A new malware, called dubbed Drovorub, attacks Linux, with the malware designed for a Russian military unit to carry out cybercriminal operations.
https://threatpost.com/nsa-fbi-warn-of-linux-malware-used-in-espionage-attacks/158351/
“According to the changelog, Microsoft is enabling a new Chromium feature in Edge Dev that forces websites to specify the SameSite=None attribute in order to use third-party cookies. Microsoft says cookies without this attribute will be treated as if they’re SameSite=Lax.”
“In another recent incident, security researchers named Noam Rotem and Ran Locar from vpnMentor have reported on an unsecured AWS S3 bucket containing over 5.5 million files and worth 343GB of data which was found on December 20, 2019, but they could disclose it now only due to responsible disclosure practices.”
https://www.hackread.com/cyber-security-firm-businesses-data-leaked-online/
Cybercriminals named Maze exposed some of the stolen data to the camera manufacturer Canon. So far, the company has refused to negotiate with the attackers.
https://www.itproportal.com/news/stolen-canon-data-published-online-by-maze-ransomware-group/
“Attention! Cybersecurity researchers today disclosed severe security vulnerabilities in Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant that could render it vulnerable to a number of malicious attacks”
https://thehackernews.com/2020/08/amazon-alexa-hacking-skills.html
A little known cyber-espionage group carried out attacks on various corporations by stealing confidential documents.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/stealthy-redcurl-hackers-steal-corporate-documents/
New data confirms that cybercriminals attack health care workers on a large scale during the pandemic.
https://www.itproportal.com/news/nhs-hit-by-millions-of-email-scams-in-2020/
In modern times, it won’t be an exaggeration to say that hackers get into businesses faster than the company can expect.
The zero-day bugs are “Critical,” the problem is remote code execution, which affects Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.
https://threatpost.com/0-days-active-attack-bugs-patched-microsoft/158280/
“Agent Tesla is a commercially available .Net-based infostealer with both remote access Trojan (RAT) and with keylogging capabilities active since at least 2014.”