Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

According to the local media, the City of Durham was hit with a phishing attack aimed at delivering the Ryuk Ransomware on the victims’ systems. A few days ago EVRAZ , one of the world’s largest multinational vertically integrated steel making and mining companies, has been hit by the Ryuk ransomware.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The hackers targeted organizations across multiple industries and have also hit foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. “But in campaigns from July to August 2020, the group deployed Monero coin miners in attacks that targeted both the private sector and government institutions in France and Vietnam.”

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The Security Ledger

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Joshua Corman, the Chief Strategist for Healthcare and COVID on CISA’s COVID Task Force, joins us to talk about the myriad of cyber threats facing healthcare and the vaccine distribution system and how the federal government is working to counter them. residents that it can mine for intelligence. Read the whole entry. »

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

This week, we discuss new reports from Cisco, McAfee and the CSIS, and Big Brother Watch, and hear more about malicious Monero mining. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 23 February 2018. I neglected to reveal the sum the criminals managed to mine in the few hours before they were detected.

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Ascent Innovations

MAY 17, 2018

The new cyber intelligence report expects the monetary benefits will allure the use of crypto-mining malware and cryptocurrencies by cyber attackers this year. Email phishing remains the top malware delivery mechanism. State actors tend to zero in on government agencies or utilities and energy targets. New bad actors.

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Adam Shostack

MAY 20, 2020

Understanding the way intrusions really happen is a long-standing interest of mine. ” How the intrusion happens is about questions like: Is it phishing emails that steal creds? There is a tremendous amount that governments can do with data that they gather about themselves, and I look forward to the day we expect them to do it.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Ukraine is accusing Russian intelligence services of carrying out cyberattacks against one of its government organizations. Attackers launched a spear phishing attack using messages purporting to deliver accounting documents. Attackers launched a spear phishing attack using messages purporting to deliver accounting documents.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2019

Related: Long run damage of 35-day government shutdown. Why we’re in the ‘Golden Age’ of cyber espionageThe fact is cyber criminals are expert at refining and carrying out phishing, malvertising and other tried-and-true ruses that gain them access to a targeted victim’s Internet-connected computing device.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

To infiltrate critical infrastructure networks hackers will continue to use phishing as one of their main tools, but the focus of attacks might shift to vulnerable network equipment connecting the network to the Internet. In 2018 Group-IB detected five successful “51% attacks”, when attackers take control over at least 51% of mining power.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2019

At least 23 Texas local governments targeted by coordinated ransomware attacks. 5 Common Phishing Attacks and How to Avoid Them? Employees abused systems at Ukrainian nuclear power plant to mine cryptocurrency. Once again thank you! Bluetana App allows detecting Bluetooth card skimmers in just 3 seconds.

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #27 | July 5th, 2023 [Heads Up] Massive Impersonation Phishing Campaign Imitates Over 100 Brands and Thousands of Domains A year-long phishing campaign has been uncovered that impersonates 100+ popular clothing, footwear, and apparel brands using at least 10 fake domains impersonating each brand. Government.

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IT Governance

MARCH 16, 2018

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 16 March 2018. Data integrity is of paramount importance to Gwent Police and we continually review our governance procedures to minimise the risk of data breaches.”. Here are this week’s stories. Visit our website for more information: itgovernance.co.uk.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

“The judge however decided that a trial was required to determine whether any activities of mine were reckless, as the other qualifier of intentionally criminal didn’t apply. .” 1 for free speech in America vs freedom of expression in Canada.” “The Corporation would also pay a modest fine.”

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

As I started delving back through my own writing over the years, the picture became much clearer and it really crystallised just this week after I inadvertently landed on a nasty phishing site. In the end I broke it down into 3 Ps: padlocks, phishing and privacy. Here's the value proposition of a VPN in the modern era: 1.

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Brandeis Records Manager

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

A keen sense of info literacy is required to execute records management and info governance functions with ethical outcomes. Should it exclude avoiding rogue apps, weak passwords, and phishing attempts? Like records management , info literacy has considerable social justice implications. I don’t think so.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. Third-party governance. Like other competitive GRC solutions, it speeds the process of aggregating and mining data, building reports, and managing files.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 4, 2023

They do like crypto mining and containers and stuff. So seems relatively benign, but one thing a lot of people don't realize is that they have a detection for crypto mining and they'll just destroy the system. Are governments putting their resources online? This was a more traditional attack.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. It emerges that email marketing giant Mailchimp got hacked.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 3, 2022

If you’re facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Million Records Breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Our Cyber Incident Response service provides the help you need to deal with the threat, as our experts guide you through the recovery process.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 29, 2019

Australian education provider TAFE NSW hit by phishing scam (30). Air New Zealand warns Airpoints members after employee falls for phishing email (100,000). Multiple sites affiliated with the University of Florida student government hacked (unknown). California-based SuperINN Plus notifies clients of a cyber attack (43,000).

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 11, 2022

From bank transfer cons to CEO fraud to elaborate phishing and spear phishing campaigns, cyber criminals have been quick to use deception as a major means of infiltrating networks and systems, and for remaining undetected while inside. But it can work the other way.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

One Plugin, Over 4,200 Victims – When Thousands of Government Websites Were Hijacked to Mine Monero. A phishing attack scored credentials for more than 50,000 Snapchat users. Aperio Group client account data breached by successful phishing attack. County computers shut down by ransomware. Data breach.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 20, 2020

Given the scope of the hack, it is unlikely the accounts were compromised via typical credentials phishing. It is highly unlikely that Biden or Obama run their Twitter accounts – they have operatives to do that, so probably not much private gold to be mined at that level. The enablers for this attack were 1.)

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

US OCR imposes HIPAA penalty in phishing attack case The US Office for Civil Rights has imposed its first financial penalty under HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) for violations of the Act’s security rule relating to phishing. The protected health information of up to 34,862 people was compromised.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Phishing attacks: Deceptive techniques, such as fraudulent emails or websites, trick individuals into revealing sensitive information like credit card and payment information, passwords, or login credentials. Cryptojacking : Unauthorized use of a computer’s processing power to mine cryptocurrencies.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

INTERPOL operation targets global cyber crime Operation Synergia, an INTERPOL operation involving 60 law enforcement agencies from more than 50 countries, has identified 1,300 malicious command-and-control servers involved in phishing , malware and ransomware attacks. Key dates 31 March 2024 – PCI DSS v4.0 of the Standard.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 21, 2022

So why don't I do some side look why don't I use these legitimate tools so comes up in loads of applications, you know, kindly low mine hours. Kyle was doing this for the government, doing this for the good of a nation. N etwork Chuck : Let's say I receive an email, a phishing email. Vamosi: So it's interesting.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 25, 2021

The federal government has become increasingly involved in pushing back against cybercrime, particularly ransomware. She also noted that “recent actions by the federal government and corporate initiatives have changed the narrative from one of response to prevention of ransomware attacks. Feds Step Up Response.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 4, 2017

I read this while wandering around in LA on my way home from sitting in front of US Congress and explaining security principles to a government so it felt like a timely opportunity to share my own view on the matter: This illustrates a fundamental lack of privacy and security education.

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Adam Levin

MAY 13, 2019

Email is the preferred tool hackers use to access their targets’ networks: 83% of organizations reported phishing attacks in 2018, up from 76% in 2017. Domain names were initially intended as a means of identifying remote academic, military, and government locations.

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