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The Threat of Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware attacks continue to present a serious threat to businesses. On the blog, we cover basic questions with Christopher D. Roberti, Senior Vice President for Cyber, Intelligence, and Supply Chain Security Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and PCI SSC Executive Director Lance Johnson about this threat to businesses across the U.S. and around the world and how to better guard against this attack.
Feds: APTs Have Tools That Can Take Over Critical Infrastructure
Threat actors have developed custom modules to compromise various ICS devices as well as Windows workstations that pose an imminent threat, particularly to energy providers.
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Ukrainian energy provider targeted by Industroyer2 – ESET helps disrupt Zloader botnets – Where do new ideas come from and how are they spread?
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Meet ZingoStealer: the Haskers Gang's new, free malware
ZingoStealer is able to spread cryptocurrency mining malware.US federal alert warns of the discovery of malicious cyber tools
Cybersecurity officials said the evidence suggests Russia is behind the tools – configured to target North American energy concerns
Multiple US government agencies issued a joint alert Wednesday warning of the discovery of malicious cyber tools created by unnamed advanced threat actors that they said were capable of gaining “full system access” to multiple industrial control systems.
The public alert from the Energy and Homeland Security departments, the FBI and National Security Agency did not name the actors or offer details on the find. But their private sector cybersecurity partners said the evidence suggests Russia is behind the tools – and that they were configured to initially target North American energy concerns.
Continue reading...At a Glance: PCI DSS v4.0
PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a global standard that provides a baseline of technical and operational requirements designed to protect account data. The next evolution of the standard- PCI DSS v4.0- is now available.
Home Office’s visa service apologises for email address data breach
Private contractor running service sent email to applicants containing more than 170 email addresses
The Home Office’s visa service has apologised for a data breach in which the email addresses of more than 170 people were mistakenly copied into an email circulated last week.
More than 170 email addresses were accidentally copied into a message on 7 April 2022 about the change of location for a visa appointment with the UK Visa and Citizenship Application Service. The UKVCAS is run on behalf of the Home Office by the private contractor Sopra Steria. Some of the email addresses appeared to be private Gmail accounts, while others belonged to lawyers from a variety of firms.
Continue reading...ESET takes part in global operation to disrupt Zloader botnets
ESET researchers provided technical analysis, statistical information, and known command and control server domain names and IP addresses
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Feds Shut Down RaidForums Hacking Marketplace
The DoJ is charging its founder, 21-year-old Portuguese citizen Diogo Santos Coelho, on six criminal counts, including conspiracy, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, April 2022 Edition
Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to fix roughly 120 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. Two of the flaws have been publicly detailed prior to this week, and one is already seeing active exploitation, according to a report from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA).Critical vulnerabilities uncovered in hospital robots
The robots zip around hospitals delivering medicine and other supplies.Innovation and the Roots of Progress
If you look back at the long arc of history, it’s clear that one of the most crucial drivers of real progress in society is innovation
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Enemybot: a new Mirai, Gafgyt hybrid botnet joins the scene
The botnet borrows a few tricks from Mirai.Barracuda Networks changes hands with purchase by global investment firm KKR
KKR is taking over from Thoma Bravo.Microsoft Zero-Days, Wormable Bugs Spark Concern
For April Patch Tuesday, the computing giant addressed a zero-day under active attack and several critical security vulnerabilities, including three that allow self-propagating exploits.
RaidForums Gets Raided, Alleged Admin Arrested
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said today it seized the website and user database for RaidForums, an extremely popular English-language cybercrime forum that sold access to more than 10 billion consumer records stolen in some of the world's largest data breaches since 2015. The DOJ also charged the alleged administrator of RaidForums -- 21-year-old Diogo Santos Coelho, of Portugal -- with six criminal counts, including conspiracy, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.Menswear Brand Zegna Reveals Ransomware Attack
Accounting materials from the Italy-based luxury fashion house were leaked online by RansomExx because the company refused to pay.
These hackers pretend to poach, recruit rival bank staff in new cyberattacks
Employees looking for new career opportunities are the targets.Only half of organizations reviewed security policies due to the pandemic: study
Investment is expected to increase but existing cybersecurity strategies are lacking.Industroyer2: Industroyer reloaded
This ICS-capable malware targets a Ukrainian energy company
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