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Threat Awareness – QR Code Campaign Impacts Major U.S. Energy Company

What’s Black and White and Read all Over? Many years before computers, “newspaper” was the usual punchline to this riddle, but in today’s culture the QR code is more representative. QR codes have been in use for many years – a Japanese automotive company actually patented them in 1994 – but the usage became much more widespread during the COVID-19 pandemic. QR codes have benefits, but like anything electronically/digitally useful, scammers eventually leverage them with nefarious intent.

Threat Awareness - Unsophisticated Campaign Likely Behind Sudden Surge in Attacks Targeting LinkedIn Accounts

Cyberint has written a blog post detailing its research into a widespread campaign targeting LinkedIn accounts. Researchers have observed a surge in Google searches for LinkedIn account hacking and some victims have shared that they’ve received ransom notes with instructions on how to regain access to their account.

Cyber Resilience – China Would Consider Attacks on US Critical Infrastructure if it Invades Taiwan, according to CISA Director

The Chinese government would likely consider destructive or disruptive attacks on American critical infrastructure assets if it believed the U.S. was likely to intervene during a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan, warned CISA Director Jen Easterly at a cybersecurity conference this past weekend.

CISA ICS Vulnerability Advisories and Alerts, Updates, and Bulletins – August 15, 2023

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published the following ICS vulnerability advisories, as well as alerts, updates, and bulletins:

ICS Vulnerability Advisories:

CISA Releases Two Industrial Control Systems Advisories

Products are used across multiple sectors, please check these latest advisories for specific equipment used across your ICS environments and address accordingly.

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