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The ransomware attack, affecting OT systems, resulted in some of WestRock's facilities lagging in production levels.

Remote work continues to fueling a spike in phishing and cyberattacks, particularly in the U.S. When it comes to paying the ransom in a ransomware attack, demands are on the rise. Yet, many companies that paid the ransom failed to receive a decryption key, in a survey issued Monday. In fact, pandemic-themed phishing scams, a sustained onslaught of ransomware attacks and the rise of a remote global workforce all colluded to make the last 12 months particularly brutal for information-security pro...

minute read Share this article: In a unique attack, cybercriminals locally install an extension to manipulate data in internal web applications that the victims have access to. Cybercriminals have been using a novel approach to exfiltrate data that involves directly injecting malicious Google Chrome extensions onto victims’ Windows machines via the abuse of Google’s cloud synching function. The goal of the recently-identified campaign is to manipulate data in internal web appli...

minute read Share this article: Claroty reports that adversaries, CISOs and researchers have all turned their attention to finding critical security bugs in ICS networks. It’s on: Adversaries, CISOs and researchers are all simultaneously involved in a frantic race to find cybersecurity vulnerabilities hiding within industrial networks, according to the latest Biannual ICS Risk and Vulnerability report from Claroty. The report analyzed all publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in ICS...

An CRSF-to-stored-XSS security bug plagues 50,000 'Contact Form 7' Style users.

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Tuesday 9 February 2021 is Safer Internet Day, an international effort to remind people to make active decisions about what they are sharing, and to choose how, when, where, and for what purposes their data is being used. As a company, NortonLifeLock ...

minute read Share this article: The new tools on Chrome and Edge will make it easier for browser users to discover – and change – compromised passwords. Two major browsers –Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome – are rolling out default features, which they say will better help notify users if their password has been compromised as part of a breach or database exposure. Edge and Chrome’s moves signify a bigger push by browsers to solve the big “password problem” plaguing ...

The “KindleDrip” attack would have allowed attackers to siphon money from unsuspecting victims. Three vulnerabilities in the Amazon Kindle e-reader would have allowed a remote attacker to execute code and run it as root – paving the way for siphoning money from unsuspecting users. Yogev Bar-On, researcher at Realmode Labs, found that it was possible to email malicious e-books to the devices via the “Send to Kindle” feature to start a chain of attack – a discovery that earned him $18...

Einstein is in violation of the the HHS 60-day breach notification rule, but unlikely to face penalty.