Onapsis and SAP say that cybercriminals are actively exploiting known SAP security vulnerabilities in the wild, sometimes with a cyber attack within 72 hours after patches are released.
Cyber Security
Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.
So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.
It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.
Why do we, in 2021, far too often still see security not being baked into all aspects of the software development lifecycle and instead added as some kind of tack-on component way down the line?
The gift cards belonged to 3,010 companies, including Amazon and Walmart, and were allegedly stolen from Cardpool’s backend. Both sales closed very quickly on the dark web forum.
Threat intelligence firm Group-IB says cybercriminals actively used Google Forms and Telegram bots to collect stolen data from exploit kits during phishing attacks.
NERC, a non-profit regulatory authority that oversees utilities, revealed this week that about 25% of the electric utilities on the North American power grid downloaded the SolarWinds backdoor.
Verizon's annual mobile security report paints a picture of a landscape increasingly dependent on mobile devices to get work done, this pattern has been driven primarily by the pandemic conditions.
The FBI obtained a court order to remove hackers’ web shells from the still-compromised Microsoft Exchange servers without informing the owners until the operation was concluded.
Hackers are not only eager to take advantage of the pandemic crisis, but that are feeding off of a highly profitable supply chain. While hospitals are the target, the patient is ultimately the true victim of this cyber attack machine.
Study from HP reveals that nation-state cyber attacks have not only doubled since 2017, but are also increasingly incorporating attacks on physical assets (such as infrastructure).
Newly released Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework will require third-party assessment of mandatory practices and requirements to strengthened cybersecurity infrastructure for the DoD and its more than 300,000 contractors.










