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.
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.
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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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.
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
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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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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.
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
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.
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.
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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.
erwin
OCTOBER 16, 2020
It’s certainly no secret that data has been growing in volume, variety and velocity, and most companies are overwhelmed by managing it, let alone harnessing it to put it to work. We’re now generating 2.5
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
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 6, 2020
The Checkm8 vulnerability that exposed years of iPhones to jailbreaking has finally been exploited in Macs as well. Security Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
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Security Affairs
OCTOBER 25, 2020
Abaddon is the first RAT that uses the freeware instant messaging and VoIP app and digital distribution platform Discord as a command & control server.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 20, 2020
DOJ: Russian GRU Officers Targeted 2018 Olympics, French Elections and More The U.S.
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.
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OCTOBER 22, 2020
Thoughts on erwin Insights Day No. 2 Keynote. If you didn’t watch New York Times Best-Selling Author Keith Ferrazzi’s keynote from erwin Insights 2020 , what are you waiting for?
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Dark Reading
OCTOBER 19, 2020
The testing firm's website says it has 'ceased operations' as of Oct.
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 30, 2020
On the battlefield, any doorway can be a death trap. A special ops vet, and his businessman brother, have built an AI to solve that problem. Security Security / National Security
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.
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
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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.
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 23, 2020
There is a new report on police decryption capabilities: specifically, mobile device forensic tools (MDFTs). Short summary: it’s not just the FBI that can do it. This report documents the widespread adoption of MDFTs by law enforcement in the United States.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 26, 2020
One of the best ways to keep employees from falling victim to these social-engineering attacks is to teach them the signs
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 13, 2020
Meet General Paul Nakasone. He reined in chaos at the NSA and taught the US military how to launch pervasive cyberattacks. And he did it all without you noticing. Security Security / National Security Backchannel
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Security Affairs
OCTOBER 30, 2020
Google researchers disclosed today a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows operating system that is currently under active exploitation.
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.
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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