04 Jan 2024
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 1/4/2024

Hacked Mandiant X Account Abused for Cryptocurrency Theft  Mandiant’s account on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, was hacked on Wednesday and abused to lure users to a website designed to steal cryptocurrency from victims. The account of Mandiant, which is part of Google Cloud, was renamed to ‘Phantom’ and its profile image and description were updated to appear affiliated with the legitimate Phantom cryptocurrency wallet. Messages posted on the hijacked account promoted a website…
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04 Dec 2023
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 12/04/2023

EU Council president proposes ‘European cyber force’ with ‘offensive capabilities’ Charles Michel, the president of the European Council — the EU body that sets the bloc’s political direction — proposed on Thursday the creation of “a European cyber force … equipped with offensive capabilities.” “The sensitive issue of chain of command would need to be addressed,” he acknowledged at the annual conference for the European Defence Agency (EDA). The Council President’s spokesperson was unable to…
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09 Oct 2023
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 10/09/2023

Cisco releases urgent patch for flaw that could let hackers access Emergency Response Systems  Cisco Emergency Responder (CER), the company’s emergency communication system used to respond to crises in a timely manner, had hardcoded credentials, allowing hackers with knowledge of this fact easy access to the systems. The news was confirmed by the company itself, which recently released a new patch to address the problem. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-20101 and comes with a…
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