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Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud

Krebs on Security

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. Image: SentinelOne.com.

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Clarion Housing Group Residents Beg Government to Step in After Cyber Attack

IT Governance

It’s been more than a month since the Clarion Housing Group was hit by a cyber attack, yet IT services remain down and residents say they are being bombarded with phishing scams. Clarion, which manages 350,000 people in 125,000 homes across the UK, was compromised in June in a suspected malware attack. Tenants fear targeted phishing scams.

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Critical Infrastructure, ICS/SCADA Systems Under Attack by Advanced Threat Groups

eSecurity Planet

Critical infrastructure , industrial control (ICS) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems are under increasing threat of cyber attacks, according to a number of recent warnings from government agencies and private security researchers. Also read: SANS Outlines Critical Infrastructure Security Steps as Russia, U.S.

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Regulatory Update: NAIC Summer 2022 National Meeting

Data Matters

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2022 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 9–13, 2022. In parallel with its development of the new model, the Privacy Working Group is continuing to draft a white paper on data ownership and use rights. 1. NAIC to Develop New Privacy Model Law.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and supported multiple organized cybercrime groups. All four pleaded guilty to conspiracy and racketeering charges. And there were many good reasons to support this conclusion.

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Nation-State-Sponsored Attacks: Not Your Grandfather’s Cyber Attacks

Data Matters

*Reprinted with permission from the May 6, 2022 edition of the New York Law Journal © 202X ALM Global Properties, LLC. Attorney General described a recent takedown of a Russian government-sponsored botnet called Cyclops Blink before it was weaponized and caused damage. and foreign government agencies. All rights reserved.

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A Cyber Insurance Backstop

Schneier on Security

After Merck filed its $700 million claim, the pharmaceutical giant’s insurers argued that they were not required to cover the malware’s damage because the cyberattack was widely attributed to the Russian government and therefore was excluded from standard property and casualty insurance coverage as a “hostile or warlike act.”