RSS_Virtulization

The following list, in no particular order, contains the names, their countries of origins, their (biggest) victim (s) and a short piece about who they are.  Some are reformed and act as security consultants while others remain at large and are being hunted by the FBI, InterPol and others for their cybercrimes:   Behzad Mesri Country: Iran Victim: HBO Mesri is an Irani hacker and famous by the Arabic name “Sakote Vehshat” which means “…

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, today announced the appointment of Dr. Helene D. Gayle to the company’s board of directors and the nominating and corporate governance committee of the board. “We are fortunate to have Dr. Gayle join the Palo Alto Networks’ board,” said Nikesh Arora, chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks. “I had the opportunity to serve on the Colgate-Palmolive board…

Accellion recently released patches addressing four vulnerabilities in its File Transfer Appliance, a tool linked to a growing list of data breaches since December. Background On January 12, Accellion, a private cloud solutions company, published a statement regarding a security incident involving one of its customers. The statement revealed the presence of a “P0 (priority zero) vulnerability” in its File Transfer Appliance (FTA), a cloud or on-premises based solution for organizations to “transfer large and…

Accellion recently released patches addressing four vulnerabilities in its File Transfer Appliance, a tool linked to a growing list of data breaches since December. Background On January 12, Accellion, a private cloud solutions company, published a statement regarding a security incident involving one of its customers. The statement revealed the presence of a “P0 (priority zero) vulnerability” in its File Transfer Appliance (FTA), a cloud or on-premises based solution for organizations to “transfer large and…

A week-long outage for Kia is reportedly connected to a ransomware attack from the DoppelPaymer gang, says BleepingComputer. Image: kaptnali, Getty Images/iStockphoto Kia Motors America may have been hit by a ransomware attack that has taken down some of its key customer-facing services. In a story published Tuesday, website BleepingComputer reported that Kia Motors USA was suffering a nationwide outage that was impacting IT servers, self-payment phone services, dealer platforms, phone support, and mobile apps….

The United States has arrested six alleged members of an international fraud and money-laundering ring that deployed spoofing, catfishing, and COVID-19 relief scams to con victims out of $55m. The defendants are accused of creating fake identities to trick companies, the Small Business Administration (SBA), and old folks searching for romance online into wiring funds to bank accounts controlled by a criminal enterprise. Thirty-five-year-old Farouk Appiedu was arrested on October 18 in Queens, New York. His alleged…

Hackers are now sending messages that hide fake links in the HTTP prefix, bypassing email filters, says security firm GreatHorn. Getty Images/iStockphoto Email security company GreatHorn is warning of a new form of phishing attack that makes malicious messages more likely to get through filters and harder for the average person to detect by sight. By hiding phishing information in the prefixes of URLs, attackers can send what looks like a link to a legitimate…

Kia Motors America has said a recent computer network outage problem was not caused by a ransomware attack. IT outages began on Saturday, impacting both Kia and affiliated automaker Hyundai Motor America, both of which are owned by the South Korea–based Hyundai Motor Group. The issues experienced by Hyundai were not as severe as those impacting Kia.  As a result of the network problems, dealers have been unable to order parts and vehicles. A smartphone…

If you need to gather information on user logins for your Linux servers, Jack Wallen has just the tool for you. Image: Jack Wallen Linux is an incredibly powerful platform that allows you to do just about anything you might want or need. As an admin, that’s a double-edged sword–especially given Linux is a multi-user environment. In other words, more than one user can be logged in at once.  That means admins might find themselves…