The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI, and the NSA have issued a joint alert to warn organizations about an increase in cyberattacks involving the Conti ransomware. The alert comes just as another major farming cooperative confirmed being hit by ransomware.
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The new family stems from Formbook, an old but prevalent malware strain. Source: Read More (Latest topics for ZDNet in Security)
Microsoft has shipped an emergency out-of-band security update to address a critical zero-day vulnerability — known as “PrintNightmare” — that affects the Windows Print Spooler service and can permit remote threat actors to run arbitrary code and take over vulnerable systems. Tracked as CVE-2021-34527 (CVSS score: 8.8), the remote code execution flaw impacts all supported editions of Windows. Source: […]
The number of cybersecurity-related mergers and acquisitions announced in the past months has remained constant, with roughly 40 deals announced in September 2021 as well. read more Source: Read More (SecurityWeek RSS Feed)