Crypto Hack Earned Crooks $600 Million
Crypto Hack Earned Crooks $600 Million
This article has been indexed from E Hacking News – Latest Hacker News and IT Security News The hacker behind the biggest cryptocurrency heist of all time has finally handed access to the final tranche of stolen funds. Poly Network, a platform in the decentralized finance or “DeFi” area, was hacked last month, with…
Governance & Risk Management , IT Risk Management GAO Offers Recommendations to Improve Space Agency’s Cyber Protections Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • June 29, 2021 Photo: NASA via Flickr/CC A government watchdog is urging NASA‘s administrator to make multiple improvements to its cybersecurity and risk management policies to counter threats to the space agency’s…
U.S. President Joe Biden has warned that cyberattacks could escalate into a full-blown conflict as tensions with Russia and China grew because of a succession of hacking incidents impacting American organizations, agencies, and infrastructure. During a speech at the National Counterterrorism Center of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Biden stated: You know,…
The New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) recently released its Cyber Insurance Risk Framework (the “Framework”), which provides best practices for managing cyber insurance risk. The stated goal of the Framework is to grow “a robust cyber insurance market that maintains the financial stability of insurers and protects insureds.” While the Framework is directed…
Cyber operatives affiliated with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) have switched up their tactics in response to previous public disclosures of their attack methods, according to a new advisory jointly published by intelligence agencies from the U.K. and U.S. Friday. “SVR cyber operators appear to have reacted […] by changing their TTPs in an…
Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service , Email Security & Protection Attackers Co-Opted Malware for Data Exfiltration and Ransom, Group-IB Finds Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • May 8, 2021 Attackers co-opted the Hancitor malware downloader and recently used it to deliver Cuba ransomware as part of an email spam campaign for data exfiltration and ransom extortion,…