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Infosec bits for week 26/21

2021-07-02 08:14 - Roderick Mooi

Local news
- Data breach hits major South African insurance player [Duncan McLeod, NewsCentral Media]
Ransomware (still)
- What’s Your Plan if Ransomware Hits? [Joan Goodchild, Sophos / IDG Communications]
- Why ransomware is such a risk to the education sector [Henry Hughes, JISC / Tes Global]
  - See also: Ransomware Readiness Assessment CSET v10.3
- REvil ransomware’s new Linux encryptor targets ESXi virtual machines [Lawrence Abrams, Bleeping Computer]
Get ‘em patches / workarounds
- Windows Admins Scrambling to Contain ‘PrintNightmare’ Flaw Exposure [Ryan Naraine, Wired Business Media]
  - See also: Microsoft Windows Print Spooler RpcAddPrinterDriverEx() function allows for RCE
- A Well-Meaning Feature Leaves Millions of Dell PCs Vulnerable [Lily Hay Newman, WIRED / Condé Nast]
  - See also: Eclypsium Discovers Multiple Vulnerabilities Affecting 129 Dell Models via Dell Remote OS Recovery and Firmware Update Capabilities
- ‘Sophisticated threat actor’ targeting Zyxel firewalls and VPNs, vendor warns [Jessica Haworth, The Daily Swig]
  - See also: Best Practices to Secure a Distributed Network Infrastructure
Malware
- A Fly on ShellBot’s Wall: The Risk of Publicly Available Cryptocurrency Miners [Golo Mühr, Limor Kessem, Security Intelligence]
- Hackers Tricked Microsoft Into Certifying Malware That Could Spy on Users [Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, Motherboard / VICE]
  - See also: Microsoft signed a malicious Netfilter rootkit
Other news
- Cyber Insurance and the Cyber Security Challenge [Jamie MacColl, Dr Jason R. C. Nurse and James Sullivan, RUSI]
- Common Facebook scams and how to avoid them [Amer Owaida, ESET]
- Yes, We Want Cryptographic Protection for Email [Neal, Sequoia PGP / pEp]

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