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Infosec bits for week 08/21

2021-02-26 13:57 - Kgwadi Matenche

Vulnerabilities & Patches
- Google Discloses Details of Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Windows [Eduard Kovacs, Security Week]
- Hackers Scanning for VMware vCenter Servers Affected by Critical Vulnerability [Eduard Kovacs, Security Week]
- VMware ESXi and vCenter Server updates address multiple security vulnerabilities [VMware]
- Cisco Patches Severe Flaws in Network Management Products, Switches [Ionut Arghire, Security Week]
- Python programming language hurries out update to tackle remote code vulnerability [Liam Tung, ZDNet]
- Bitter APT Enhances Its Capabilities With Windows Kernel Zero-day Exploit [Cybleinc, Cyble]
Breaches
- Rain hit by security breach [MyBroadband]
- Kia Motors America suffers ransomware attack, $20 million ransom [Lawrence Abrams, Bleeping Computer]
- Dutch Research Council (NWO) confirms ransomware attack, data leak [Ionut Ilascu, Bleeping Computer]
- Lakehead University Shuts Down Campuses and Computers After Cyberattack [Alina Bizga, Bitdefender]
News
- Protecting Against Vaccine-Themed Attacks and Misinformation [Laurence Pitt, Security Week]
- Microsoft open sources CodeQL queries used to hunt for Solorigate activity [Microsoft]
- NASA and the FAA were also breached by the SolarWinds hackers [Sergiu Gatlan, Bleeping Computer]
- North Korean hackers target defense industry with custom malware [Sergiu Gatlan, Bleeping Computer]
Fraud & Leaks
- How $100M in Jobless Claims Went to Inmates [Brian Krebs, Krebs on Security]
- Medical Data of 500,000 French Residents Leaked Online [Sarah Coble, Info Security Group]
Others
- Intel wireless driver updates fix Windows 10 blue screen issues [Sergiu Gatlan, Bleeping Computer]
- Ransomware Attacks Double Against Global Universities [Phil Muncaster, Info Security Group]
- Truecaller violates South Africa’s new privacy laws – Legal experts [Hanno Labuschagne, MyBroadband]

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