Mike Stevens (Page 29)

Information security specialist, currently working as risk infrastructure specialist & investigator.
15 years of experience in risk and control process, security audit support, business continuity design and support, workgroup management and information security standards.

These Two strains of point-of-sale (POS) malware(MajikPOS and Treasure Hunter) are stealing details of credit cards from payment terminals

On: October 25, 2022

In: Virus

Tagged: cybersecurity, Information Security, malware, security flaws

The Group-IB Threat Intelligence discovered the MajikPOS POS malware’s Command and Control (C2) server on April 19, 2022. C&C was found to be inadequately structured, and the manner it hadRead More →

For businesses that fail to secure consumers’ personal data, Australia will impose up to AU$50 million or 30% of company’s revenue as fine

On: October 24, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybersecurity, data breach, Information Security

After two significant cybersecurity breaches exposed millions of people to criminal activity, Australia on Saturday recommended stiffer sanctions for businesses that fail to secure consumers’ personal data. According to changesRead More →

A 23 year old hacker who stole unreleased songs from Ed Sheeran and other 89 musicians sold them on the dark web has been jailed for 18 months

On: October 21, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: cybersecurity, Hacking, incidents

Sheeran’s music and 12 tracks by the rapper Lil Uzi Vert were exchanged for bitcoin by Adrian Kwiatkowski. The 23-year-old Ipswich resident was able to access them by breaking intoRead More →

Oracle released patches for 370 vulnerabilities and 200 of them are remotely exploitable. Patch now

On: October 19, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), cybersecurity, Information Security, oracle, vulnerability

Oracle released 370 fixes as part of its quarterly batch of security upgrades . More than 50 critical-severity flaws are fixed by the October 2022 Critical Patch Update (CPU). OverRead More →

Cobalt Strike software contains a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that might allow anyone to take over victim systems

On: October 18, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Cobalt Strike, Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), cybersecurity, Information Security

A red-team architecture called Cobalt Strike is mostly used for simulating adversaries. The new vulnerability (tracked CVE-2022-42948) affects Cobalt Strike version 4.7.1 and results from an insufficient patch that HelpSystemsRead More →

New UEFI rootikit malware blacklotus of just 80 kb in size allows hacking computers forever, even after hard drive is removed and that just for $5000

On: October 17, 2022

In: Virus

Tagged: blacklotus, cybersecurity, Hacking, malware, vulnerability

Security expert Scott Scheferman warns that a threat actor is marketing on dark web forums a vendor-independent UEFI rootkit that has the ability to bypass antivirus software and controls. TheRead More →

CVE-2022-38465: Very critical vulnerability with CVSS score of 9.3 affect most popular PLC device Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200/1500

On: October 14, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), cybersecurity, hack PLC systems, Information Security, Siemens, vulnerability

Claroty’s Team 82 researchers said that they had found the serious vulnerability CVE-2022-38465, which has a CVSS score of 9.3. The problem affects the TIA Portal, which enables connection betweenRead More →

YoWhatsApp, a mod for WhatsApp is actually a malware

On: October 13, 2022

In: Cyber Security

Tagged: Cyberattack, cybersecurity, Information Security, whatsapp

Mod apps are promoted as unofficial updates to reputable programs that support extra functionality that the official version does not. YoWhatsApp is a fully functional messaging app that enables extraRead More →

Dell Adds Boot Scanner to Protect Users Against Bootkit Malware

Two vulnerabilities affecting Dell EMC PowerStore Family Operating System

On: October 12, 2022

In: Vulnerabilities

Tagged: Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), cybersecurity, Dell EMC PowerStore Family Operating System, security flaws, vulnerability

Dell Technologies is a leading provider of IT storage hardware solutions to promote data backup and recovery and accelerate the journey to cloud computing. Dell EMC PowerStore achieves new levels ofRead More →