BEIJING: Facebook said on Wednesday (Mar 24) it had blocked a group of hackers in China who used the platform to target Uighurs living abroad with links to malware that would infect their devices and enable surveillance. The social media company said the hackers, known as Earth Empusa or Evil Eye in the security industry, targeted…
A newly published report form the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) describes the risks of cyber-attacks on the electricity grid’s distribution systems, along with the scale of the potential impact of such attacks. Following a performance audit conducted between September 2019 and March 2021, GAO has discovered that the electricity grid’s distribution systems are increasingly…
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Malware Spreads Via Indiscriminate Port Scanning Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • March 24, 2021 The developers behind the Purple Fox fileless downloader malware have upgraded their operation and are using worm capability to target internet-facing devices running Windows, the security firm Guardicore Labs reports….
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:55 — 38.3MB) | Embed Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Email | In this week’s episode of the podcast (#207) we speak with Sarah Tatsis of the firm BlackBerry about her 20-year career at the legendary mobile device maker and the myriad challenges attracting women to- and keeping…
Written by Shannon Vavra Mar 23, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP Oil and gas company Shell is the latest organization to get caught up in the hack that targeted IT provider Accellion’s file-sharing platform, the energy company says. The suspected criminal hackers behind the breach, who have gone after victims around the world using vulnerabilities in Accellion’s…
A recent survey on behalf of the American Psychological Association found that 49% of adults reported feeling uncomfortable about returning to in-person interactions when the pandemic ends. The poll of 3,013 adults who reside in the US found that adults who had received a Covid-19 vaccine were almost as likely to feel the same way…
Breach Notification , Incident & Breach Response , Security Operations Employee and Customer Information Compromised in January Attack; ICO Investigating Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 23, 2021 The Fat Face store inside the Putney Exchange shopping center in London (Photo: Edward Hands via Wikimedia Commons) British clothing and accessories retailer Fat Face…
CARLSBAD — A former IT contractor who hacked into a Carlsbad company’s server and deleted more than 1,200 Microsoft user accounts in apparent retaliation for being fired was sentenced today to two years in prison. Deepanshu Kher, 32, of Delhi, India, previously worked for an information technology consulting firm which was hired by an unidentified…
A 400m-long (1,312ft) container ship has become wedged across Egypt’s Suez Canal, blocking one of the world’s busiest trade routes. Dozens of vessels are now waiting to go through the canal. “We will see a lot delays in shipping moving ahead now for the next few days until the canal is cleared,” Carl Schou, CEO…
Email Security & Protection , Endpoint Security , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Attack Code ‘Rudimentary and Amateurish’ but Still a Threat Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 24, 2021 Ransom note left by Black Kingdom (Source: MalwareTech) Attackers gunning for an easy payday are continuing to target Microsoft Exchange servers that have not…
