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minute read Share this article: SharePoint servers are being picked at with high-risk, legitimate-looking, branded phish messages and preyed on by a ransomware gang using an old bug. A phishing campaign, discovered by researchers at Cofense, is draping itself in a Microsoft Office SharePoint theme and successfully bypassing security email gateways (SEGs). In a post on Tuesday, the firm said that this is an example of why it’s not always prudent to share documents via Microsoft’s hugely popular, widely used SharePoint collaboration platform.  The phish is targeting Office 3...

A video posted on Israeli websites as part of a cyberattack, May 21, 2020 (Screen grab) The National Cyber Directorate warned Wednesday that coordinated attacks against Israel are expected next month to mark Iran’s annual Quds Day, and the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The actions, expected to come around May 7 and to be coordinated by anti-Israel hackers around the world under the banner “#OPJerusalem,” will seek to spread propaganda messages by way of website corruption, text messages and attacks aimed at grabbing public attention, the directorate said in a statement. “Th...

Cyber Extortion Thriving Thanks to Accellion FTA Hits May 20, 2021 May 3, 2021 Compliance euroinfosec) • April 27, 2021     Average and median ransom payments per quarter, based on thousands of cases investigated (Source: Coveware) The zero-day attacks against Accellion File Transfer Appliance users have rewritten the rules of the cyber extortion game, adding a new supply chain trick to ransomware gangs' arsenal that they're sure to repeat. Proof of success comes in the form of illicit revenue. In the first quarter of this year, the aver...

By Justin Katz Apr 27, 2021 A Chinese hacking campaign is using known flaws in a virtual private network application to breach entity networks and implant the malware security researchers dubbed SUPERNOVA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said April 22. While similar to the recent attack attributed to Russian foreign intelligence, "CISA assesses this is a separate actor than the APT actor responsible for the SolarWinds supply chain compromise described in" previous alerts, according to the report. "Organizations that find SUPERNOVA on their SolarWinds installations should...

Reseller News Join Reseller News Sign up to gain exclusive access to email subscriptions, event invitations, competitions, giveaways, and much more.Sign up now Businesses need to patch Pulse Secure VPNs Vulnerabilities in Pulse Connect Secure VPN software have reportedly been exploited by attackers, some believed linked to China, to compromise networks. Credit: Dreamstime Organisations using Pulse Secure’s mobile VPN should patch vulnerabilities reportedly being exploited in the wild, possibly by a “Chinese espionage actor”. The patch - available here - is considered imp...