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Phishing groups are collecting user data, email and banking passwords via fake voter registration forms

cyware Oct 24, 2020 Threat Intel & Info Sharing

Days ahead of the US Presidential Election, spam groups are using voter registration-related lures to trick people into accessing fake government sites and give away their personal data.

How 30 Lines of Code Blew Up a 27-Ton Generator

cyware Oct 24, 2020 Trends, Reports, Analysis

The test, known as the Aurora Generator Test still serves as a powerful warning of the potential physical-world effects of cyberattacks—and an eery premonition of Sandworm's attacks to come.

EU Slaps Sanctions on 2 Russians Over Germany Cyberattack

cyware Oct 24, 2020 Threat Actors

The European Union on Thursday imposed sanctions on two Russian officials and part of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency over a cyberattack against the German parliament in 2015.

The US Sanctions Russians for Potentially ‘Fatal’ Triton Malware

cyware Oct 24, 2020 Geopolitical, Terrorism

The US Treasury imposed sanctions on Russia's Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics, the organization that exactly two years ago used Triton to attack Petro Rabigh refinery.

Apple notarizes six malicious apps posing as Flash installers

cyware Oct 24, 2020 Malware and Vulnerabilities

Malware authors have managed to pass malicious apps through the Apple application notarization process for the second time this year and the second time in the past six weeks.

Sopra Steria hit by the Ryuk ransomware gang, media saySecurity Affairs

cyware Oct 24, 2020 Malware and Vulnerabilities

While the French IT outsourcer Sopra Steria did not reveal the family of malware that infected its systems, local media speculate the involvement of the notorious Ryuk ransomware.

Georgia Election Data Hit in Ransomware Attack

cyware Oct 24, 2020 Breaches and Incidents

Although the county said the voting process hasn’t been impacted by the ransomware attack, the incident is a warning to other municipalities to implement preventive measures.

Cyberattacks hit Louisiana government offices as worries rise about election hacking

cyware Oct 24, 2020 Breaches and Incidents

Hackers breached several local government offices in Louisiana in recent weeks, prompting state officials to enlist the National Guard to stem the attacks, a security researcher said.

National Guard called in to thwart cyberattack in Louisiana weeks before election

cyware Oct 24, 2020 Incident Response, Learnings

The Louisiana National Guard was called in to stop a series of cyberattacks aimed at small government offices across the state in recent weeks, according to two people with knowledge of the events.

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4552-2

packetstormsecurity Oct 24, 2020 Feed

Ubuntu Security Notice 4552-2 - Malte Kraus discovered that Pam-python mishandled certain environment variables. A local attacker could potentially use this vulnerability to execute programs as root.

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