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Swedish customers affected
Akira ransomware hits cloud service Tietoevry

TIETOEVRY

A ransomware attack on a data center run by Finnish IT company Tietoevry has caused widespread outages in Sweden, affecting healthcare, government services, retail outlets, and the largest cinema chain in the country. Tietoevry, a publicly traded company based in Espoo, Finland, reported that an attack occurred over the weekend. …

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Microsoft’s Top Execs’ Emails Breached By Russia-Linked APT Attack

Microsoft

The Microsoft security team detected a nation-state attack on our corporate systems on January 12, 2024, and immediately activated our response process to investigate, disrupt malicious activity, mitigate the attack, and deny the threat actor further access. Microsoft has identified the threat actor as Midnight Blizzard, the Russian state-sponsored actor …

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Mandiant report
“Group UNC3886” exploiting VMware bug since late 2021

vmware

Mandiant and VMware Product Security found that the UNC3886 espionage group has been exploiting CVE-2023-34048 since late 2021, even though it was publicly reported and patched in October 2023. Mandiant found new ways that UNC3886 uses to attack computer systems. They focus on technologies that don’t have EDR protection and …

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CISA released Incident Response Guide for the WWS Sector

CISA

CISA, the FBI, and the EPA have released a guide to help water and wastewater systems respond to incidents. Over 25 organizations from various sectors contributed to this guide, including private companies, non-profit organizations, and government entities. This collaboration ensured that the guide would be useful for water and wastewater …

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Oracle Releases Critical Patch Update Advisory for January 2024

Oracle

Oracle released a security advisory for January 2024. It fixes vulnerabilities in various products that could be exploited by hackers to take control of a system. Oracle continues to periodically receive reports of attempts to maliciously exploit vulnerabilities for which Oracle has already released security patches. In some instances, it …

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BGD e-GOV CIRT Report
Info Stealer Malware surge in Bangladesh

Malware

The BGD e-GOV CIRT Cyber Threat Intelligence Unit has noticed a big rise in a type of malware named stealer malware in Bangladesh’s cyberspace. These sneaky programs are good at secretly getting sensitive data like login details, personal information, and secret data from specific systems. This breach puts financial resources …

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CISA Adds Three Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA found evidence of active exploitation for three new vulnerabilities, which have been added to their list of known exploited vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-6549: Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. It describes Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway …

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