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Volvo Cars Corporation was victim of cyberattack by Snatch ransomware group
[German]Car manufacturer Volvo, or Volvo Cars Corporation, currently owned by a Chinese holding company, has fallen victim to a successful ransomware cyberattack. My report a few days ago has been confirmed, the company is sounding the alarm as data from … Continue reading
Heavy attacks on 1.6 million WordPress sites (Dec. 9, 2021)
[German]Security vendor WordFence's Threat Intelligence team noticed a dramatic increase in vulnerability attacks on WordPress instances on December 9, 2021. In the past 36 hours, the Wordfence network has blocked over 13.7 million attacks against four different plugins and several … Continue reading
Patch critical vulnerabilities in SonicWall SMA 100
[German]SonicWall's Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100-Series solution provides secure end-to-end remote access to enterprise resources hosted in on-premise, cloud and hybrid data centers. Vendor SonicWall is now urging users of its SMA 100 devices (SECURE MOBILE ACCESS 100-SERIES) to patch. … Continue reading
Cloud services vulnerable via USB-over-Ethernet vulnerabilities
[German]Security researchers from SentinelLabs have discovered vulnerabilities in USB-over-Ethernet software that make cloud services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or other cloud services vulnerable to attack. Some of the affected providers have provided automatic security updates to address the … Continue reading
Hellmann Logistics Victim of a cyber attack
[German]The the internationally active German Logistics company Hellmann appears to have fallen victim to a cyberattack on its IT. This attack was probably detected at an early stage and the company reacted accordingly. Currently, however, some data connections have probably … Continue reading
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
Chrome 96.0.4664.93
[German]Google has released an update to Google Chrome 96.0.4664.93 for Windows, Mac and Linux (and version 96.0.4664.92 for Android) as of December 6, 2021. It is a maintenance update that also closes some vulnerabilities. Here's a quick overview.
Excel XLL addins abused for malware installation
[German]Here is another security topic, dealing with attacks via Excel XLL addins ein. This attack method has been known since July 2021 and is used by malware groups. I just came across a case where this approach was used to … Continue reading
Gravatar: Approx. 114 million user names and e-mail addresses floating in underground
[German]Datasets containing the email addresses and usernames of approximately 114 million Gravatar users circulate in underground networks. The service uses an MD5 hash value for the globally unique URLs of the Gravatars, which encrypts the email addresses. However, the MD5 … Continue reading
App 'Life360 Locator' is selling GPS location data since 2016
[German]This is probably a solid scandal – there is an app Life360 – Familie suchen, which is also available on Android in Germany has millions of users. The app allows family members to be tracked via their smartphone. Now it … Continue reading
Cyber attack on SPAR grocery stores in Yorkshire/England
[German]There was a successful cyber attack on SPAR stores in Yorkshire, England. Some of the stores had to close because payment systems could no longer be used and card payments were no longer possible. Here is some information about what … Continue reading