SecureWorld News

AUGUST 1, 2023

One aspect of these cyberattacks that has been hotly debated is the role that cybersecurity insurance plays in these incidents. Cyber insurance has faced criticism, with some asserting that it incentivizes victims to pay ransoms rather than seek alternative remediation options after a cyber incident.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2022

US authorities have issued a joint advisory warning of North Korea-linked APTs using Maui ransomware in attacks against the Healthcare sector. Treasury Department issued a joint advisory that warn of North-Korea-linked threat actors using Maui ransomware in attacks aimed at organizations in the Healthcare sector. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2022

The Kansas medical center notified the FBI, which investigated the incident and was able to identify the previously unknown Maui ransomware and trace the payment to China-based money launderers. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division. reads the advisory published by US authorties. “The

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2024

The Five Eyes alliance warns of threat actors exploiting known security flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways. The Five Eyes intelligence alliance issued a joint cybersecurity advisory warning of threat actors exploiting known vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 10, 2024

Dell revealed that names, email addresses, phone numbers, and other sensitive data belonging to approximately 49 million customers were exposed in the incident—including both individual consumers as well as employees at corporate customers. We have also engaged a third-party forensics firm to investigate this incident. What can I do?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 14, 2022

–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Brendan Hall has joined Alliant Insurance Services as a Senior Vice President as part of the newly created Alliant Cyber, one of 14 Alliant industry-dedicated verticals. His extensive experience and knowledge in this space will help as we formalize and expand our cyber offerings.”. IRVINE, Calif.–(

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2022

Russian threat actors may be behind the explosion at a liquefied natural gas plant in Texas, the incident took place on June 8. A Russian hacking group may be responsible for a cyber attack against a liquefied natural gas plant in Texas that led to its explosion on June 8. ” reported the American Military News website.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint cybersecurity advisory detailing how state-sponsored Iranian threat actors compromised a federal agency's network by exploiting the infamous Log4Shell vulnerability. Incident response and mitigations for Log4Shell.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 14, 2022

Threat Actor Update: Iranian State Sponsored APT Conducts Cyber Espionage and Ransomware Activities. Cyber Command Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK). The attribution of MuddyWater to MOIS likely signals the growth of Iranian cyber capabilities.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 10, 2022

State-sponsored North Korean threat actors have been targeting the US Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector for the past year using the Maui ransomware, according to a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA) from the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of the Treasury.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks aim to overwhelm a target's application or website, exhausting the system's resources and making the target inaccessible to legitimate users. The advisory discusses: "The more traffic a DDoS attack produces, the more difficulty an organization will have responding and recovering from the attack.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2021

On March 2, Microsoft released emergency security updates to plug four security holes in Exchange Server versions 2013 through 2019 that hackers were actively using to siphon email communications from Internet-facing systems running Exchange. Microsoft’s initial advisory about the Exchange flaws credited Reston, Va.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2022

Cybersecurity authorities from Five Eye warn of threats targeting managed service providers (MSPs) and potential supply chain attacks through them. this week released a joint advisory warning of threats targeting managed service providers (MSPs) and their customers. ” reads the joint advisory. and the U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Volt Typhoon, a notorious cyber group linked to the People’s Republic of China, has expanded its operations beyond illegal access and data theft. A year after the Houston port incident, Guam’s two major telecoms faced overlapping cyberattacks. government and defense institutions for intelligence gathering.

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Herjavec Group

MARCH 22, 2021

Herjavec Group has been named Official Cyber Security Services Provider of Formula 1 ®. Formula 1 ® has today announced that Cyber Operations leader, Herjavec Group, has been named as its Official Cyber Security Services Provider. 24/7 Threat Detection as the Cyber Security Services Provider for F1 ®.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

China-linked threat actors have breached telecommunications companies and network service providers to spy on the traffic and steal data. US NSA, CISA, and the FBI published a joint cybersecurity advisory to warn that China-linked threat actors have breached telecommunications companies and network service providers.

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Herjavec Group

MAY 19, 2022

So it should go without saying that enterprise security programs should be built with this in mind ! It’s more important than ever before for organizations to ask: how are we prioritizing cyber hygiene? Build security awareness training modules to educate your employees on how to spot phishing emails or business-related scams.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 24, 2023

Here are the latest threats and advisories for the week of March 24, 2023. Threat Advisories and Alerts CISA and FBI Release Advisory on LockBit Ransomware The U.S. functions as a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model and an affiliate-based malware. The advisory shares indicators of compromise and ways to mitigate attacks.

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Herjavec Group

MAY 17, 2021

Herjavec Group is thrilled to announce that we have won four distinctions in the 2021 Cyber Defense Global Awards. . For this recognition, Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM) reviews the hottest, most innovative, market-leading cybersecurity players globally, recognizing the top one hundred firms worldwide. . HG Security Engineering .

