Maintaining an ongoing military presence in Afghanistan was not in the United States’ national security interests, Biden said. “I’m now the fourth American president to preside over war in Afghanistan – two Democrats and two Republicans,” Biden said. “I will not pass this responsibility onto a fifth President.” He said that America’s strategic rivals such…
Texts purporting to be from parcel and delivery companies are the most prevalent form of ‘smishing’ scams, according to new data provided to UK Finance by cybersecurity firm Proofpoint. The data showed that over two-thirds (67.4%) of all UK texts reported as spam to the NCSC’s 7726 text messaging system, operated by Proofpoint, during the 30…
Russian intelligence officers collaborated with ransomware criminals in a bid to breach US government organizations, a new report from cybersecurity firm Analyst1 claims. The report states that two specific Russian intelligence bureaus, the Federal Security Service (FSB) and Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), colluded with individuals from “multiple cybercriminal organizations” to develop and utilize custom malware targeted at compromising…
Endpoint Security , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Healthcare Hospitals Diverting ER Patients to Other Area Facilities Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • August 16, 2021 Marietta Memorial Hospital is among three Memorial Health System facilities affected by cyber incident Memorial Health System in Ohio is the latest healthcare entity hit with an apparent…
Pearson, a London-based publishing and education giant that provides software to schools and universities has agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges that it misled investors about a 2018 data breach resulting in the theft of millions of student records. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement on Monday after the agency found…
Accenture officials Ransomware This week, a cybercriminal ring attack using LockBit malware claimed that a hacker group had obtained data from a large global IT and business consulting firm and threatened to release it. CNBC reporter on August 11th A series of tweets The group suggested selling insider information from Accenture to stakeholders and posted…
Breach Notification , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management Company Says Employees’ Personal Data Compromised Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • August 16, 2021 Photo: Peter D via Flickr/CC The ransomware attack that targeted Colonial Pipeline Co. in May compromised the personal information of more than 5,800 individuals – mainly current or…
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency,Cryptocurrency Fraud,Cybercrime Security Experts Point Out Vulnerability in Smart Contract SystemDan Gunderman (dangun127) •August 13, 2021 (Photo: Executium via Unsplash) The hacker behind the $612 million breach of the blockchain-based Poly Network system has reportedly returned all stolen assets, though $238 million remains locked in a multi-signature account requiring passwords from…
Cybercrime as-a-service , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Researchers Say Small Number of Core Individuals Selling Access to Hacked Networks Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • August 16, 2021 An initial access broker first advertised access to an airline before later selling 15 allegedly stolen databases of Pakistan International Airlines. (Source:…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Those entrusted with securing the nation’s voting systems must remain nonpartisan as a myriad of complex and growing risks continue to threaten U.S. elections, one of the nation’s top cybersecurity officials said Saturday. Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said in an interview with The Associated…
