Cyber attack hits State Department in ‘possible serious breach’
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Threat actors behind the widespread SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign breached Microsoft Office 365 email accounts belonging to employees at 27 US attorneys’ offices, the US Department of Justice said Friday. The list of impacted offices includes several large and high-profile ones like those in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Washington and the Eastern District of Virginia….
Rapid7 Acquires Open-Source Community Project Velociraptor
Application Security , Cloud Security , Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) Zscaler Is Also Boosting Cloud Capabilities by Picking Up Trustdome Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • April 24, 2021 Rapid7 is acquiring Velociraptor, an open-source, endpoint-monitoring, digital forensics and incident response organization and professional community that it will continue to operate as a stand-alone…
Expert Commentary on the Geico Data Breach Disclosure
Insurance company Geico recently filed a data breach notice with the attorney general of California. According to the disclosure, the breach occurred between January 21, 2021 and March 1, 2021 and exposed customers’ driver license numbers. However, Geico did not disclose how many customers might have been affected nor whether the breach was limited to…
Meat Producer JBS USA Hit By Ransomware Attack
The company says recovery from the attack may delay transactions with customers and suppliers. JBS USA, a major meat producer, says it was the victim of a cyberattack over the weekend. The company says the attack targeted servers supporting its North American and Australian IT systems. JBS’ backup servers were not affected, and a statement from…
Wave of native IIS malware hits Windows servers
Security researchers warn that multiple groups are compromising Windows web servers and are deploying malware programs that are designed to function as extensions for Internet Information Services (IIS). Such malware was deployed this year by hackers exploiting Microsoft Exchange zero-day vulnerabilities, but a total of 14 groups have been observed using native IIS backdoors and…
Union fury at ‘shocking Covid bonus’ phishing test – Training & Development – Security
A British trade union is demanding an apology from the West Midlands Trains rail company for running a phishing readiness test disguised as a bonus payment reward for staff that worked through the Covid-19 pandemic. The Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) published the text of the phishing email, which was made to look like it…