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It’s APT28 again! Public attribution names and shames state-backed crew The same Russian state hackers who unleashed NotPetya on the world’s computers were behind destructive cyberattacks on Georgia during 2019, the governments of Britain and the US have said – echoing a similar attribution a decade ago.… READ MORE HERE…

Critical fix for static credential headlines latest patch rollout Cisco has released fixes to address 17 vulnerabilities across its networking and unified communications lines.… READ MORE HERE…

Mystery plant hit by ‘commodity’ infection thought to be Ryuk America’s Homeland Security this week disclosed it recently responded to a ransomware infection at an unnamed natural gas plant.… READ MORE HERE…

Texan tech giant hacks off part of security real estate, sells to consortium Dell Technologies is flogging its infosec business RSA for $2.075bn as it tries to reduce its longstanding debt.… READ MORE HERE…

Not many stranger things happen at sea Penetration testers looking at commercial shipping and oil rigs discovered a litany of security blunders and vulnerabilities – including one set that would have let them take full control of a rig at sea.… READ MORE HERE…

Move over, there’s plenty of room on Putin’s naughty step Fresh from last week’s controversy with a US telco, German secure email biz Tutanota has declared today that the Russian authorities have pulled the plug on its services.… READ MORE HERE…

Remote attackers were able create their own admin accounts A vulnerability in a popular WordPress user role plugin lets any random person create an admin-level account on targeted websites.… READ MORE HERE…

Plus: Iranians accused of hacking IT service providers to get at their customers Roundup  Everything is insecure and everything is broken, exhibits A through Z:… READ MORE HERE…

Who will join the IT giant in staying away from San Francisco? Updated  IBM has pulled out of annual security shindig RSA Conference, due to be held in San Francisco at the end of this month, to avoid its staff catching the Wuhan novel coronavirus that’s spreading worldwide.… READ MORE HERE…

Malvertising campaign makes big bucks for online criminals Google has removed more than 500 Chrome extensions in response to a report from a security researcher, who found the browser plugins distributed through the Chrome Web Store facilitated ad fraud and data theft.… READ MORE HERE…