New distributed denial-of-service attacks have been launched by the Dark Frost botnet against the gaming industry, including gaming companies and game server hosting providers, as well as streamers and other members of the gaming community, The Hacker News reports.
BleepingComputer reports that nearly 9 million Android smartphones, TVs, TV boxes, and watches across 180 countries have been pre-infected by the Lemon Group cybercrime operation with the Guerilla malware, which could facilitate additional payload delivery, reverse proxy creation, and WhatsApp session takeovers.
Chinese state-sponsored advanced persistent threat group Mustang Panda, also known as Earth Preta, Bronze President, Camaro Dragon, HoneyMyte, RedDelta, BASIN, and Red Lich, has launched new attacks exploiting TP-Link routers to compromise European foreign affairs organizations since January, according to The Hacker News.
Hundreds of thousands of operational technology networks and devices are at risk of hijacking attacks stemming from the exploitation of several security vulnerabilities impacting the cloud management platforms of industrial cellular router vendors Sierra Wireless, InHand Networks, and Teltonika Wireless, The Hacker News reports.
Enterprises are struggling to manage and reduce their organizational attack surface, especially with a shortage of skilled staff. Find out how some security executives are tackling this challenge by automating their IT and vulnerability management. This segment is sponsored by Syxsense. Visit https://securityweekly.com/syxsensersac to learn more ab...
Firmware security is a deeply technical topic, that's hard to get started in. In this talk, Xeno will discuss some past work in firmware security, and how he has organized resources such as a low level timeline (with over 300 talks), and free MOOC classes, to help teach people about firmware security. Segment Resources: https://ost2.fyi https://dar...
Over a dozen security vulnerabilities impacting Rockwell Automation products have been detailed across six new security advisories, four of which have also been issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, reports SecurityWeek.
Major Swedish-Swiss multinational automation technology firm ABB had its operations reportedly disrupted by a Black Basta ransomware attack against its Windows Active Directory on May 7, BleepingComputer reports.
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