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Copy Western cybersecurity agencies have published a list of 30 of the most exploited vulnerabilities abused by hostile foreign states in 2020, urging infosec bods to ensure their networks and deployments are fully patched against them. Number one on the US, UK, and Australia's jointly published [PDF] list was the well-known Citrix arbitrary code execution vuln in Application Delivery Controller, aka Netscaler load-balancer. Tracked as CVE-2019-19781, the vuln has been the subject of repeated patch-it-now warnings ever since. "In 2021, malicious cyber actors continued to target vulnerabilitie...

The Biden administration has formally accused hackers affiliated with China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) of exploiting Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities in a massive cyberattack. The United States government teamed up with the European Union, the United Kingdom and NATO to condemn China’s malicious cyber activities, which include ransomware operations against private companies with multi-million-dollar ransom demands. But unlike what Russia faced following the SolarWinds attack, the U.S. stopped short of issuing any sanctions or formal punishment against China. “No one act...

Joins allies in condemning offensive cyber campaigns. By Casey Tonkin on Jul 20 2021 10:29 AM Print article Australia has pointed the finger at China for the Microsoft Exchange exploits. Image: Shutterstock Australia has joined strategic allies including the UK, US, and European Union in blaming China for its involvement in the Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities found earlier this year. In a joint statement from the Ministers for Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, and Defence, the government issued its pointed statement against China‘s Ministry of State Security for dev...

VPN Attacks Surged in First Quarter But volume of malware, botnet, and other exploit activity declined because of the Emotet botnet takedown. Attacks against virtual private network (VPN) products from Fortinet and Pulse Secure surged dramatically in the first quarter of 2021 as threats actors tried to take advantage of previously disclosed vulnerabilities that organizations had not patched. Log data collected by Nuspire from thousands of devices at customer locations show attacks against Fortinet's SSL-VPN increased 1,916% from the beginning of the quarter as threat actors tried to exploit a...

White House Warns Companies to Act Now on Ransomware Defenses An open letter urged them to take many of the defensive steps that the federal government requires of its agencies and contractors. An open letter on Thursday by Anne Neuberger, a deputy national security adviser, noted “a recent shift in ransomware attacks — from stealing data to disrupting operations.”Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times June 3, 2021Updated 8:41 p.m. ET The White House warned American businesses on Thursday to take urgent security measures to protect against ransomware attacks, as hackers shift their tact...