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Ghost Ransomware a Persistent Global Threat to Critical Infrastructure

SecureWorld News

The FBI, CISA, and MS-ISAC have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory warning organizations about Ghost (Cring) ransomware, a sophisticated cyber threat that has been compromising critical infrastructure, businesses, and government entities worldwide.

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Researchers discovered the largest data breach ever, exposing 16 billion login credentials

Security Affairs

The data, structured by URL, login, and password, targets services like Apple, Google, Facebook, Telegram, GitHub, and even government portals. CyberNews researchers speculate that most of the 16 billion leaked records came from stealer malware, credential stuffing , and old breaches. RockYou2021 had 8.4

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CSRB Report on Microsoft

Adam Shostack

State was able to access the MailItemsAccessed log to set up these particular Big Yellow Taxi alerts because it had purchased Microsofts government agency-focused G5 license that includes enhanced logging capabilities through a product called Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium).

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MasterCard Buys Recorded Future for $2.6B: What It Means for AI Cybersecurity

SecureWorld News

Recorded Future, founded in 2009, has made its name in recent years by harnessing AI to provide real-time threat detection and predictive analytics. In total, they work with 45 national governments and 1500+ clients in 75 countries , making them the world's largest threat intelligence company.

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Lotus Panda Hackers Strike Southeast Asian Governments With Browser Stealers, Sideloaded Malware

eSecurity Planet

A notorious Chinese-linked hacking group, known in cybersecurity circles as Lotus Panda, has once again been tied to a wave of cyberattacks that hit several Southeast Asian government and private sector organizations, according to fresh findings from Broadcoms Symantec Threat Hunter Team.

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China Says U.S. Hacking Huawei Since 2009

SecureWorld News

accused China of targeting its government organizations with cyberattacks. National Security Agency (NSA) of infiltrating Huawei servers since as early as 2009. Of course, this comes about a month after the U.S. It seems like a never-ending cycle of blame and counter-blame in the world of cybersecurity.

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Real-Time Attacks Against Two-Factor Authentication

Schneier on Security

Attackers are targeting two-factor authentication systems: Attackers working on behalf of the Iranian government collected detailed information on targets and used that knowledge to write spear-phishing emails that were tailored to the targets' level of operational security, researchers with security firm Certfa Lab said in a blog post.