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Swiss industrial giant ABB confirmed this week that it was recently targeted in a ransomware attack and that the cybercriminals exfiltrated some data. The company has issued a press release and an FAQ describing the incident, with many details — including indicators of compromise (IoCs) — being withheld due to the ongoing law enforcement investigation.  “ABB has determined that an unauthorized third-party accessed certain ABB systems, deployed a type of ransomware that is not self-propagating,…

A recently identified ransomware operation called Buhti is using LockBit and Babuk variants to target both Linux and Windows systems, Symantec reports. Initially observed in February 2023, the Buhti operation, which Symantec calls Blacktail, has been rapidly expanding since mid-April, exploiting recent vulnerabilities for initial access, and relying on a custom tool to steal victim files. In a recent attack, the Buhti operators used a minimally modified version of the LockBit 3.0 (LockBit Black) ransomware…

Google on Thursday announced the availability of its Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) API for all Google Cloud users, allowing them to automatically acquire and renew TLS certificates for free. The ACME protocol was designed to automate TLS certificate lifecycle through APIs that are supported by dozens of clients, and has become the standard for certificate management across the internet, with most TLS certificates in the WebPKI being issued by ACME certificate authorities. The protocol’s…

A Mirai botnet variant has been exploiting a recently patched vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-28771 to hack many Zyxel firewalls.  The Taiwan-based networking device manufacturer informed customers about the security hole on April 25, when it announced the availability of patches for impacted ATP, VPN, USG Flex and ZyWALL/USG firewalls. The OS command injection vulnerability, found by Trapa Security, is caused by improper error message handling in some firewalls, and it could allow an unauthenticated attacker…

All sessions from SecurityWeek’s Threat Detection & Incident Response Summit  are now available to watch on demand. This fully immersive online event brought together security practitioners from around the world to share war stories on breaches and the murky world of high-end cyberattacks. Gain insights and learn strategies as we discuss threat hunting tools and frameworks, and explore value of threat intelligence data in the defender’s security stack. Agenda sessions available to watch on demand include…