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A week in security (October 26 – November 1)
- Federal agencies are warning of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to US hospitals and healthcare providers, especially with regard to ransomware attacks. (Source: NBC)
- Despite their own claims, questions have been raised as to whether the SunCrypt gang are indeed the newest members of the Maze cartel. (Source: Security Boulevard)
- The five biggest cybersecurity threats for the healthcare industry as seen by cloud-first security firm Wandera. (Source: TechRepublic)
- CVE-2020-14882 A bug in Oracle Weblogic is being actively exploited, and the exploitation is trivial. (Source: InfoSec Handlers Diary Blog)
- Foreign cyber threats to the 2020 US presidential election are predominantly sophisticated disinformation campaigns. (Source: digital shadows)
- Why satellite hacking has become the biggest global threat for countries like the US, China, Russia, and India? (Source: The Eurasia Times)
- Facebook warned of perception hacks undermining trust in democracy. (Source: Axios)
- Microsoft warned that threat actors are actively exploiting systems unpatched against the ZeroLogon privilege escalation vulnerability in the Netlogon Remote Protocol. (Source: BleepingComputer)
- Email compromise attacks are on the increase as threat actors shift their focus from finance employees to group mailboxes. (Source: BetaNews)
- Zoom has kicked off end-to-end encryption for its mobile and desktop apps. (Source: ZDNet)