The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT31, Magecart, Hancitor, Pakdoor, Lazarus, and Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-21551.. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity. Figure 1 – IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed. Trending Cyber News…

Want a custom security dashboard to bring together data from multiple places? Microsoft Power BI can do that and help you spot what’s changing. Image: GettyImages/PeopleImages The best way to think of Microsoft Power BI is as the next generation of Excel. And like Excel, it’s not just useful for business analysts and data engineers; IT pros can also take advantage of it for understanding large amounts of data. If the security tools you use…

In the last year, cybersecurity has moved to the forefront of IT concerns, led by disasters such as the SolarWinds hack, the Colonial Pipeline and Kaseya ransomware attacks, and now the Apache Log4j vulnerability that the world is scrambling to patch. As we head into 2020, channel partners can be sure of one thing: The cybersecurity woes are not going to lessen anytime soon. In fact, they are probably going to get worse. “Ransomware is…

Nearly two-thirds (60%) of security professionals believe the threat of ransomware should be treated with the same urgency as terrorism, according to new research by Venafi. The survey of 1500 IT security decision-makers from the UK, US, Australia, France, Germany, Benelux and the US highlights the growing concerns about the scale and damage of ransomware attacks, which have surged during the COVID-19 crisis. More than two-thirds (67%) of respondents from organizations with over 500 employees experienced a ransomware attack…

Security researchers used a Bluetooth vulnerability to change negative results to positive. Security researchers at F-Secure identified a Bluetooth vulnerability in a home test for COVID-19 that could be used to manipulate test results. Ellume, the manufacturer, addressed the flaw when F-Secure shared the problem with them. Image: F-Secure Security researchers found a vulnerability in a home test for COVID-19 that a bad actor could use to change test results from positive to negative or…