The WatchGuard Security Team spends a lot of time chasing ransomware extortion groups throughout the dark web. So, it only fits that one of the newer ransomware extortion groups is named Endurance Ransomware. It appears this "group" is one individual known as IntelBroker, who has allegedly breached several entities of the US government and two other separate businesses in one … [Read more...]
Two Microsoft Exchange Server Zero-Day Vulnerabilities (aka ProxyNotShell)
Update 10/6/2022 : Microsoft has released several updates since their post on the “ProxyNotShell” Exchange vulnerabilities. If you followed their initial mitigation steps, they are not sufficient to block this threat and your Exchange server may remain vulnerable. Security researchers began poking at the initial mitigation recommendations and found ways to bypass their … [Read more...]
Over a Billion Records Leaked in Shanghai National Police Database Hack
This past week, a hacker by the name of ChinaDan allegedly breached the Shanghai National Police (SHGA) database and has put the nearly 23 TB of data up for sale for 10 bitcoin (BTC), or a little over $200k USD as of this writing. ChinaDan claims the data contains “information on 1 Billion Chinese national residents and several billion case records” including names, addresses, … [Read more...]
LockBit Ransomware Group Introduces Bug Bounties and More
The LockBit ransomware group has unveiled a new website – LockBit 3.0 – to host their ransom extortions and data leaks. The website includes several new features, including an unprecedented bug bounty program to assist the group in securing their site; acceptance of the privacy cryptocurrency, Zcash; and the addition of receiving payments from users to: “extend the timer for 24 … [Read more...]
For the Love of InfoSec, Don’t Over-Expose Administrative Management Portals
When talking to IT and Security professionals, everyone seems to know they shouldn’t overly-expose management portals. And yet, every year we learn some new statistic showing tens of thousands of devices or software products with management portals exposed on the Internet. In hopes of changing this trend, this article talks about why management portals sometimes get exposed and … [Read more...]
