Cyber attack hits State Department in ‘possible serious breach’

Cryptocurrency Fraud , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Threat Actors Deploying Cryptominers Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • July 26, 2021     A hacking campaign is targeting Kubernetes environments using misconfigured Argo Workflows to deploy cryptominers, according to a report by the security firm Intezer. See Also: Live Webinar | Improve Cloud Threat…

Pats Itself on the Back. The June patch set from Intel brings its vulnerabilities total to 132 for the first six months of 2021, with 70 percent of those having been discovered and mitigated before they were publicly disclosed, Bryant said. Quiet, nonpublic discovery and mitigation is a nice turnaround for Intel, Bryant said.

Cryptocurrency Fraud , Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Prosecutors: Yearslong Scheme Resulted in Theft of $530,000 Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • April 29, 2021     A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to running a yearslong scam that used SIM swapping and other hacking techniques to steal more than $530,000 worth of cryptocurrency, the U.S….

New Delhi: A hacking group backed by China has in recent weeks targeted the IT systems of two Indian vaccine makers whose coronavirus shots are being used in the country’s immunisation drive, reported news agency Reuters quoting cyber intelligence firm Cyfirma. China and India have both sold or gifted COVID-19 shots to many countries under…

NGA Picks Four States for Academy on Cybersecurity PolicyFour 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…

Image: Microsoft Microsoft issued guidance on securing Azure accounts that may be impacted by a recently addressed Cosmos DB critical vulnerability, giving attackers full admin rights to users’ data without authorization. The flaw, dubbed ChaosDB, impacts Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB, a globally distributed NoSQL database service used by a wide assortment of high-profile customers, including Exxon-Mobil, Mercedes…