Encryption & Key Management , Governance & Risk Management , IT Risk Management Avast Says OnionCrypter Has Been in Use Since 2016 Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • March 18, 2021 Security researchers at Avast have discovered that more than 30 hacker groups have been using a malware crypter dubbed OnionCrypter. See Also: Forrester Consulting:…
Expert Reaction On FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center 2020 Internet Crime Report | IT Security News Sponsors Endpoint Cybersecurity www.endpoint-cybersecurity.com – Consulting in building your security products– Employee awareness training– Security tests for applications and pentesting… and more. Daily Summary Patreon Categories CategoriesSelect Category(ISC)2 Blog (323)(ISC)2 Blog infosec (13)(ISC)² Blog (327)2020-12-08 – Files for an ISC diary (recent…
A Birmingham college was forced to close this week due to a “major ransomware attack” affecting many of its core IT systems. The nature of the attack still not confirmed. The Cybersecurity expert commented below on the danger of ransomware in light of this incident. 1/3 TEMPORARY CAMPUS CLOSURES❗️The college has suffered a major ransomware attack on our…
Application Security & Online Fraud , Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Google Ad Leads to Malicious App Disguised as Telegram Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • March 17, 2021 An illustration of the desktop version of Telegram. (Source: Telegram) Jannis Kirschner, an independent security researcher based in Basel, Switzerland, searched on Sunday for the…
3rd Party Risk Management , Critical Infrastructure Security , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks Review Confirms Disinformation Campaigns, But No Signs Hackers Altered Vote Tallies Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • March 16, 2021 A pair of U.S. intelligence agency reports released Tuesday conclude that Russia and Iran attempted to interfere in the 2020 presidential election…
Industrial cybersecurity vendor Dragos has expanded into Australia and New Zealand, establishing a new regional headquarters in Melbourne. Dragos specialises in detecting and responding to cyber threats that target industrial control systems, which are critical to the continued operations of power plants, water and energy supplies, and other critical infrastructure. The company expanded into Australia…
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Forensics , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Hackers Used Backdoor to Access Production Environment Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • March 17, 2021 Email security vendor Mimecast, which was targeted by the SolarWinds supply chain hack in January, reports in a Tuesday update that the hackers used the “Sunburst” backdoor as…
Cryptocurrency Fraud , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Social Engineering Graham Clark Sentenced to Serve 3 Years in Juvenile Facility Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • March 17, 2021 Graham Ivan Clark (Photo: Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office) The Florida teen whom prosecutors call the mastermind behind last year’s hack of 130 high-profile Twitter accounts to…
Application Security & Online Fraud , Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Google Ad Leads to Malicious App Disguised as Telegram Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • March 17, 2021 Jannis Kirschner, an independent security researcher based in Basel, Switzerland, searched on Sunday for the desktop version of the popular messaging application Telegram. See Also:…
FBI warns of PYSA Ransomware attacks against Education Institutions in US and UK | IT Security News Sponsors Endpoint Cybersecurity www.endpoint-cybersecurity.com – Consulting in building your security products– Employee awareness training– Security tests for applications and pentesting… and more. Daily Summary Patreon Categories CategoriesSelect Category(ISC)2 Blog (323)(ISC)2 Blog infosec (13)(ISC)² Blog (326)2020-12-08 – Files for an ISC diary…
