Cybersecurity Industry News Review: February 7, 2023

By Joe Fay Derivatives traders, trainer trainers, and finger lickers all hit by ransomware. Russian hackers lash out after Ukraine tanks deal announced. Apple patches decade old devices. ION Markets Hit by “Cyber Security Event” Dublin-based data and software firm ION Markets has been hit by a “cyber event” which has had a knock-on effect on financial futures and derivatives markets worldwide. The attack is thought to have been ransomware related. ION Markets said the attack on its ION Cleared Derivatives division was “contained to a specific environment”, all the affected servers are disconnected, and remediation of services is ongoing….

February 8, 2023
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Latest Cyberthreats and Advisories – January 6, 2023

The LockBit ransomware gang apologizes, Google settles privacy lawsuits and cybercriminals impersonate brands and the U.K. government. Here are the latest threats and advisories for the week of January 6, 2023. Threat Advisories and Alerts Cybercriminals Impersonate Brands with Search Ads And Fake Sites The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning that cybercriminals are directing internet browsers to malicious sites via search ads. How does the scam work? Bad actors build a fake website that impersonates a legitimate brand and then advertises it to appear at the top of search results. Once browsers click the ad,…

January 6, 2023
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The Last Straw For LastPass, Why I Dumped It

Originally posted on SecurityInFive.com – https://securityinfive.com/the-last-straw-for-lastpass-why-i-dumped-it/ I will begin that a password vault for personal…
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January 2, 2023
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modsecurity rule to filter CVE-2021-44228/LogJam/Log4Shell [update]

As a fast workaround, a friend of mine made a modsecurity rule to filter CVE-2021-44228/LogJam/Log4Shell, which he allowed me to share with you. SecRule \   ARGS|REQUEST_HEADERS|REQUEST_URI|REQUEST_BODY|REQUEST_COOKIES|REQUEST_LINE|QUERY_STRING “jndi:ldap:” \   “phase:1, \   id:751001, \   t:none, \   deny, \   status:403, \   log, \   auditlog, \   msg:’Block: CVE-2021-44228 – deny pattern \”jndi:ldap:\”‘, \   severity:’5’, \   rev:1, \   tag:’no_ar'” New […]

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December 10, 2021
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Jitsi Workaround for CVE-2021-44228/LogJam/Log4Shell

You surely heard of the LogJam / Log4Shell / CVE-2021-44228 – if not, take a look at this blog post. If you’re running Jitsi is most likely vulnerable and as there is no fix currently, you need a workaround which I provide here for you. You need to add -Dlog4j2.formatMsgNoLookups=True at the correct places in […]

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December 10, 2021
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Addressing the Cloud Security Readiness Gap

Cloud security is about much more than security functionality. The top cloud providers all seem to have a capable suite of security features and most surveyed organizations report that they see all the top cloud platforms as generally secure. So, why d…

August 24, 2020
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Howto install Wireguard in an unprivileged container (Proxmox)

Wireguard is the new star on the block concerning VPNs – and yes it has some benefits to the old VPN technologies but I won’t talk about them as there is much information about that on the Internet. This blog post just explains how to set it up in an unprivileged container. In my case […]

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April 14, 2019
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Howto install Bitwarden in a LXC container (e.g. Proxmox)

As many of you know me, I’m quite serious about security and therefore a believer in the theory that a service which is not reachable (e.g. from the Internet) cannot be attacked as easily as one that it. Looking at password managers this makes choosing not that easy. Sure there is Keepass and the descendants, […]

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January 13, 2019
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