Crypto hacker offered reward after $600m heist

WASHINGTON: Ransom-seeking hackers have begun taking advantage of a recently disclosed flaw in Microsoft’s widely used mail server software, a researcher said late Wednesday — a serious escalation that could portend widespread digital disruption. The disclosure, made on Twitter by Microsoft Corp security program manager Phillip Misner, is the realisation of worries that have been…

Hi There, Renganathan here. This Write-up is about how I made the United Nations hall of fame in 3 minutes. And this is my first write-up / Blog on Medium. Ps- I don’t know to use Medium. I saw there was a vulnerability reporting program on United Nations (UN) so I decided to give it…

Breach Notification , Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Security Incident Exposed Personal Information for 54 Million People Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • September 14, 2021     Photo: T-Mobile Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says her office is now probing the massive data breach at T-Mobile that exposed the personal information of 54 million people,…

Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Palo Alto Networks Report Describes Tactics of Group Leveraging Open-Source Tools Dan Gunderman (dangun127) • July 16, 2021     Illustration: Palo Alto Networks The gang behind ransomware known as Mespinoza, aka PYSA, is targeting manufacturers, schools and others, mainly…

VMware this week announced the availability of patches for an authentication bypass vulnerability in VMware Carbon Black App Control (AppC) running on Windows machines. Carbon Black App Control is designed to improve the security of servers and other critical systems by locking them down to prevent unauthorized tampering. The newly addressed security hole, the company…

Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service Expert: More Likely, an Affiliate Has Repurposed REvil’s Crypto-Locking Malware Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • July 28, 2021     BlackMatter’s dedicated data leak site (Source: Recorded Future) Has the REvil – aka Sodinokibi – ransomware operation come storming back? See Also: Live Webinar | Improve Cloud…