Krebs on Security
JULY 19, 2021
Browse the comments on virtually any story about a ransomware attack and you will almost surely encounter the view that the victim organization could have avoided paying their extortionists if only they’d had proper data backups. But the ugly truth is there are many non-obvious reasons why victims end up paying even when they have done nearly everything right from a data backup perspective.
Tech Republic Security
JULY 19, 2021
Give your PC a little extra security. HVCI and VBS are available in 64-bit versions of Windows 10, but you must turn them on manually. We show you how.
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Digital Shadows
JULY 19, 2021
With the closing of another quarter, it’s once again time to have a look back at the cyber threat landscape. The post Q2 Ransomware Roll Up first appeared on Digital Shadows.
Tech Republic Security
JULY 19, 2021
The US has also blamed hackers working with China for ransomware attacks, extortion, crypto-jacking and other cybercrimes.
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How many people would you trust with your house keys? Chances are, you have a handful of trusted friends and family members who have an emergency copy, but you definitely wouldn’t hand those out too freely. You have stuff that’s worth protecting—and the more people that have access to your belongings, the higher the odds that something will go missing.
Security Boulevard
JULY 19, 2021
Best practices for securing the software supply chain. Photo by Andy Li on Unsplash. In the wake of several highly publicized supply chain attacks, regulatory and media focus is shifting to address third-party software risk. The Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, established on January 31st, 2020, was the first attempt at creating a supply chain security compliance mandate.
Malwarebytes
JULY 19, 2021
This blog post was authored by Erika Noerenberg. Introduction. Over the past months, Malwarebytes researchers have been tracking a unique malspam campaign delivering the Remcos remote access trojan (RAT) via financially-themed emails. Remcos is often delivered via malicious documents or archive files containing scripts or executables. Like other RATs, Remcos gives the threat actor full control over the infected system and allows them to capture keystrokes, screenshots, credentials, or other sens
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Bleeping Computer
JULY 19, 2021
Human rights non-governmental organization Amnesty International and non-profit project Forbidden Stories revealed in a recent report that they found spyware made by Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group deployed on iPhones running Apple's latest iOS release, hacked using zero-day zero-click iMessage exploits. [.].
Security Boulevard
JULY 19, 2021
In earlier, more innocent (?) times, cyberattacks seemed to be fairly straightforward. You have the data exfiltration attacks, where copies of sensitive personal information and intellectual property are stolen, often without the victims’ knowledge since the original data are left intact. Sensitive nonpublic personal data are then either sold on the Dark Web or used […].
CyberSecurity Insiders
JULY 19, 2021
A suspected ransomware attack on the servers of Northern Rail’s ticketing system has disrupted the digital services of the company from the past 12 hours and news is out that the operator might make a recovery only after 2 days. News is out that the file encrypting malware has targeted over 600 touch screen units that were installed at a cost of £17 million across 420 trail stations in the North of England.
Security Boulevard
JULY 19, 2021
A data protection officer (DPO) ensures that a company's processing of individuals' personal data is done in a GDPR-compliant manner. Learn more. The post Data Protection Officer (DPO): Why Your Business Needs One appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.
Bleeping Computer
JULY 19, 2021
Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has seized 17 malicious domains used by scammers in a business email compromise (BEC) campaign targeting the company's customers. [.].
The Hacker News
JULY 19, 2021
According to Keeper Security's Workplace Password Malpractice Report, many remote workers aren't following best practices for password security. Password security was a problem even before the advent of widespread remote work. So, what happened post-pandemic? Keeper Security's Workplace Password Malpractice Report sought to find out. In February 2021, Keeper surveyed 1,000 employees in the U.S.
Bleeping Computer
JULY 19, 2021
Attackers have stolen 1 TB of proprietary data belonging to Saudi Aramco and are offering it for sale on the darknet. The Saudi Arabian Oil Company, better known as Saudi Aramco, is one of the largest public petroleum and natural gas companies in the world. The sales price, albeit negotiable, is set at $5 million. [.].
Security Affairs
JULY 19, 2021
A hacker claims to have stolen 1 TB of sensitive data from the Saudi Arabian petroleum and natural gas giant, Saudi Aramco. Threat actors that goes online with the moniker ZeroX claim to have stolen 1 TB of sensitive data from the Saudi Arabian petroleum and natural gas giant end it is offering for sale it on multiple hacking forums. The oil giant employs has over $200 billion in annual revenue, and the threat actors are offering the stolen data at an initial price of $5 million.
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Within the past few years, ransomware attacks have turned to critical infrastructure, healthcare, and government entities. Attackers have taken advantage of the rapid shift to remote work and new technologies. Add to that hacktivism due to global conflicts and U.S. elections, and an increased focus on AI, and you have the perfect recipe for a knotty and turbulent 2024.
CSO Magazine
JULY 19, 2021
As organizations emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, hiring is on the rebound—and that is especially true in the information security ranks where demand has outstripped supply for years. Despite the work-from-home push opening opportunities to hire beyond the usual geographical boundaries, many organizations continue to struggle to find these needed workers, which is putting pressure on salary and benefit offerings.
Dark Reading
JULY 19, 2021
While steps for defending against a ransomware attack vary based on the size of the government entity and the resources available to each one, rooting out ransomware ultimately will come down to two things: system architecture and partnerships.
