Apologize to anyone Who wants a quiet December in terms of cyber security.Later this week, a Vulnerabilities in Apache’s Log4j logging framework Expose a large amount of the Internet to relatively simple hacker attacks. Here, there is nothing you can do to protect yourself, because the problem is mainly concentrated on the server, but the whole consequence may affect many of the services you use every day. To make matters worse, malicious hackers have developed methods to exploit it and are actively looking for potential victims. cheers!
This week also marks the year SolarWinds Hacking Anniversary, Or at least its first public notice. We looked at the progress made to prevent such supply chain attacks in the future, and all the work that remains to be done. The good news is that the event has sounded a wake-up call and inspired a real commitment from the public and private sectors. bad news? Without a solution, the available options will take a long time to be implemented in a meaningful way.
In the good news department, Microsoft said this week Seized domain names used by Chinese hacker groups, This is the latest in a series of actions by the company, which have resulted in the closure of more than 10,000 websites. This is part of Microsoft’s strategy to disrupt these groups through the legal system, obtaining a court order allowing it to shut down the domain used to order and control servers.
Russia takes measures Block anonymous browser Tor This week, tell the country’s Internet service provider to block access to Tor’s website and interrupt some access points.This is the latest in a series of recent initiatives taken by the Kremlin Isolate its internet from the rest of the world.
If you are a Verizon customer, even if you opted out before, you may have chosen some rough data tracking. surprise!How is this It’s really turned off this time.
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Since his arrest in April 2019, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been working with the United States to try to extradite him to Faced with hacking and espionage law charges. Although he was Won the ruling of the lower court In order to refuse to send him to the United States based on the potential impact on his mental health, the British Supreme Court overturned the order on Friday, putting Assange back on the extradition track. Assange can still appeal, but press freedom advocates generally condemned the ruling, believing that these allegations should not have been raised in the first place, and questioned the Department of Justice’s claim that Assange was treated humanely while in detention in the United States.
The Brazilian government postponed new pandemic-related requirements for travelers entering the country after hacking its Ministry of Health in the early hours of Friday morning. The agency stated on its website that several of its systems have been taken offline as a result of the attack, including a system for issuing digital vaccine cards and tracking the country’s national immunization program. The statement stated that the attack “temporarily damaged some of its systems” and they were unavailable. A ransomware group called Lapsus$ Group blamed it for Friday’s attack, boasting that it had stolen and deleted approximately 50 terabytes of data from the Ministry of Health’s systems. “If you want to retrieve the data, please contact us,” the organization said in its extortion letter, including email and Telegram details. The agency told reporters on Friday that it backed up all data deleted by hackers.
The notorious Russian ransomware group Conti listed the Australian power company CS Energy in its victim log this week, which undercuts a series of media reports of the attack by Chinese government-backed hackers. “China’s cyber attack almost cut off power to three million Australians, a terrible demonstration of what a warring regime can do in wartime.” Daily mail wrote Tuesday. Australia and China are caught in a trade war. The relationship has become increasingly cold in recent months. However, CS Energy, which serves millions of customers in northeastern Australia and is owned by the state of Queensland, said on Tuesday, “There is currently no indication that the cyber incident is based on the country. s attack.”
On Monday, Politico led its West Wing Playbook newsletter reported that Vice President Kamala Harris was “Bluetooth phobia” and “persisted in using wired headsets” because of the risks associated with wireless standards decades ago. It was considered a misguided quirk, but… she was actually right! Bluetooth is a security nightmare And it has been for many years.We keep telling you Turn off Bluetooth when not in use Since 2017. The National Security Agency agrees with our opinion. If the next person who is going to be the President of the United States wants to take some extra precautions, well, we can only say that this is right Cybersecurity and health of the previous government.
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