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Chinese hackers exploited a Trend Micro antivirus zero-day used in Mitsubishi Electric hack

Security Affairs

This week, Mitsubishi Electric disclosed a security breach that might have exposed personal and confidential corporate data. Mitsubishi Electric disclosed the security incident only after two local newspapers, the Asahi Shimbun and Nikkei , reported the security breach. SP1 for Windows. ” reported ZDNet.

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Crooks offer millions to skilled black hats to help them in extortion campaigns

Security Affairs

According to a new report published by the security firm Digital Shadows cybercriminal organizations are willing to pay millions to skilled hackers and malware developers. Skilled professionals could also opt to work alone, blackmail and extortion guides are offered for sale on several underground forums for less than $10.

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Zurich refuses to pay Mondelez for NotPetya damages because it’s ‘an act of war’

Security Affairs

The company estimated the NotPetya attack caused a cut of three percentage points from second-quarter sales growth because of disruptions to shipping and invoices caused by the cyber attack. According to the cyber security community, NotPetya is a cyber weapon develped by Russia to hit the Ukrainian government. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SamSam Ransomware operators earned more than US$5.9 Million since late 2015

Security Affairs

The security experts from Sophos have published a report on the multimillion-dollar black market business for crooks, they analyzed the SamSam ransomware case as a case study. million, the security firm also estimated that the group is netting around $300,000 per month. Million since late 2015. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Establishing Records Management at Brandeis—The First Eighteen Months

Brandeis Records Manager

These ranged from one-on-ones to a surprise fifty-person audience of administrators for an entire school (my meeting invitation indicated eight people attending, and I walked into a function hall—should have cased the joint). We made early acquaintances with Legal and Information Security leaders. It’s about points of view.

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Can Enterprises execute a GRC Movement?

Security Affairs

Managed security services or security operations, cloud security, GRC is one of the fastest growing solutions in the world. The only place I can say more risk = more gain would be in the entrepreneurship space…because in the enterprise cyber security kingdom, it is just the opposite! GLOBAL CYBER SECURITY MARKET.