SpyFone & CEO Banned From Stalkerware Biz

The emails of federal prosecutors’ offices around the country were hacked by Russian intelligence during the SolarWinds cyber attack. The Russian hackers had access to the emails of federal prosecutors in New York, California,  DC and other jurisdictions from May to December 2020. The Justice Department released the update to “increase transparency” with the public…

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Blockchain & Cryptocurrency , Critical Infrastructure Security , Cryptocurrency Fraud If Ransomware Should Decline as a Viable Criminal Business Model, What Comes Next? Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • July 16, 2021     Source: Cisco Talos The world is now focused on ransomware, perhaps more so than any previous cybersecurity threat in history. But if…

The Department of Defense expands its vulnerability disclosure program to include a broad range of new targets. The Department of Defense (DoD) has expanded its vulnerability disclosure program to include all publicly accessible defense information systems, officials announced this week. This program stems out of Hack the Pentagon, the first-ever federal bug bounty program the DoD…

Source: Defense.gov US nuclear weapons contractor Sol Oriens has suffered a cyberattack allegedly at the hands of the REvil ransomware gang, which claims to be auctioning data stolen during the attack. Sol Oriens describes itself as helping the “Department of Defense and Department of Energy Organizations, Aerospace Contractors, and Technology Firms carry out complex programs.”…

Governance & Risk Management , Identity & Access Management , IT Risk Management Experts Advise Organizations to Check Password Reset Policies, Take Other Steps Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • April 5, 2021     The revelation that 533 million previously stolen Facebook account records have been made public on a darknet forum should inspire organizations to…