Russian Hack of US Agencies Exposed Supply Chain Weaknesses

The elite Russian hackers who gained access to computer systems of federal agencies last year didn’t bother trying to break one by one into the networks of each department. read more

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Industrial Firms Informed About Serious Vulnerabilities in Matrikon OPC Product

Industrial organizations have been informed about the existence of several potentially serious vulnerabilities affecting an OPC UA product made by Honeywell subsidiary Matrikon. read more

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Illinois Court Exposes More Than 323,000 Sensitive Records

Unsecured Server Exposed Records Containing Sensitive Personal Data and Case Notes From Cook County Court read more

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Chipmaker Intel Corp. Blames Internal Error on Data Leak

The computer chipmaker Intel Corp. on Friday blamed an internal error for a data leak that prompted it to release a quarterly earnings report early. It said its corporate network was not compromised. read more

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SonicWall Says Internal Systems Targeted by Hackers Exploiting Zero-Day Flaws

[UPDATE] Cybersecurity firm SonicWall said late on Friday that some of its internal systems were targeted by “highly sophisticated threat actors” exploiting what appear to be zero-day vulnerabilities affecting some of the company’s products. read more

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Microsoft Edge Adds Password Generator, Drops Support for Flash, FTP

Microsoft has shipped the stable version of the Microsoft Edge 88 browser, featuring a brand new Password Generator and the ability to alert on compromised credentials.   The browser refresh also drops support for the FTP protocol and for the Adobe Flash plugin. read more

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Biden Orders Intelligence Agencies to Assess SolarWinds Hack

Just says into his leadership role, U.S. President Joe Biden has instructed U.S. intelligence agencies to provide him with a detailed assessment of the SolarWinds hack, which fueled a global cyber espionage campaign impacting many high-profile government agencies and businesses. read more

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Intel's Early Earnings Release Triggered by Hack

U.S. chip-making giant Intel Corp. has acknowledged a website hack and premature data disclosure forced the early release of its earnings report for the fourth quarter of 2020. read more

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Sophos: Crypto-Jacking Campaign Linked to Iranian Company

An Iran-based software company is likely behind a recently identified crypto-jacking campaign targeting SQL servers, according to a report by British anti-malware vendor Sophos. read more

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QNAP Warns NAS Users of 'dovecat' Malware Attacks

QNAP this week warned users of attacks targeting QNAP NAS (network-attached storage) devices with a piece of malware named “dovecat.” read more

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