valuable, and asking for small ransom payments from a larger number of victims.
Help Net Security: Healthcare Cybersecurity Report has been releasedOur newest report takes a closer look at one of the most targeted industries today - healthcare. Cyber attacks on Ukraine: DDoS, new data wiper, cloned websites, and Cyclops BlinkRussia started its invasion on Ukraine and, as predicted, the attacks in the physical world have been preceded and accompanied by cyber attacks.
Ukraine is recruiting a volunteer "IT army" of security researchers and hackers to conduct cyberattacks on thirty-one Russian entities, including government agencies, critical infrastructure, and banks. A Telegram channel created to organize the IT Army's operations released a list of Russian targets.
An Apple AirTag is a Bluetooth-based device finder released in April 2021 that allows owners to track the device using Apple's 'Find My' service. Although Apple has implemented an intricate anti-stalking system to prevent cases of abuse, stealthy AirTag tracking continues to remain a problem.
An Apple AirTag is a Bluetooth-based device finder released in April 2021 that allows owners to track the device using Apple's 'Find My' service. The university researchers decided to do something about the Apple AirTag privacy problem in the Android world and reverse-engineered the iOS tracking detection to understand its inner workings better.