NAME:WRECK vulnerabilities impact millions of smart and industrial devices
Security researchers have found a new set of vulnerabilities that impact hundreds of millions of servers, smart devices, and industrial equipment. Called NAME:WRECK, the vulnerabilities have been discovered by enterprise IoT security firm Forescout as part of its internal research program named Project Memoria — which the company describes as “an initiative that aims at providing the cybersecurity community with the largest study on the security of TCP/IP stacks.”
New Cring ransomware deployed via unpatched Fortinet VPNs
Unpatched Fortinet VPN devices are being hacked to deploy a new strain of ransomware inside corporate networks, Russian security firm Kaspersky said today.
Man charged for hacking Kansas water utility with intent to harm public
The US Department of Justice has indicted today a Kansas man on charges of hacking into the computer system of a local water utility and trying to sabotage water processing operations with the intent to harm the local public.