CISA released its customized Log4Shell scanning solution and a list of other third-party scanners. However, all the Log4j scanners tested by Rezilion failed to detect all file formats.
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Natural gas supplier Superior Plus suffered a ransomware attack that knocked its systems offline although customer safety and security and personal data were not affected.
Volvo disclosed a security breach that resulted in a R&D data theft by Snatch cyber threat actors. The company added that customers’ car safety and private information were not affected.
Cox communications data breach notification disclosed that unauthorized individual(s) accessed sensitive customer information after impersonating the company's support agent.
WordFence discovered over 13.7 million cyber attacks targeting four vulnerable plugins and 15 Epsilon framework themes in 36 hours hitting 1.6 million WordPress websites.
Leveraging the Hancitor malware, the ransomware gang earned $43.9 m after compromising 49 critical infrastructure entities in finance, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and IT.
Many organizations affected by Log4j’s zero-day vulnerability with mass internet scanning detected, suggesting the remote code execution flaw was actively targeted in the wild.
Botnet discovered by Chinese researchers introduced a backdoor and a web shell on compromised AT&T VoIP servers, mostly in the US, for DDoS attacks and data exfiltration.
Colorado Energy Company, Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA), suffered a malicious cyber attack that shut down 90% of its internal controls and wiped 25 years of historical data.
DNA testing firm said the data breach exposed personal and financial data of 2.1 million people, and hackers removed some files from the national genetic testing organization system database.
