Cybersecurity News & Trends – 09-04-20
This week, teenage hackers and nation-state attackers made trouble worldwide.
SonicWall Spotlight
SonicWall TZ 600 POE — SC Magazine
- SC Media takes a close look at the TZ 600 POE and awards it top marks.
Why Small Businesses Must Deal With Emerging Cybersecurity Threats — Entrepreneur
- Cybercriminals are counting on small businesses to be less protected — and they’re often right.
Surging CMS attacks keep SQL Injections On The Radar During The Next Normal — Help Net Security
- Cyberattacks have risen during the pandemic, leaving businesses to wonder whether things will settle down when COVID-19 begins to wane, or if the increase in attacks is here to stay.
Cybersecurity News
Teenager arrested in cyberattacks on Miami-Dade schools — The Washington Times
- A 16-year-old student has been arrested for orchestrating a series of network outages and cyberattacks during the first week of school in Florida’s largest district.
Microsoft Defender can ironically be used to download malware — Bleeping Computer
- A recent update to Windows 10’s Microsoft Defender antivirus solution ironically allows it to download malware and other files to a Windows computer.
Twitter Hack May Have Had Another Mastermind: A 16-Year-Old — The New York Times
- A Massachusetts teenager appears to have played a significant role in the July 15 Twitter attack, investigators and fellow hackers said.
Chinese Hackers Targeted European Officials in Phishing Campaign — Bloomberg
- Chinese nation-state hackers launched a phishing campaign against European government officials, diplomats, non-profits and other organizations to gather intelligence about global economies reeling from the pandemic.
Minister: New Zealand Enduring Wave of Cyberattacks — Security Week
- According to the Associated Press, tracking down the perpetrators will be extremely difficult, as the distributed denial of service attacks are being routed through thousands of computers.
Federal agencies deny seeing attacks on voting infrastructure — The Hill
- The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have denied seeing any reports of attacks on voting infrastructure, following the publication of a report on potential Russian election interference.
The FBI Botched Its DNC Hack Warning in 2016—but Says It Won’t Next Time — Wired
- Facing looming election threats and a ransomware epidemic, the bureau says it has revamped its process for warning hacking victims.
The accidental notary: Apple approves notorious malware to run on Macs — Ars Technica
- Newfangled malware protection gives users a false sense of security, critics say, making it potentially worse than nothing at all.
Attackers abuse Google DNS over HTTPS to download malware — Bleeping Computer
- More details have emerged on a malware sample that uses Google DNS over HTTPS to retrieve the stage 2 malicious payload.
‘UltraRank’ Gang Sells Card Data It Steals — Bank Info Security
- A cybercriminal gang that has spent five years planting malicious JavaScript code in order to steal payment card data from hundreds of e-commerce websites also takes the unusual step of selling the data on its own.
Hackers Attack Norway’s Parliament — Security Week
- Norway’s parliament said Tuesday it had been the target of a “vast” cyberattack that allowed hackers to access the some lawmakers’ emails.
In Case You Missed It
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- Get the Most out of Your Security Appliance with Multi-Instance — Ajay Uggirala
- SonicWall Products Compliant with NDAA Section 889 Regulations — Wayne Engelke
- SonicWall CEO Bill Conner Talks Company Milestone in CRNtv Guest Appearance — Lindsey Lockhart
- Introducing the SonicExpress Mobile App — Sathya Thammanur
