News

Hi folks,

Lot's of smaller, interesting articles this week, and a bunch of breaches and issues, unfortunately. Also I really wouldn't want to be a Fortinet admin (or sales person) these days. Either way, happy reading and have a good weekend!

Cheers,

Dieter








Quick links

  • Intel, AMD CPUs on Linux impacted by newly disclosed Spectre bypass: link.
  • Removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politics: link.
  • SEC hits four companies with fines for misleading disclosures around SolarWinds hack: link.

Breaches and leaks

  • UnitedHealth says data of 100 million stolen in Change Healthcare breach: link.
  • Spate of ransomware attacks on German-speaking schools hits another in Switzerland: link.
  • Ransomware gang stoops to new low, targets prominent nonprofit for disabled people: link.
  • Cyprus' critical infrastructure targeted by coordinated cyberattacks linked to pro-Palestine groups: link.
  • Cisco takes DevHub portal offline after hacker publishes stolen data: link.
  • Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens: link.
  • Japanese watchmaker Casio warns of delivery delays after ransomware attack: link.
  • Tech giant Nidec confirms data breach following ransomware attack: link.
  • ESET partner breached to send data wipers to Israeli orgs: link.
  • Insurance admin Landmark says data breach impacts 800,000 people: link.
  • Henry Schein discloses data breach a year after ransomware attack: link.

Issues and fixes

  • Fortinet warns of new critical FortiManager flaw used in zero-day attacks: link.
  • VMware fixes bad patch for critical vCenter Server RCE flaw: link.
  • Cisco fixes VPN DoS flaw discovered in password spray attacks: link.
  • CISA confirms Veeam vulnerability is being used in ransomware attacks: link.
  • Hackers exploit Roundcube webmail flaw to steal email and credentials: link.
  • Exploit released for new Windows Server "WinReg" NTLM Relay attack: link.
  • Severe flaws in several E2EE cloud storage platforms used by millions: link.