Boston Public Library Hit With Cyberattack

Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service Conti Ransomware Attackers’ Infrastructure Targeted After Health Service Disruption Mihir Bagwe • September 6, 2021     GNCCB has deployed a “splash screen” on seized domains (Source Garda.ie) Ireland’s cybercrime police, the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau, have conducted a “significant disruption operation” targeting the IT infrastructure…

Spyware produce by the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group has been abused by governments to target dissenting journalists, activists, lawyers and more, an investigation by human rights groups and media organizations has found. The Pegasus spyware was produced with the intention of targeting terrorists and other criminals, but an investigation into a huge data leak…

Microsoft said that its Exchange email product had been compromised by Chinese hackers. The company said it believes the group, which it named “Hafnium,” was supported by the Chinese state. Microsoft also released security updates to combat the hacks. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. Microsoft announced Tuesday that its Exchange email…

State-sponsored hackers from North Korea known as Lazarus APT group appear to be behind a campaign that has been targeting cryptocurrency exchanges for the last three years, according to a new report from Israeli cybersecurity firm ClearSky. Dubbed “CryptoCore” (CryptoMimic, Dangerous Password and Leery Turtle), the campaign targeted crypto exchanges in Israel, Japan,…

Access Management , Application Security , Digital Identity Windows Users Can Now Use Other Methods to Access Microsoft Products Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • September 15, 2021     (Source: Microsoft) Microsoft has officially gone fully passwordless, allowing Windows users to replace their alphanumeric passwords with one of several substitute sign-in technologies to gain entry into…

Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service , DDoS Protection Matthew Gatrel Offered Subscription-Based Computer Attack Platforms Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • September 19, 2021     An Illinois man has been found guilty of running subscription-based distributed denial of service attacks that flood targeted computers with information and prevent them from being able to access the internet, reports…