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From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU

Krebs on Security

In 2021, the exclusive Russian cybercrime forum Mazafaka was hacked. The leaked user database shows one of the forum’s founders was an attorney who advised Russia’s top hackers on the legal risks of their work, and what to do if they got caught. As well as the cost of my services.” ” WHO IS DJAMIX?

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US administration requests $9.8B for cyber 2021 budget for the Department of Defense

Security Affairs

The amount requested for the Department of Defense in the “ DOD Releases Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Proposal ” is nearly the same one as last year for cyber operations that the US military will conduct in 2020. The budget was released on February 10, it requests $9.8 billion in the fiscal year 2020. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Also Read: Best Encryption Tools & Software for 2021. Below we outline 18 industry tips for actions you can take to reduce your risk of a ransomware attack: Action. While virtual backups are great, if you’re not storing data backups offline, you’re at risk of losing that data. Screenshot example. Description.

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Inside Ireland’s Public Healthcare Ransomware Scare

Krebs on Security

The consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers recently published lessons learned from the disruptive and costly ransomware attack in May 2021 on Ireland’s public health system. Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE), which operates the country’s public health system, got hit with Conti ransomware on May 14, 2021.

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Group-IB Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 report

Security Affairs

Group-IB , a global threat hunting and intelligence company, has presented its annual Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 report. Forecasts and recommendations set out in Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020-2021 seek to prevent financial damage and manufacturing downtimes. In June 2020, REvil started auctioning stolen data.

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Researchers warn of a surge in cyber attacks against Microsoft Exchange

Security Affairs

On March 2nd, Microsoft released emergency out-of-band security updates that address four zero-day issues (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065) in all supported MS Exchange versions that are actively exploited in the wild. 2/5 — ESET research (@ESETresearch) March 2, 2021.

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GoDaddy discloses a new data breach

Security Affairs

.” According to the company, the attack is part of a multi-year campaign that was the cause of the data breaches disclosed in November 2021, which impacted 1.2 ” reads a FORM- 10-K filed with SEC. million customers , and March 2020, which exposed data of 28,000 customers. ” concludes the company.