242 Cybercrime: 12 Top Tactics and Trends
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 13, 2020
From Ransomware and DDoS to Malware and SIM Swapping: Europol Describes Latest Threats Ransomware attacks remain the top cyber-enabled threat seen by law enforcement.
October, 2020
Microsoft Uses Trademark Law to Disrupt Trickbot Botnet
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 12, 2020
Microsoft Corp. has executed a coordinated legal sneak attack in a bid to disrupt the malware-as-a-service botnet Trickbot , a global menace that has infected millions of computers and is used to spread ransomware.
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FBI, CISA alert warns of imminent ransomware attacks on healthcare sector
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 29, 2020
FBI and the DHS’s CISA agencies published a joint alert to warn hospitals and healthcare providers of imminent ransomware attacks from Russia.
Ransomware Knocks Out Voter Database in Georgia
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 23, 2020
Report: Hall County Continuing to Restore Systems An Oct. 7 ransomware attack targeted a database used to verify voter signatures in Georgia, and the database is still not fully functional. The DoppelPaymer gang has taken credit for the attack
Digital Trends Report 2020
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Breach at Dickey’s BBQ Smokes 3M Cards
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 15, 2020
One of the digital underground’s most popular stores for peddling stolen credit card information began selling a batch of more than three million new card records this week.
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The NSA is Refusing to Disclose its Policy on Backdooring Commercial Products
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Senator Ron Wyden asked, and the NSA didn’t answer : The NSA has long sought agreements with technology companies under which they would build special access for the spy agency into their products, according to disclosures by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and reporting by Reuters and others.
Botnet Infects Hundreds of Thousands of Websites
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 22, 2020
KashmirBlack has been targeting popular content management systems, such as WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal, and using Dropbox and GitHub for communication to hide its presence
Microsoft Teams phishing campaign targeted up to 50,000 Office 365 users
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 24, 2020
Experts warn of a phishing campaign that already targeted up to 50,000 Office 365 users with a fake automated message from Microsoft Teams.
Clothing Retailer H&M Told to Wear $41 Million GDPR Fine
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Employee Surveillance Violations Trigger Germany's Biggest Privacy Fine to Date Privacy regulators in Germany have slammed clothing retailer H&M with a $41 million fine for collecting and retaining private employee data in violation of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation.
Testing at Every Stage of Development
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Report: U.S. Cyber Command Behind Trickbot Tricks
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 9, 2020
A week ago, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that someone was attempting to disrupt the Trickbot botnet , a malware crime machine that has infected millions of computers and is often used to spread ransomware.
US Indicts Sandworm, Russia's Most Destructive Cyberwar Unit
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 19, 2020
The Department of Justice has named and charged six men for allegedly carrying out many of the most costly cyberattacks in history. Security Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
IMSI-Catchers from Canada
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Gizmodo is reporting that Harris Corp.
NSS Labs Shuttered
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 19, 2020
The testing firm's website says it has 'ceased operations' as of Oct.
Rethinking Information Governance In The Age of Unstructured Enterprise Data
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APT groups chain VPN and Windows Zerologon bugs to attack US government networks
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 12, 2020
US government networks are under attack, threat actors chained VPN and Windows Zerologon flaws to gain unauthorized access to elections support systems.
6 Russians Indicted for Destructive NotPeyta Attacks
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 20, 2020
DOJ: Russian GRU Officers Targeted 2018 Olympics, French Elections and More The U.S.
Security Blueprints of Many Companies Leaked in Hack of Swedish Firm Gunnebo
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 28, 2020
In March 2020, KrebsOnSecurity alerted Swedish security giant Gunnebo Group that hackers had broken into its network and sold the access to a criminal group which specializes in deploying ransomware.
Is it still necessary for data protection laws to have particular processing rules for specific types pf personal data?
Data Protector
OCTOBER 16, 2020
I think not. European laws have special rules for the processing of “sensitive data” or “special category data” regardless of the context within which the data will be processed. This has been the case in the UK since the coming into force of the first (1984) Data Protection Act.
The Best Sales Forecasting Models for Weathering Your Goals
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Google Responds to Warrants for “About” Searches
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 13, 2020
One of the things we learned from the Snowden documents is that the NSA conducts “about” searches. That is, searches based on activities and not identifiers. A normal search would be on a name, or IP address, or phone number.
Rising Ransomware Breaches Underscore Cybersecurity Failures
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 31, 2020
Ransomware's continued success speaks volumes about what's at stake for businesses and people, and, perhaps, the cybersecurity industry's inability to adapt quickly enough to protect everyone
Google discloses unpatched Windows zero-day exploited in the wild
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 30, 2020
Google researchers disclosed today a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows operating system that is currently under active exploitation.
Elite Russian Sandworm Hackers' OPSEC Problem
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 22, 2020
US Indictment Airs Russian Military's Dirty Laundry Although Russia's elite nation-state hackers are capable of waging destructive attacks, the GRU military intelligence Sandworm operators have not been able to remain in the shadows, a U.S. federal grand jury indictment suggests
Product Analytics Playbook: Mastering Retention
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Ransomware Victims That Pay Up Could Incur Steep Fines from Uncle Sam
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Companies victimized by ransomware and firms that facilitate negotiations with ransomware extortionists could face steep fines from the U.S. federal government if the crooks who profit from the attack are already under economic sanctions, the Treasury Department warned today. Image: Shutterstock.
Why have I joined the LinkedIn Data Protection Reform Group?
Data Protector
OCTOBER 13, 2020
There is an ongoing debate on the rights that data controllers should have, compared with the rights that private individuals should have. There’s also an ongoing debate on what role our national Data Protection supervisory authority should play in developing and enforcing privacy laws.
Detecting Deep Fakes with a Heartbeat
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Researchers can detect deep fakes because they don’t convincingly mimic human blood circulation in the face: In particular, video of a person’s face contains subtle shifts in color that result from pulses in blood circulation.
Massive New Phishing Campaigns Target Microsoft, Google Cloud Users
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 16, 2020
At least three campaigns are now underway
Future-Proofing Your Information Governance Strategy
Speaker: Crystal Cao, Lindsey Simon & Lisa Ripley
Join Onna and experts from Quip, Airbnb, and Oracle for this live webinar as they dive into proactive data deletion policies, retention strategies, and legal hold practices that are essential to a modern enterprise information governance strategy.
Enel Group suffered the second ransomware attack this year
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Multinational energy company Enel Group has been hit by Netwalker ransomware operators that are asking a $14 million ransom. Systems at the multinational energy company Enel Group has been infected with Netwalker ransomware , it is the second ransomware attack suffered by the energy giant this year.
Feds Release More Details on Emails Allegedly Sent By Iran
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 31, 2020
FBI, CISA Release IP Addresses And Other Technical Details Linked To Emails The FBI and CISA have released more technical details, including IOCs and IP addresses, which investigators say tie Iranian hackers to a series of threatening emails sent to some Democratic voters in the weeks leading up to the 2020 elections.
Attacks Aimed at Disrupting the Trickbot Botnet
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 2, 2020
Over the past 10 days, someone has been launching a series of coordinated attacks designed to disrupt Trickbot , an enormous collection of more than two million malware-infected Windows PCs that are constantly being harvested for financial data and are often used as the entry point for deploying ransomware within compromised organizations.
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