KnowBe4
AUGUST 11, 2022
In a recent article by Forbes, Cisco confirmed that they were hacked by a ransomware group as the group of cybercriminals published a partial list of files that were claimed to be exfiltrated.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 11, 2022
Ahmad Abouammo Now Faces Prospect of Decades in US Prison A U.S. federal jury convicted former Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo for spying on Saudi Arabian dissidents on behalf of Saudi Arabia. Additionally, the jury found him guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, falsification of records and money laundering.
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Threatpost
AUGUST 11, 2022
Belgian researcher Lennert Wouters revealed at Black Hat how he mounted a successful fault injection attack on a user terminal for SpaceX’s satellite-based internet system.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 11, 2022
The ISMG Security Report discusses how cyberattacks and operations tied to the Russia-Ukraine war have been affecting civilians since the start of Russia's invasion, whether a practicing cardiologist living in Venezuela is also a ransomware mastermind and effective bot management tooling strategies.
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Dark Reading
AUGUST 11, 2022
Ransomware gang gained access to the company's VPN in May by convincing an employee to accept a multifactor authentication (MFA) push notification.
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Hunton Privacy
AUGUST 11, 2022
On August 11, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced it is seeking public comment regarding its advance notice of proposed rulemaking (“ANPR”) on commercial surveillance and data security, on which we previously reported. The FTC defines “commercial surveillance” as the business of collecting, analyzing and profiting from consumer data. Specifically, the FTC seeks comment on whether the Commission should implement new rules concerning the ways in which companies (1) collect, aggregate, pro
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 11, 2022
Investigation Is Latest Evidence of Crypto Fraud Crackdown by Feds A newly disclosed probe shows the Federal Trade Commission is investigating operators of BitMart, a cryptocurrency platform that lost $200 million of investor funds in one of the biggest crypto cyberattacks of 2021. The agency is scrutinizing the companies to see if they misled consumers.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 11, 2022
Palo Alto Networks devices running the PAN-OS are abused to launch reflected amplification denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Threat actors are exploiting a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-0028 (CVSS score of 8.6), in Palo Alto Networks devices running the PAN-OS to launch reflected amplification denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. The vendor has learned that firewalls from multiple vendors are abused to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, but it did not disclose the name of the
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 11, 2022
Commission Asks for Comment on Link Between Consumer Surveillance and Lax Security U.S. companies could see new cybersecurity rules and restrictions on consumer data collection under a rule-making process initiated by the FTC. No regulatory outcome is guaranteed, but today's advanced notice of proposed rule-making is a first step to new data security and privacy regulations.
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Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 11, 2022
Even among businesses with cyber insurance, they lack coverage for basic costs of many cyberattacks, according to a BlackBerry survey.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 11, 2022
Keynote Speaker Chris Krebs and Top Execs on Overcoming Industry Challenges Black Hat USA 2022 opened with somber warnings from Chris Krebs about why application developers, vendors and the government need to solve major industry challenges. Key security executives also discussed DNS visibility, cloud security, patch management, APT strategies and supply chain woes.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 11, 2022
Industry standards would provide predictable and understandable IoT security frameworks.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 11, 2022
Schemers Spoofed Construction Companies to Bilk Universities Three Nigerian nationals accused of participating in multimillion-dollar business email compromise fraud with a fixation on universities arrived in the United States after extradition from the United Kingdom. They allegedly attempted to steal more than $5 million.
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Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 11, 2022
18 companies led by Amazon and Splunk announced the OCSF framework, to provide a standard way for sharing threat detection telemetry among different monitoring tools and applications.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 11, 2022
Kelly Butler Says Underwriting Requirements Are Becoming More Strict Cyber insurance can defray costs associated with data breaches and ransomware attacks. But Kelly Butler of the advisory firm Marsh & McLennan says insurers are tightening their requirements for policies due to rising costs associated with increasingly severe incidents.
KnowBe4
AUGUST 11, 2022
New data shows that not only are email-borne threats increasing, but that current integrated cloud email security solutions do little to detect and stop advanced email-based threats.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 11, 2022
But Cisco Dismisses Claim by Yanluowang Group That It Fell Victim to Ransomware Cisco says it fell victim to a successful hack attack and data breach in May. While an attacker wielding Yanluowang ransomware claimed to have exfiltrated data and crypto-locked systems, Cisco says nothing sensitive was stolen and no systems were infected by ransomware.
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Schneier on Security
AUGUST 11, 2022
This is the first —of many, I assume—hack of Starlink. Leveraging a string of vulnerabilities, attackers can access the Starlink system and run custom code on the devices.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 11, 2022
Why have attacks from rogue mobile apps grown by 49% in Q3?
KnowBe4
AUGUST 11, 2022
Initial Access Brokers (IABs) are one of the new breeds of cybercrime services. But this newest PhaaS platform makes it easy for anyone to target banks for as little as $50 monthly.
The Guardian Data Protection
AUGUST 11, 2022
Attack being investigated for potential data theft as experts warn criminals could use stolen details as leverage A ransomware attack on an NHS software supplier last week is being investigated for potential theft of patient data, as experts warned that criminals could use personal information as leverage in negotiations. Advanced, which provides services for NHS 111 and patient records, said it was investigating “potentially impacted data” and that it would provide updates when it had more info
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KnowBe4
AUGUST 11, 2022
Newer phishing scams are looking for ways to make legitimate websites do the work of delivering malicious messages to unsuspecting victims – this new scam achieves it perfectly.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 11, 2022
The Conti ransomware gang is using BazarCall phishing attacks as an initial attack vector to access targeted networks. BazarCall attack, aka call back phishing, is an attack vector that utilizes targeted phishing methodology and was first used by the Ryuk ransomware gang in 2020/2021. The BazarCall attack chain is composed of the following stages: Stage One.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 11, 2022
The head of Microsoft's Security Response Center defends keeping its initial vulnerability disclosures sparse — it is, she says, to protect customers.
WIRED Threat Level
AUGUST 11, 2022
The Raspberry Pi-powered device can scan for phones around you. If it keeps spotting the same one, it’ll send you an alert.
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Threatpost
AUGUST 11, 2022
Networking giant says attackers gained initial access to an employee’s VPN client via a compromised Google account.
KnowBe4
AUGUST 11, 2022
Researchers at Trend Micro warn that a SolidBit ransomware variant is being distributed via fraudulent software targeting video game players and social media users. The malware is being packaged with a fake League of Legends account checker and an Instagram follower bot. These tools have been posted on GitHub to trick users into installing them.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 11, 2022
During a keynote at Black Hat 2022, former CISA director Chris Krebs outlined the biggest risk areas for the public and private sectors for the next few years.
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