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UK and US warn QNAP owners to upgrade firmware to block malware

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) today issued an alert about the risks of infection faced by QNAP NAS devices if QSnatch malware attacks restart. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-and-us-warn-qnap-owners-to-upgrade-firmware-to-block-malware/
Garmin confirms ransomware attack, services coming back online

In a statement, Garmin has finally confirmed that they were the victim of a ransomware attack as they slowly bring their Garmin Connect, Strava, and navigation services back online. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/garmin-confirms-ransomware-attack-services-coming-back-online/
Office 365 adds new features to help identify malicious spam

Microsoft is planning to provide more info on spam emails detected as malicious by the Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) filtering stack and allow organizations to export their list of the top targeted users by phishing attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/office-365-adds-new-features-to-help-identify-malicious-spam/
Industrial VPN vulnerabilities put critical infrastructure at risk

Security researchers analyzing popular remote access solutions used for industrial control systems (ICS) found multiple vulnerabilities that could let unauthenticated attackers execute arbitrary code and breach the environment. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/industrial-vpn-vulnerabilities-put-critical-infrastructure-at-risk/
FBI warns of Netwalker ransomware targeting US government and orgs

The FBI has issued a security alert about Netwalker ransomware operators targeting U.S. and foreign government organizations, advising their victims not to pay the ransom and reporting incidents to their local FBI field offices. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-warns-of-netwalker-ransomware-targeting-us-government-and-orgs/
Microsoft to remove all Windows downloads signed with SHA-1

Microsoft is removing all Windows downloads from the Microsoft Download Center that are signed using SHA-1 certificates on August 3rd, 2020. (9d677006e13fc8d17c1f59b05bbb9047)[...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-to-remove-all-windows-downloads-signed-with-sha-1/
BootHole GRUB bootloader bug lets hackers hide malware in Linux, Windows

A severe vulnerability exists in almost all signed versions of GRUB2 bootloader used by most Linux systems. When properly exploited, it could allow threat actors to compromise an operating system's booting process even if the Secure Boot verification mechanism is active. (d6e07de8573fc9018707f22eee885a5d)[...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/boothole-grub-bootloader-bug-lets-hackers-hide-malware-in-linux-windows/
Cisco fixes severe flaws in data center management solution

Cisco today has released several security updates to address three critical authentication bypass, buffer overflow, and authorization bypass vulnerabilities found to affect Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) and multiple Cisco SD-WAN software products. (eaf4eb782b57d2f002da312b3ed275fe)[...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-fixes-severe-flaws-in-data-center-management-solution/