Hackers

China’s RedMike hackers taking aim at telcos via flaws in Cisco gear – Go Health Pro

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China’s RedMike hackers taking aim at telcos via flaws in Cisco gear – Go Health Pro

A notorious state-sponsored Chinese hacking crew has set it its sights on U.S. telecommunications companies.Known as RedMike, the well-known group has defied law enforcement efforts to cripple its back-end and halt its cyberattacks. This latest round of attacks target known flaws in Cisco devices.Administrators are advised to examine and update all internet-facing network appliances.Researchers with … Read more

Financially motivated hackers are helping their espionage counterparts and vice versa – Go Health Pro

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Financially motivated hackers are helping their espionage counterparts and vice versa – Go Health Pro

On Thursday, researchers with the Symantec security firm reported on a collaboration that worked the other way—use by the RA World ransomware group of a “distinct toolset” that previously has been seen used only in espionage operations by a China-linked threat group. The toolset, first spotted in July, was a variant of PlugX, a custom … Read more

Router maker Zyxel tells customers to replace vulnerable hardware exploited by hackers – Go Health Pro

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Router maker Zyxel tells customers to replace vulnerable hardware exploited by hackers – Go Health Pro

Taiwanese hardware maker Zyxel says it has no plans to release a patch for two actively exploited vulnerabilities affecting potentially thousands of customers.  Threat intelligence startup GreyNoise warned late last month that a critical-rated zero-day vulnerability impacting Zyxel routers was being actively exploited. GreyNoise said the flaws allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on affected … Read more

Half a million hotel guests at risk after hackers accessed sensitive data – Go Health Pro

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Half a million hotel guests at risk after hackers accessed sensitive data – Go Health Pro

The personal information of almost half a million people is now in the hands of hackers after a security breach of a company used by some of the world’s best known hotel brands. Hotel management software provider Otelier boasts that more than 10,000 hotels – including brands like Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt – use its … Read more

You Can’t Trust Hackers, and Other Data Breach Verification Tales – Go Health Pro

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You Can’t Trust Hackers, and Other Data Breach Verification Tales – Go Health Pro

It’s hard to find a good criminal these days. I mean a really trustworthy one you can be confident won’t lead you up the garden path with false promises of data breaches. Like this guy yesterday: For my international friends, JB Hi-Fi is a massive electronics retailer down under and they have my data! I … Read more