17 Mar 2025
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 3/17/2025

China continues cyberattacks on routers, this time targeting Juniper Networks devices An espionage group operating out of China is targeting routers made by Juniper Networks, according to incident responders from Mandiant. The researchers said the state-backed group — dubbed UNC3886 — was behind a campaign last year to deploy custom backdoors on the company’s Junos OS routers. The group appears to be “focused mainly on defense, technology, and telecommunication organizations located in the US and Asia,” they…
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30 Mar 2023
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 03/30/2023

WiFi protocol flaw allows attackers to hijack network traffic Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a fundamental security flaw in the design of the IEEE 802.11 WiFi protocol standard, allowing attackers to trick access points into leaking network frames in plaintext form. WiFi frames are data containers consisting of a header, data payload, and trailer, which include information such as the source and destination MAC address, control, and management data. These frames are ordered in queues and…
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09 Mar 2021
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 03/09/2021

Robocalls keep spamming Americans, in part because of their cyber tools After a surprising lull at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, phone scammers are back, and showing signs of overlapping more and more with text messages and cyber elements. Scammers are combining phone calls with tricks to circumvent two-factor authentication, using information they obtain online to make more targeted calls and, in some cases, mimicking the attack methods of hackers, government and industry officials…
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03 Mar 2021
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 03/03/2021

World's leading dairy group Lactalis hit by cyberattack Lactalis, the world's leading dairy group, has disclosed a cyberattack after unknown threat actors have breached some of the company's systems. Lactalis (short for Lactalis Group) has 85,000 employees in 51 countries, and it exports dairy products to over 100 countries around the world. The dairy group controls multiple leading international brands, including Président, Galbani, Lactel, Santal, and Parmalat.  In a press release published on Friday, Lactalis says that only a limited number…
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