Ransomware Hackers Exploiting VMware Bug to Target ESXi Servers

Building trust with persistent third-party risk management

Strong third-party relationships are more important than ever to businesses today. As the recent pandemic has clearly demonstrated, any disruptions to strategic partnerships--such as supply chain networks and manufacturers--can have a huge impact on a brand’s reputation and financial well-being. That’s why robust third-party risk management (TPRM) should play a key role in any company’s overall risk management strategy.

New Wave of Ransomware Attacks Exploiting VMware Bug to Target ESXi Servers

VMware ESXi hypervisors are the target of a new wave of attacks designed to deploy ransomware on compromised systems. "These attack campaigns appear to exploit CVE-2021-21974, for which a patch has been available since February 23, 2021," the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) of France said in an advisory on Friday. VMware, in its own alert released at the time, described the issue as ...

Warning: Hackers Actively Exploiting Zero-Day in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT

A zero-day vulnerability affecting Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT managed file transfer application is being actively exploited in the wild. Details of the flaw were first publicly shared by security reporter Brian Krebs on Mastodon. No public advisory has been published by Fortra. The vulnerability is a case of remote code injection that requires access to the administrative console of the ...

'There's no better compliance platform than Drata.' —Drata customer

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Is Your EV Charging Station Safe? New Security Vulnerabilities Uncovered

Two new security weaknesses discovered in several electric vehicle (EV) charging systems could be exploited to remotely shut down charging stations and even expose them to data and energy theft. The findings, which come from Israel-based SaiFlow, once again demonstrate the potential risks facing the EV charging infrastructure. The issues have been identified in version 1.6J of the Open ...

Post-Macro World Sees Rise in Microsoft OneNote Documents Delivering Malware

In a continuing sign that threat actors are adapting well to a post-macro world, it has emerged that the use of Microsoft OneNote documents to deliver malware via phishing attacks is on the rise. Some of the notable malware families that are being distributed using this method include AsyncRAT, RedLine Stealer, Agent Tesla, DOUBLEBACK, Quasar RAT, XWorm, Qakbot, BATLOADER, ...

Iranian OilRig Hackers Using New Backdoor to Exfiltrate Data from Govt. Organizations

The Iranian nation-state hacking group known as OilRig has continued to target government organizations in the Middle East as part of a cyber espionage campaign that leverages a new backdoor to exfiltrate data. "The campaign abuses legitimate but compromised email accounts to send stolen data to external mail accounts controlled by the attackers," Trend Micro researchers Mohamed Fahmy, ...

The Pivot: How MSPs Can Turn a Challenge Into a Once-in-a-Decade Opportunity

Cybersecurity is quickly becoming one of the most significant growth drivers for Managed Service Providers (MSPs). That's the main insight from a recent study from Lumu: in North America, more than 80% of MSPs cite cybersecurity as a primary growth driver of their business. Service providers have a huge opportunity to expand their business and win new customers by developing their ...

Atlassian's Jira Service Management Found Vulnerable to Critical Vulnerability

Atlassian has released fixes to resolve a critical security flaw in Jira Service Management Server and Data Center that could be abused by an attacker to pass off as another user and gain unauthorized access to susceptible instances. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-22501 (CVSS score: 9.4) and has been described as a case of broken authentication with low attack complexity. ...

Building trust with persistent third-party risk management

Strong third-party relationships are more important than ever to businesses today. As the recent pandemic has clearly demonstrated, any disruptions to strategic partnerships--such as supply chain networks and manufacturers--can have a huge impact on a brand’s reputation and financial well-being. That’s why robust third-party risk management (TPRM) should play a key role in any company’s overall risk management strategy.