CVE-2021-25204 – Alert Detail – Security Database

Four Eastern European nationals face 20 years in prison for Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) charges after pleading guilty to providing bulletproof hosting services between 2008 and 2015, which were used by cybercriminals to distribute malware to financial entities across the U.S.The individuals, Aleksandr Grichishkin, 34, and Andrei Skvortsov, 34, of Russia; Aleksandr

Member organisations will be able to make committee nominations as the Council prepares to commence activities and develop the profession London – August 26th 2021 – The UK Cyber Security Council, the self-regulatory body for the cyber security education and skills sector, today announced that it has begun accepting applications from organisations for membership. Any…

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:…

Four states have been chosen by the National Governors Association (NGA) for its 2021 Policy Academy to Advance Whole-of-State Cybersecurity.  Kansas, Missouri, Montana, and Washington have all been selected by the NGA Center for Best Practices to work directly with the NGA on cybersecurity governance, workforce development, and government partnership policies.  “Representatives of the four states will…

On August 30, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced three settled orders against several investment advisers, broker-dealers, and dual registrants for violations of Regulation S-P allegedly resulting from business email compromises that each exposed or potentially exposed the personal information of thousands of customers.[1] These enforcement actions underscore the following lessons for broker-dealers…

NSA Shares Guidance for Government Employees on Securing Wireless Devices in Public | IT Security News 2. August 2021 This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek RSS Feed The National Security Agency (NSA) has published a new document to provide a series of recommendations on how governmental agencies in the United States can mitigate the…