Lawrence Abrams reports: Cisco confirmed today that it took its public DevHub portal offline after a threat actor leaked “non-public” data, but it continues to state that there is no evidence that its systems were breached. “We have determined that the data in question is on a public-facing DevHub environment—a Cisco resource center that enables…
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Iranian Cyber Actors’ Brute Force and Credential Access Activity Compromises Critical Infrastructure Organizations
From CISA, Alert Code: AA24-290A Summary The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSE), the Australian Federal Police (AFP), and Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory to warn network defenders…
Army to defend small businesses against hackers with NCODE secure cloud enclave pilot
Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. reports: AUSA 2024 — Army undersecretary Gabe Camarillo announced here Tuesday that the service would create a secure online enclave where small businesses can work with sensitive information under the Army’s protection — a potential lifeline for smaller firms struggling to meet Pentagon cybersecurity requirements and defend themselves against high-end threats like China. Known as…
Cisco investigates breach after stolen data for sale on hacking forum
Lawrence Abrams reports: Cisco has confirmed to BleepingComputer that it is investigating recent claims that it suffered a breach after a threat actor began selling allegedly stolen data on a hacking forum. “Cisco is aware of reports that an actor is alleging to have gained access to certain Cisco-related files,” a Cisco spokesperson told BleepingComputer. “We have…
UK law firm sanctioned by ICO after hackers steal clients’ personal details
John Hyde reports: A Hampshire law firm has been reprimanded by the data watchdog after hackers were able to access client details because of insufficient security measures. Levales Solicitors LLP, which specialised in criminal and military law, was found by the Information Commissioner’s Office to have failed to ensure the confidentiality of its processing systems….
National Public Data files for bankruptcy, admits ‘hundreds of millions’ potentially affected
Iain Thomson reports: The Florida business behind data brokerage National Public Data has filed for bankruptcy, admitting “hundreds of millions” of people were potentially affected in one of the largest information leaks of the year. In June, the hacking group USDoD put a 277.1 GB file of data online that contained information on about 2.9 billion…