Women in Cybersecurity: Why Diversity Matters

Microsoft has issued a security alert, warning its customers of the actively exploited ProxyShell vulnerabilities affecting multiple on-premises Microsoft Exchange versions. “This past week, security researchers discussed several ProxyShell vulnerabilities, including those which might be exploited on unpatched Exchange servers to deploy ransomware or conduct other post-exploitation activities,” the Microsoft Exchange team wrote in a…

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Incident & Breach Response Faster Detection Is Good News, But More Speed Still Needed, Mandiant Reports Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • May 3, 2021     Source: FireEye Mandiant “Dwell time,” which refers to how long hackers hang out in an organization’s network before being discovered,…

Researchers have seen a new variant of the IcedID banking trojan sliding in via two new spam campaigns. Written in English and carrying .ZIP files full of the malware – or links to such ZIP files – the new twist on the old banking trojan is a tweaked downloader, which the threat actors moved from….

Cryptocurrency Fraud , Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Prosecutors: Yearslong Scheme Resulted in Theft of $530,000 Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • April 29, 2021     A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to running a yearslong scam that used SIM swapping and other hacking techniques to steal more than $530,000 worth of cryptocurrency, the U.S….

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Governance & Risk Management Chris Inglis Nominated for Cyber Director; Jen Easterly Tapped to Lead CISA Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • April 12, 2021     The White House has nominated John “Chris” Inglis to become the nation’s first national cyber director and Jen Easterly to lead…

Application Security , Endpoint Security , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Trojan Spreads Through Malicious Apps in Huawei App Store Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • April 22, 2021     Huawei’s App Gallery contained malicious apps (Source: Doctor Web) Joker malware has targeted more than 500,000 Android devices across the world through malicious apps in AppGallery,…