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SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

Brian Levine is senior director of product security at Axway, a global security engineering organization delivering training, tools, processes and DevSecOps practices for secure applications and cloud services to the enterprise market. She is also the host of the Mastering Cyber podcast.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2021

The root cause for the hack of the New Zealand Central Bank was the Accellion FTA (File Transfer Application) file sharing service. During the weekend, the New Zealand central bank announced that a cyber attack hit its infrastructure. In response to the incident, the affected system had been taken offline. “We

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2023

The incident is the result of a MOVEit attack on IBM, threat actors accessed the personal and health information of the impacted individuals. It is responsible for managing and overseeing various health care programs and policies within the state. ” reads the reads the notice. by the company. state of Colorado.

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Herjavec Group

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

For many teams, the priority was set on keeping the lights on and surviving, leaving their security teams grappling to catch up once the company’s operations were already online. As cyber breaches and ransomware attacks skyrocket, businesses now have no choice but to face the truth — cybersecurity is no longer an option.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Through the RVWP, CISA determines vulnerabilities that are commonly associated with known ransomware exploitation and warns critical infrastructure entities with those vulnerabilities, helping to enable mitigation before a ransomware incident occurs.” ” reads the advisory. ” reads the announcement.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 16, 2021

The National Security Agency (NSA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have jointly released a Cybersecurity Advisory called Russian SVR Targets U.S. Remarkable mentions in the cybersecurity advisory. General mitigation strategy.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The extortion campaign was observed over the past week, attackers are sending emails to the banks threatening to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks if the financial organizations will not pay the ransom. Preferably using multiple major cloud service providers to obtain redundancy. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 2, 2021

Herjavec Group is thrilled to announce that we have won two distinctions and received 2 finalist recognitions in the 2021 Cyber Defense Black Unicorn Awards. . Herjavec Group’s award-winning Managed Security Services Practice defends global, enterprise-level organizations from increasingly sophisticated, targeted cybercrime threats.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 10, 2023

In the SecureWorld Spotlight Series, we learn about the speakers and Advisory Council members that make our events a success. The pivot from threat-focused work to cyber threat work was complementary to the skills I built in the military. A : Agreed upon framework of terms in cyber terminology. Colonel Candice E.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2022

When security fails, cyber insurance can become crucial for ensuring continuity. Cyber has changed everything around us – even the way we tackle geopolitical crisis and conflicts. Our reliance on digital technology and the inherited risk is a key driving factor for buying cyber risk insurance.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 27, 2023

In the SecureWorld Spotlight Series, we learn about the speakers and Advisory Council members that make our events a success. Before joining Radian, Donna had senior level roles in security and compliance at Accolade, Corning Incorporated, GMAC, and Prudential. A : Information Security.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Last week, a cyber-attack has disrupted the operations of Pop TV, the Slovenian most popular TV channel. ” Slovenia’s Computer Emergency Response Team, SI-CERT, helped the TV station to restore operations and investigate the incident. We can confirm that the National Cyber ??Security Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 30, 2023

Joseph Carson, Chief Security Scientist and Advisory CISO at Delinea : "World Backup Day is a reminder for all organizations to review their backup strategy and ensure it is resilient against cyber attacks. A secure backup, rather than a speedy backup, is what will bring your business back after a cybersecurity incident.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2023

As a result of the cyber attack on the payroll provider Zellis, the personal data of employees at the BBC and British Airways has been compromised and exposed. MOVEit Transfer is a managed file transfer that is used by enterprises to securely transfer files using SFTP, SCP, and HTTP-based uploads. “a ” reads the statement.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2023

Microsoft is warning of cyber attacks exploiting a recently patched Outlook vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-23397 (CVSS score: 9.8). An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could access a user’s Net-NTLMv2 hash which could be used as a basis of an NTLM Relay attack against another service to authenticate as the user.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The development team behind the Jenkins server disclose a security breach, threat actors deployed a cryptocurrency miner on one of its servers. The development team behind the Jenkins Project disclosed a security breach after threat actors compromised one of their internal servers and installed a cryptocurrency miner.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 29, 2023

Hackers have taken advantage of this security flaw, launching a series of attacks that have impacted numerous organizations across various sectors, exposing the personal data of millions of individuals. State Department offers $10M for info on CL0P ransomware In response to these attacks, the U.S. Send us a tip.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2022

In this capacity, the company plans, constructs and maintains high, medium and low-voltage electricity networks and high, medium and low-pressure natural gas pipelines, which it owns or which it is responsible for managing. ” For the moment, Encevo Group is investigating the incident to determine potentially impacted individuals.

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