Month: May 2024
In today’s digital landscape, cybersecurity is paramount, especially for government agencies entrusted with safeguarding sensitive data and critical infrastructure. Recognizing this need, LevelBlue is proud to announce the availability of its latest offering: support for Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) in the Government Cloud. New Availability in Gov Cloud for MSSPs This new offering marks…
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‘Everyone is chasing HPE as the (hybrid cloud) platform to beat,’ says Curtis Dery, senior vice president of Powerland, a Canadian IT service provider and Xerox Business Solutions Company. ‘I would say everyone is about two to three years behind where HPE is right now.’ Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a significant lead in the race…
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An unnamed European Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and its three diplomatic missions in the Middle East were targeted by two previously undocumented backdoors tracked as LunarWeb and LunarMail. ESET, which identified the activity, attributed it with medium confidence to the Russia-aligned cyberespionage group Turla (aka Iron Hunter, Pensive Ursa, Secret Blizzard, Snake, Uroburos, and…
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Alexey Pertsev, one of the main developers of the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency tumbler has been sentenced to 64 months in prison for his part in helping launder more than $2 billion worth of cryptocurrency. The 31-year-old Russian national was arrested in Amsterdam in August 2022 for charges of hiding financial flows from criminal activities and facilitating money laundering. Tornado…
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Here’s How to Enhance Your Cyber Resilience with CVSS In late 2023, the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) v4.0 was unveiled, succeeding the eight-year-old CVSS v3.0, with the aim to enhance vulnerability assessment for both industry and the public. This latest version introduces additional metrics like safety and automation to address criticism of lacking granularity…
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May 15, 2024The Hacker NewsEnterprise Security / Cloud Computing While cloud adoption has been top of mind for many IT professionals for nearly a decade, it’s only in recent months, with industry changes and announcements from key players, that many recognize the time to make the move is now. It may feel like a daunting…
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A malware botnet called Ebury is estimated to have compromised 400,000 Linux servers since 2009, out of which more than 100,000 were still compromised as of late 2023. The findings come from Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET, which characterized it as one of the most advanced server-side malware campaigns for financial gain. “Ebury actors have been…
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May 15, 2024NewsroomCryptocurrency / Anonymity A Dutch court on Tuesday sentenced one of the co-founders of the now-sanctioned Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer service to 5 years and 4 months in prison. While the name of the defendant was redacted in the verdict, it’s known that Alexey Pertsev, a 31-year-old Russian national, has been awaiting trial…
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ESET Research, Threat Reports An overview of the activities of selected APT groups investigated and analyzed by ESET Research in Q4 2023 and Q1 2024 14 May 2024 • , 2 min. read ESET APT Activity Report Q4 2023–Q1 2024 summarizes notable activities of selected advanced persistent threat (APT) groups that were documented by ESET…
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