In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and supported multiple organized cybercrime groups. All four pleaded guilty to conspiracy and racketeering charges. But…
In 2008, a Dutchman played a crucial role in the United States and Israeli-led operation to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program. The then 36-year-old Erik van Sabben infiltrated an Iranian nuclear complex and released the infamous Stuxnet virus, paralyzing the country’s nuclear program. The AIVD recruited the man, but Dutch politicians knew nothing about the operation, the Volkskrant reports after investigating the sabotage for two years.
Veeam Backup & Replication is a data backup and replication solution. On March 7, 2023, Veeam published an advisory, along with patches, for https://nvd.nist.g…
Le 3 janvier 2024, une partie du trafic IP à destination de la filiale espagnole d'Orange n'a pas été transmis, en raison d'un problème BGP, le système dont dépend tout l'Internet. Une nouveauté, par rapport aux nombreux autres cas BGP du passé, est qu'il semble que le problème vienne du piratage d'un compte utilisé par Orange. Quelles leçons tirer de cette apparente nouveauté ?
In both his twitter (err, X) thread and in a subsequent posting he provided a comprehensive background and triage of the malware dubbed SpectralBlur. In terms of its capabilities he noted:
SpectralBlur is a moderately capable backdoor, that can upload/download files, run a shell, update its configuration, delete files, hibernate or sleep, based on commands issued from the C2. -Greg
He also pointed out similarities to/overlaps with the DPRK malware known as KandyKorn (that we covered in our “Mac Malware of 2024” report), while also pointing out there was differences, leading him to conclude:
We can see some similarities ... to the KandyKorn. But these feel like families developed by different folks with the same sort of requirements. -Greg
Suite à une faille de sécurité, l’été dernier, dans l’application «MobileIron», également utilisée par la Police cantonale bernoise, des données d’utilisatrices et d’utilisateurs avaient manifestement pu être téléchargées et consultées. Une enquête a permis d’identifier plusieurs personnes prévenues. De plus amples investigations sont en cours.