CSO Magazine
JULY 19, 2021
Pam Nigro wants to know if workers at her company are working odd hours. She wants to know exactly where they are, too, because such surveillance is one of the strategies Nigro has to keep her company safe.
Security Boulevard
JULY 19, 2021
Explore some of the basics of startup infrastructure and security from a DevOps mindset to enable agility, execution, and quality. The post Security for Startups in a DevOps World: Infrastructure, IAM, and Remote Environments appeared first on JumpCloud. The post Security for Startups in a DevOps World: Infrastructure, IAM, and Remote Environments appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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The healthcare industry has massively adopted web tracking tools, including pixels and trackers. Tracking tools on user-authenticated and unauthenticated web pages can access personal health information (PHI) such as IP addresses, medical record numbers, home and email addresses, appointment dates, or other info provided by users on pages and thus can violate HIPAA Rules that govern the Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates.
CSO Magazine
JULY 19, 2021
On Monday, the US, EU, UK, NATO and other allies publicly attributed the cyberattacks that compromised thousands of organizations earlier this year through Microsoft Exchange zero-day vulnerabilities to China's Ministry of State Security (MSS). The DOJ also charged four suspected MSS officers for supervising and coordinating a cyberespionage group tracked in the security industry as APT40. [ Learn 12 tips for effectively presenting cybersecurity to the board and 6 steps for building a robust inc
Bleeping Computer
JULY 19, 2021
Security researchers investigating a bug that crashed the Wifi service on iPhones found that it could be exploited for remote code execution without user interaction. [.].
Security Affairs
JULY 19, 2021
Cisco Talos experts disclose details of several critical flaws in a router monitoring application developed by industrial and IoT firm Advantech. Cisco Talos researchers discovered multiple critical vulnerabilities in the R-SeeNet application developed by industrial and IoT firm Advantech. The application allows network administrators to monitor Advantech routers in their infrastructure.
TrustArc
JULY 19, 2021
When the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was initially effective in 2018, many companies were confused at whether they were directly subject to the GDPR or not. Back then, companies tended to be more focused on not being subject to the extraterritoriality of the GDPR. Now, with the advent of the new […].
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The losses companies suffered in 2023 ransomware attacks increased by 74% compared to those of the previous year, according to new data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The true figure is likely to be even higher, though, as many identity theft and phishing attacks go unreported. Ransomware attackers can potentially paralyze not just private sector organizations but also healthcare facilities, schools, and entire police departments.
Security Affairs
JULY 19, 2021
A recently discovered iPhone Wi-Fi bug that could crash the WiFi connectivity could be exploited by attackers to achieve remote code execution. In June, the researcher Carl Schou discovered a new bug in iPhone that can permanently break users’ WiFi by disabling it, the issue could be triggered by simply connecting to a rogue hotspot. . Once an iPhone established a WiFi connection to a rogue hotspot, it will no more be able to establish a connection to a Wi-Fi device, even if it is rebooted or
Security Boulevard
JULY 19, 2021
Browse the comments on virtually any story about a ransomware attack and you will almost surely encounter the view that the victim organization could have avoided paying their extortionists if only they'd had proper data backups. But the ugly truth is there are many non-obvious reasons why victims end up paying even when they have done nearly everything right from a data backup perspective. .
Security Affairs
JULY 19, 2021
Pegasus Project investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware. Pegasus Project is the name of a large-scale investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets that revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware. Pegasus is a surveillance malware developed by the Israeli surveillance NSO Group that could infect both iPhones and Android devices, it is sold exclusively to the
Security Boulevard
JULY 19, 2021
A growing number of cybercriminals are developing malware to conduct attacks on virtualized environments, and some are aggressively trying to exploit vulnerabilities already found in software for deploying virtual infrastructure, according to a report from Positive Technologies. Overall, the number of cyberattacks increased by 17% in 2021 compared to the first quarter of 2020, with.
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Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?
Security Affairs
JULY 19, 2021
US DoJ indicted four members of the China-linked cyberespionage group known as APT40 for hacking various entities between 2011 and 2018. The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) indicted four members of the China-linked cyber espionage group APT40 (aka TEMP.Periscope , TEMP.Jumper , and Leviathan ) for hacking tens of government organizations, private businesses and universities around the world between 2011 and 2018. “The defendants and their Hainan State Security Department (HSSD) conspirato
Security Boulevard
JULY 19, 2021
At their core, information security and compliance seem like topics that should go hand in hand: InfoSec deals with the daily functions of identifying and responding to threats, while compliance includes responsibilities of implementing IT security controls and effective governance.…. The post Integrating SIEM Within Compliance Programs appeared first on LogRhythm.
Malwarebytes
JULY 19, 2021
We’ve observed a 419-style scam (also known as an advance fee scam) which combines the promise of cryptocurrency riches with WhatsApp conversation. The mail, which arrived with the subject “Urgent respond”, begins as follows: Greetings to you my friend, My name is Haifa Kalfan, I am the Store manager with a Security Firm here in Malaysia.
IT Security Guru
JULY 19, 2021
By the time you have finished reading this sentence, an organisation somewhere in the world will have fallen victim to a ransomware attack and had at least some of its corporate data encrypted. Globally, on average, the criminals behind ransomware attacks hit a new organisation every 10 seconds, but less than five years ago, it was every 40. Recently, Colonial Pipeline, a major US fuel company made headlines after falling victim to such an attack and in 2020, it is estimated that ransomware cost
Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.
When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.
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