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Cybersecurity Agencies Recommending Against Obsolete Protocols
Well-known cybersecurity agencies in the United States and the Netherlands issued recommendations against the use of obsolete TLS protocols that put the networks and users at risk. In early January, the NSA, the main cybersecurity agency in the US, issued an advisory that recommended with great emphasis to stop the...
Malwarebytes targeted by Nation-State Actor implicated in SolarWinds breach
Recently, various organizations in the security industry, have come under attack by a nation-state actor leveraging SolarWinds software. On December 14, 2020, Malwarebytes reported the event and informed its business customers using SolarWinds to take precautionary measures. However, a new intrusion vector has been introduced by the same actor which...
FiberHome Routers Plagged with Vulnerabilities and Backdoors
FiberHome Networks is a major player in telecommunications and networking equipment for the Chinese market and trade allies, with hundreds of thousands of customers using their routers worldwide. There’s plenty to tell about this company but today’s news is regarding the worrisome finding of at least 28 backdoor accounts and...
Iranian Hackers Access Unprotected ICS at Israeli Water Facility
Over the years, cybersecurity professionals have warned organizations in the energy and water sectors of the dangers of exposed Human Machine Interface systems which are easy targets for malicious actors. The need to secure HMIs in the water sector came to light recently, when a group of Iranian hackers accessed...
A Step Closer: A Desalination Mystery Solved Aims to a More Accessible Process
Access to safe drinking water is one of the biggest challenges that humankind faces. We don’t only have large populations in Africa that don’t have access to safe drinking water but there are new problems looming in the horizon. Pollution, climate change, and exponential population growth, especially in poor regions...
3 New Severe Security Vulnerabilities Found in SolarWind Software
Three major security vulnerabilities impacting SolarWinds products have recently been discovered. According to cybersecurity experts, the most severe flaw could be exploited to achieve remote code execution with escalated privileges. Insights from a technical analysis published by cybersecurity firm, Trustwave revealed that two of the weaknesses (CVE-2021-25274 and CVE-2021-25275) are...