Researchers discovered threat actors installing a Linux backdoor on compromised e-commerce servers after deploying a credit card skimmer into e-stores. Security researchers from Sansec Threat Research Team discovered a Linux backdoor during an investigation into the compromised of an e-commerce server with a software skimmer. The attackers initially conducted a reconnaissance phase by probing the e-store with automated eCommerce attack probes. After a day and a half, the threat actors found and exploited a file…

The new product, Cisco Secure Cloud Insights, offers cloud inventory tracking and relationship mapping to navigate public clouds as well as access rights management and security compliance reporting. Image: Shutterstock/GreenTech Cisco announced this week it has partnered with cloud security and governance platform provider JupiterOne to launch Cisco Secure Cloud Insights. Secure Cloud Insights will be part of Cisco’s SecureX family of products and is intended to help customers manage risk and reduce the attack…

Advanced threats constantly evolve. This year saw multiple examples of advanced persistent threats under the spotlight, allowing us to predict what threats might lead the future. Image: Profit_Image/Shutterstock Advanced persistent threats, which focus on cyberespionage goals, are a constant threat to companies, governments and freedom activists, to name a few. This activity keeps growing and evolving as more threat actors increase their skill. SEE: Google Chrome: Security and UI tips you need to know  (TechRepublic…

Entertainment company Sky took more than 17 months to fix a security flaw that impacted roughly six million routers belonging to its customers.  The DNS rebinding vulnerability was discovered in May 2020 by Raf Fini, a researcher at British cybersecurity company Pen Test Partners.  Six router models were affected by the flaw: Sky Hub 3, Sky Hub 3.5, Booster 3, Sky Hub, Sky Hub 4, and Booster 4.  “It affected users with the default router’s admin password (admin:sky),…

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A British man has admitted being a member of an international video piracy ring that illegally distributed “nearly every movie released by major production studios.” On Thursday, before United States District Judge Richard M. Berman, George Bridi pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Bridi, who is 52 years old, has been part of Sparks Group – described by Europol as “one of the biggest online piracy groups…

The United States has charged two Iranian computer hackers in connection with a cyber-campaign intended to influence the outcome of America’s 2020 presidential election. An indictment unsealed in New York on Thursday alleges that 24-year-old Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Musa Kazemi and 27-year-old Sajjad Kashian conspired with others to intimidate and influence American voters, undermine voter confidence, and create societal discord. Starting in approximately August 2020, Kazemi, Kashian, and other co-conspirators allegedly began a four-pronged campaign that included…