Daily Reports

Daily Report – 27/04/2020 – Spyware Targeting Oil and Gas Delivered Through Spear-Phishing Campaign

27th April 2020 - 11:39

Dear MCERT Members,

Research conducted by security firm Bitdefender has revealed spear-phishing campaigns which look to deliver the Agent Tes... Read more

Daily Report - 24/04/2020 - Cisco AnyConnect Flaw Requires Urgent Update

24th April 2020 - 15:07

Dear MCERT Members,
A recent flaw in Cisco AnyConnect could give an attacker system rights on your company devices. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobilit... Read more

Daily Report – 23/04/2020 – Zero-Day Bugs in IBM’s Enterprise Security Software Disclosed

23rd April 2020 - 14:52

Dear MCERT Members,
IBM’s Data Risk Manager (IDRM) is a premium product designed to analyse sensitive business information assets of an organisatio... Read more

Daily Report – 22/04/2020 - 267 Million Facebook Profile Information For Sale on Dark Web

22nd April 2020 - 09:15

Dear MCERT Members,
A Cyber Security researcher recently discovered an open database for sale on the dark web that contained a little over 267 mill... Read more

Daily Report – 21/04/2020 – Patched Pulse Secure VPNs Could Still Expose Organisations to Hackers

21st April 2020 - 08:31

Dear MCERT Members,
The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued a new advisory alerting organisations... Read more

Daily Report - 20/04/2020 – Passengers onboard MS Zaandman Fall victim to a Non-Malicious Data Breach

20th April 2020 - 14:38

Dear MCERT Member,

MS Zaandam, a cruise ship owned by The Holland America Line hit the headlines recently following an outbreak of COVID-19 onboard.... Read more

Daily Report - 17/04/2020 - Energy Group EDP Subjected to €10 Million Ransomware Threat

17th April 2020 - 13:47

Dear MCERT Members,

Energy group Energias de Portugal (EDP) have reportedly been faced with a €10 million ransom, with attackers threatening to... Read more

Daily Report - 16/04/2020 - Microsoft Patches Critical and Zero-Day Flaws with Latest Update

16th April 2020 - 10:58

Dear MCERT Member,

Microsoft on its latest Patch Tuesday released software security updates for all supported versions of its Windows OS and oth... Read more

Daily Report – 15/04/2020 – Mediterranean Shipping Company Victim of a Potential Cyber Attack

15th April 2020 - 11:19

Dear MCERT Members,
On Good Friday last week, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) reported that they experienced a network outage issue in the com... Read more

Daily Report – 14/04/2020 – Threats Continue Exploiting Coronavirus Fears

14th April 2020 - 09:00

Dear MCERT Members,
Through some of our previous reports, we have discussed various ongoing campaigns in which malicious actors leverage on the cor... Read more