VentureBeat reports that major U.S. multinational manufacturing conglomerate Honeywell has acquired Israel-based operational technology and internet of things cybersecurity provider SCADAfence in a bid to better address security vulnerabilities that could be leveraged in cyberattacks.
Internet of things devices have been subjected to attacks with a new version of the KmsdBot botnet malware, which has been enhanced with Telnet scanning and more extensive CPU architecture support, reports The Hacker News.
According to Mandiant, threat group UNC4841 dropped a second wave of backdoor malware on some victims, including government organizations, to maintain persistence for espionage purposes.
BleepingComputer reports that attacks with the Smoke Loader botnet have been observed to deploy the novel Whiffy Recon malware, which leverages Wi-Fi scanning and Google's geolocation API to determine where compromised devices are located.
SiliconAngle reports that online privacy solutions firm Cyrus Labs has been purchased by cybersecurity software provider Malwarebytes although details regarding the acquisition were not disclosed.
Human-machine interfaces for industrial equipment could be compromised with the exploitation of three recently patched vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation's ThinManager ThinServer software, according to SecurityWeek.
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