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CYBER
Current Threat
Industry Impacted: Telecommunication Services
Researchers reported on a global cyber espionage campaign dubbed “Operation Soft Cell” which breached the systems of at least eight information technology service providers in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Researchers attributed the campaign *”with a high level of certainty”* to multiple Chinese government-backed groups, such as APT10.
Vulnerabilities
Industry Impacted: Information Technology
Cisco released emergency patches for two critical vulnerabilities, a remote code execution vulnerability and an authentication bypass vulnerability, existing in its Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) web-management console. The vendor also patched a critical authentication bypass vulnerability existing in its Digital Network Architecture (DNA).
Threat Actor Activity
Industry Impacted: Financials, Government, Health Care, Industrial, Information Technology, Materials, Telecommunication Services, Utilities
Researchers at Recorded Future profiling APT33 threat activity observed the group adopting new Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) and modifying aspects of its attack infrastructure following a recent public report from Symantec.
GEOPOLITICS
Several media outlets reported the US conducted a cyberattack against Iran in retaliation for Iran shooting down a US surveillance drone last week. Tensions between Iran and US have continuously worsened over previous months and the risk of a military confrontation in the coming weeks has increased.
OUTLOOK
02 June – INTERPOL World 2019
28 June – US President Trump to meet Russian President Putin during G20, Japan
28 June – US President Trump to meet Chinese President Xi during G20 summit, Japan