Researchers at the security firm CheckPoint are warning that code to attack a vulnerability in Huawei HG532 home routers has been leaked online and is linked to attacks by the Satori botnet.
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NotPetya’s Cost to FedEx: $400 Million and counting
As Federal Express continues to recover from the devastating NotPetya malware outbreak, the cost of the attack on the company continues to grow, topping $400 million in just the last six months.
US says North Korea behind WannaCry Attack
The Trump Administration on Tuesday said that the government of North Korea was responsible for the cyber attack dubbed “WannaCry” that infected hospitals in the United Kingdom and hundreds of thousands of other computers globally.
Podcast: New Malware targets Industrial Safety Systems and Uncle Sam Bans Kaspersky – What Now?
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:36 — 96.3MB)Subscribe: Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSSIn our latest podcast: industrial security expert Joe Weiss talks to us about Triton, a new malware family targeting industrial safety systems. Also: Dave Aitel of the firm Immunity Inc. joins us again to talk about new legislation banning government agencies from using anti malware software by Kaspersky Lab. And, Alan Naumann* of the firm Contrast Security talks to us about the major insurance firm that joined the latest round of investment in his company, and why application security is everybody’s problem.
Report: Nation-Backed Hackers Hit Industrial Emergency Shutdown System
Hackers believed to be affiliated with a nation-state hacked into emergency shutdown systems at a facility in the Middle East. The attack seemed intended to “cause a high-impact attack with physical consequences,” according to reports from a number of cyber security firms.
