Security News > 2022 > December
A novel Go-based botnet called Zerobot has been observed in the wild proliferating by taking advantage of nearly two dozen security vulnerabilities in the internet of things devices and other software. The botnet "Contains several modules, including self-replication, attacks for different protocols, and self-propagation," Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Cara Lin said.
Despite fears of a looming recession, SMBs in the U.S. are spending more on software in 2023, according to Capterra's 2023 SMB Software Buying Trends Survey. 75% of U.S. SMBs estimate they'll spend more on software in 2023 compared to 2022.
New Zealand government reels, Vanuatu’s spent weeks entirely offline New Zealand's Privacy Commission has signalled it may open an investigation into local managed services provider Mercury IT,...
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Rackspace has admitted a ransomware infection was to blame for the days-long email outage that disrupted services for customers. In its most recent update, posted at 0826 Eastern Time on Tuesday, Rackspace said it has now "Determined this suspicious activity was the result of a ransomware incident," and has hired a "Leading cyber defense firm to investigate."
Contestants have hacked the Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphone twice during the first day of the Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition, the 10th edition of the consumer-focused event. [...]
Kali Linux images for Azure, QEMU. Kali Linux is now available in the Azure Marketplace, allowing you to deploy the image and perform penetration testing from the cloud. In reality, Kali Linux 2022.3 made it to Azure first, with the team tweeting its addition on August 30th, after 2022.3 was already released.
Amnesty International's Canadian branch has disclosed a security breach detected in early October and linked to a threat group likely sponsored by China. "The investigation's preliminary results indicate that a digital security breach was perpetrated using tools and techniques associated with specific advanced persistent threat groups," Amnesty International Canada said.
The city of Antwerp, Belgium, is working to restore its digital services that were disrupted last night by a cyberattack on its digital provider. The disruption has affected services used by citizens, schools, daycare centers, and the police, which have been working intermittently today.
Offensive Security has released Kali Linux 2022.4, the latest version of its popular penetration testing and digital forensics platform. Aside from updates to existing tools, a new Kali version always delivers new tools.