Cisco this week announced patches for multiple vulnerabilities in its Small Business RV160, RV260, RV340, and RV345 series routers, including critical bugs that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code with root privileges.
European Oil Port Terminals Hit by Cyberattack
Major oil terminals in some of Western Europe’s biggest ports have fallen victim to a cyberattack, sources confirmed on Thursday.
Belgian prosecutors have launched an investigation into the hacking of oil facilities in the country’s ports, including Antwerp, Europe’s second biggest port after Rotterdam.
Ransomware Often Hits Industrial Systems, With Significant Impact: Survey
Ransomware attacks in many cases hit industrial control systems (ICS) or operational technology (OT) environments, and impact is often significant, according to a report published on Thursday by IoT and industrial cybersecurity company Claroty.
Financially Motivated Hackers Use Leaked Conti Ransomware Techniques in Attacks
A series of financially motivated attacks are employing techniques observed in Conti ransomware playbooks that were leaked online in August 2021, Mandiant reports.
FBI Confirms It Bought Spyware From Israel’s NSO Group
The FBI has confirmed purchasing NSO Group’s powerful spyware tool Pegasus, whose chronic abuse to surveil journalists, dissidents and human rights activists has long been established. It suggested its motivation was to “stay abreast of emerging technologies and tradecraft.”
Purple Teaming Security Management Firm PlexTrac Raises $70 Million
Boise, Idaho-based PlexTrac has raised $70 million in a Series B funding round led by Insight Partners with participation from existing investors Madrona Venture Group, Noro-Moseley Partners and StageDotO Ventures.
Trend Micro Patches Vulnerabilities in Hybrid Cloud Security Products
Trend Micro recently patched two high-severity vulnerabilities affecting some of its hybrid cloud security products. Details and proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits have been released by the researchers who found the flaws.
1,300 Malicious Packages Found in Popular npm JavaScript Package Manager
Malicious actors are using the npm registry as the start point for open source software (OSS) supply chain attacks.
Open source software offers huge potential for criminals and nation states to deliver widespread supply chain attacks. OSS registries provide a major feeding ground with easy access.
Tennessee Community College Suffers Ransomware Attack
A Tennessee community college suffered a data security attack that may have resulted in unauthorized access to personal information of former and current students, faculty and staff, officials said.
Walmart Dissects New ‘Sugar’ Ransomware
The cyber threat team at retail giant Walmart has dissected a new ransomware family dubbed Sugar, which is available to cybercriminals as a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS).












