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Synopsys, Inc. has just recently announced that it has acquired Code Dx, provider of an award-winning application security risk management solution that automates and accelerates the discovery, prioritisation, and remediation of software vulnerabilities. This move by the software giant will allow customers to receive consolidated risk reporting and prioritisation across correlated software vulnerability data produced by Synopsys solutions and more than 75 third-party and open-source application security and development products. Prior to the acquisition, Code...

Due to the introduction of the EU Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems in 2016, cybersecurity measures are becoming increasingly important, especially for critical infrastructure such as electricity or water supply, or for large industrial companies. Our concise online conference will explore the ongoing technical challenges faced in securing critical infrastructure against potential cyber-attacks. Over one half-day, cybersecurity experts will share valuable knowledge and experiences, with a practical demonstration of solutions delivered by...

As one of the unfortunate benefactors from the changing business behaviours of the pandemic, ransomware attack trends continue to evolve. During the last year, malicious actors have attacked anything from healthcare organisations and medical trials, to education and the public sector, and even business supply chains. The gravity of the threats of ransomware was exemplified by the attack that shut down the cross-country gas pipeline system Colonial Pipeline; the largest U.S. fuel pipeline, leading to...

The White House has been in contact with Russia following a ransomware attack on JBS, the world's largest meatpacking company. The attack which took place earlier this week resulted in the shutdown of operations in Australia and America. The White House has offered JBS assistance from the Department of Agriculture. JBS has been working alongside US authorities, and have shared information about the ransom attack which indicate that the ransomware gang are linked to Russia....

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (M.T.A) was victim to a cyberattack in April when a hacking group accessed the authorities computer systems. The hacking group who are thought to have ties with China breached three M.T.A’s computer systems. The breach took place over 2 days in April but was left unchecked for several days until it was discovered. M.T.A officials have said that the hackers did not access systems associated with customer data, employee information, safety...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has seized two Internet domains following a phishing campaign that impersonated the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in order to distribute malware. The attacks were disclosed by Microsoft last Thursday. Microsoft stated that the campaign was conducted by NOBELIUM, a Russian state-affiliated hacking group also known as The Dukes, Cozy Bear, and APT29. The DOJ has seized the domains worldhomeoutletcom and theyardservicecom. The group used the domains to...

A security researcher has discovered an XSS vulnerability in the ReDi Restaurant Reservation Wordpress plugin. Bastijn Ouwendijk has publically shared his findings of the popular WordPress plugin which is used to manage reservations for online businesses. The ReDi Restaurant Reservation plug-in currently has more than 1000+ live installations. Ouwendijk stated in his poster that attackers who exploit the plugins bug would be able to run malicious codes in order to steal customers’ data, cookies, and...

AMT Games has accidentally exposed almost six million players profiles due to a misconfigured cloud database. The Chinese game developer produces a number of titles, which have millions of downloads. Players of the popular Battle for the Galaxy title have been affected by the data leak, which has seen 1.5TB of data exposed from an Elasticsearch server. A WizCase research team discovered the leak when they accessed 5.9 million player profiles, 587,000 feedback messages which...

  In recent years, the number of intruders has risen sharply. Cybercriminals use the latest technologies to take advantage of weak networks and wreak havoc with the data lying in the servers. In most cases, businesses are lax in ensuring proper systems to thwart such data breaches. It makes them the sitting ducks for hackers who are always looking for vulnerabilities in business networks. Hashing can be used to protect data. There is a hacking...

FBI has issued a warning about vulnerabilities in Fortinet after an APT group hacked a local government office. According to ZDnet, the FBI release did not say which government office had been attacked through a Fortigate appliance. The flash alert was issued on Thursday after it discovered that a local government office was attacked through Fortinet vulnerabilities earlier this month. The release said an "APT actor group almost certainly exploited a Fortigate appliance to access...