Zeljka Zorz
Two critical Firefox vulnerabilities exploited by attackers, patch now!
Mozilla has released critical security updates for Firefox and Firefox ESR on Friday, patching two vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited by attackers.
Zoom pledges to find, fix security and privacy issues
Since the advent of Covid-19, remote conferencing tools have been a lifesaver for all those stuck at home, forced to work and socialize online. Zoom, in particular, has …
Mozilla will fund open source COVID-19-related technology projects
Have you come up with hardware or software that can help solve a problem that arose from COVID-19 and its worldwide spread? Mozilla is offering up to $50,000 to open source …
Are your MS SQL servers part of a cryptomining botnet? Check now!
For the last two years or so, attackers have been infecting and reinfecting poorly secured MS SQL servers, booting other criminals’ malware from them and exploiting …
Vulnerable VPN appliances at healthcare organizations open doors for ransomware gangs
The increased enterprise VPN use due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the work-from-home (WFH) shift has not gone unnoticed by ransomware gangs, Microsoft warns. “We’re …
Millions of routers running OpenWRT vulnerable to attack
A vulnerability (CVE-2020-7982) discovered in the package manager of the OpenWRT open source operating system could allow attackers to compromise the embedded and networking …
Marriott International 2020 data breach: 5.2 million customers affected
Marriott International has suffered a new data breach in mid-January 2020, which affected approximately 5.2 million guests. What information was compromised? According to the …
Kwampirs threat actor continues to breach transnational healthcare orgs
The Kwampirs (aka Orangeworm) attack group continues to target global healthcare entities in this time of crisis, the FBI has warned. “Targeted entities range from major …
Remote work and web conferencing: Security and privacy considerations
As more and more people remain at home and work from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most of them have been forced to use one or many video and audio conferencing …
RDP and VPN use soars, increasing enterprise cyber risk
As COVID-19 slowly spread across the globe, consumer demand for commercial virtual private network (VPN) services has soared – both for security reasons and for …
Should you hire a specialized cybersecurity recruiter?
Finding skilled cybersecurity professionals to fill organizations’ increasing needs is becoming more difficult by the day due to the wide (and widening) cybersecurity …
Micropatches block exploitation of Windows zero-days under attack
While we wait for Microsoft to provide fixes for the two new Windows RCE zero-days that are being exploited in “limited targeted Windows 7 based attacks,” ACROS …