CVE-2021-37708

Sol Oriens, an Albuquerque-based nuclear weapons contractor, was reportedly hit by a REvil ransomware attack earlier this year. Sol Oriens is the subcontractor for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that works on nuclear weapons with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). The company told CNBC that it became aware of the “cybersecurity incident” in…

Application Security , Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service Strikes Increase After ProxyLogon Proof-of-Concept Attack Code Released Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • March 20, 2021     There has been a spike in web shells being detected, as ransomware gangs and other attackers increasingly target vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers following publication of proof-of-concept attack code for ProxyLogon, which…

The U.S. Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack and mounting damage caused by cyber criminals, a senior department official told Reuters. From the report: Internal guidance sent on Thursday to U.S. attorney’s offices across the country said information…

Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Attackers Claim They Stole 36 Million Unique Customer Records Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • August 17, 2021     T-Mobile’s Times Square store in New York City (Photo: T-Mobile) T-Mobile USA on Monday confirmed that its computer systems were illegally accessed, following reports of an apparent intrusion. But the Bellevue,…

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said he was more worried about the risk of a large-scale cyberattack than another financial crisis like that of 2008. The risks of a 2008-like crisis with a need for government bailouts of banks were “very, very low,” the head of the US central bank said during an interview aired…