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By AMSAT Oct 02,2020
Week in review: What transpired in the sphere of cybersecurity
The outgoing week has been full of reports pertaining to vulnerabilities and their patches, as well as hacking and cyberattack incidents. Here’s a brief review of what transpired in the happening week.
Apple fixed multiple flaws in macOS
Technology giant Apple patched as many as four flaws across macOS Catalina, High Sierra and Mojave.
The first flaw, CVE-2020-9973, was one of the security holes that affected the Model I/O component. Apple said misuse of the vulnerability, which involved the handing out of a malicious USD file, could lead to random code execution or a DoS condition.
Another flaw, CVE-2020-9968, impacted all versions of macOS and which Apple also fixed in iOS 14. Apple also fixed a random code execution flaw that could be misused using malicious image files.
North Korea hacker group strove to hack 11 UN Security Council officials
A hacker group formerly linked with North Korea was spotted carrying out spear-phishing attacks to compromise the United Nations Security Council officials.
The attacks were attributed to a North Korean hacker group by the codename of Kimsuky. As per the UN report, Kimsuky operations occurred across March and April this year and comprised a series of spear-phishing operations aimed at the Gmail accounts of UN officials.
QNAP asked users to update NAS firmware and app
Taiwanese vendor QNAP urged its customers to update the firmware and apps installed on NAS devices to avoid AgeLocker ransomware infections.
The vendor also recognized that older versions of the PhotoStation app are impacted by known security flaws.
Earlier, the company had issued another alert to warn its users of a wave of attacks spreading a ransomware strain tracked as eCh0raix.
UHS hospitals hit by Ryuk ransomware attack
Universal Health Services (UHS) healthcare providers were reportedly hit by a Ryuk ransomware attack, prompting them to shut down systems at healthcare facilities in the United States.
The attack also disabled multiple antivirus programs.
Universal Health Services (UHS) is an American Fortune 500 company with annual revenues of $11.37 billion and over 90,000 employees.
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The outgoing week has been full of reports pertaining to vulnerabilities and their patches, as well as hacking and cyberattack incidents. Here’s a brief review of what transpired in the happening week.
Apple fixed multiple flaws in macOS
Technology giant Apple patched as many as four flaws across macOS Catalina, High Sierra and Mojave.
The first flaw, CVE-2020-9973, was one of the security holes that affected the Model I/O component. Apple said misuse of the vulnerability, which involved the handing out of a malicious USD file, could lead to random code execution or a DoS condition.
Another flaw, CVE-2020-9968, impacted all versions of macOS and which Apple also fixed in iOS 14. Apple also fixed a random code execution flaw that could be misused using malicious image files.
North Korea hacker group strove to hack 11 UN Security Council officials
A hacker group formerly linked with North Korea was spotted carrying out spear-phishing attacks to compromise the United Nations Security Council officials.
The attacks were attributed to a North Korean hacker group by the codename of Kimsuky. As per the UN report, Kimsuky operations occurred across March and April this year and comprised a series of spear-phishing operations aimed at the Gmail accounts of UN officials.
QNAP asked users to update NAS firmware and app
Taiwanese vendor QNAP urged its customers to update the firmware and apps installed on NAS devices to avoid AgeLocker ransomware infections.
The vendor also recognized that older versions of the PhotoStation app are impacted by known security flaws.
Earlier, the company had issued another alert to warn its users of a wave of attacks spreading a ransomware strain tracked as eCh0raix.
UHS hospitals hit by Ryuk ransomware attack
Universal Health Services (UHS) healthcare providers were reportedly hit by a Ryuk ransomware attack, prompting them to shut down systems at healthcare facilities in the United States.
The attack also disabled multiple antivirus programs. Universal Health Services (UHS) is an American Fortune 500 company with annual revenues of $11.37 billion and over 90,000 employees.
