Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Prosecutors: Crypting Provider Helped Infect 50,000 Computers Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • June 18, 2021 A Russian national has been convicted of aiding a botnet scheme that infected victims’ devices with malicious Kelihos malware and ransomware, according to the U.S. Justice Department. See Also: Live Webinar: Seeking Success…
DDoS Protection , Security Operations Nokia Deepfield: Number of Attacks Surged 50% Over 15 Months Rashmi Ramesh • June 18, 2021 The daily peak of DDoS attack traffic increased 100% from January 2020 and May 2021, reaching 3 Tbps, with most of the high-bandwidth, high-intensity attacks originating from less than 50 hosting companies,…
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Governance & Risk Management Also Featured: Analysis of Regulatory Landscape; Comments From Rep. Jim Langevin Anna Delaney (annamadeline) • June 18, 2021 Clockwise, from top left: Doug Olenick, Anna Delaney, Tom Field and Scott Ferguson In the latest weekly…
Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service , Endpoint Security Closing EncroChat and Sky, Plus Careful Word-of-Mouth Management, Drove Anom Uptake Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • June 18, 2021 The FBI’s map of where Anom users were located as of May (Source: court documents) The global law enforcement “Anom” honeypot operation racked up impressive statistics for…
Carnival Corp. said Thursday that a data breach in March might have exposed personal information about customers and employees on Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line and Princess Cruises. In a letter to customers, the company indicated that outsiders might have gained access to Social Security numbers, passport numbers, dates of birth, addresses and health…
President Joe Biden has revealed that he and President Vladimir Putin of Russia have agreed to establish “what’s off limits” from cyber activity. They also discussed how each country would “follow up” with cyberattacks that originated in either country. This press conference came after Biden’s four-hour meeting with Putin in Geneva. 16 critical infrastructure sectors,…
Ukrainian law enforcement officials reported the arrest of the Clop ransomware group on Wednesday. The organization had been disrupting infrastructure and carrying attacks around the world since at least 2019, according to The Hacker News. Six defendants were charged as part of an international operation involving Ukraine’s National Police and authorities from Interpol, Korea,…
Ukrainian law enforcement arrested cybercriminals associated with the Clop ransomware gang and shut down infrastructure used in attacks targeting victims worldwide since at least 2019. According to the Cyberpolice Department of the National Police of Ukraine the ransomware group is behind total financial damages of roughly $500 million. “Together, law enforcement has managed to shut…
Cybercrime , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Experts Discuss Impact of ‘Transformational Moment’ Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • June 17, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting in Geneva (Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia via Twitter/CC) After U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President…
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management As ‘Trusted Telecom Portal’ Launched, Chinese Vendors May Be Excluded From Market Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • June 17, 2021 In a key move toward ensuring telecom companies only use technologies from trustworthy sources, the government of India has launched…
