FBI Agents Secretly Deleted Web Shells From Hacked Microsoft Exchange Servers

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , Governance & Risk Management Data Protection Commission Sees Likely Violations in Wake of Latest Mega-Breach Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • April 16, 2021     Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California Ireland’s privacy regulator has launched an investigation into Facebook after personal information for…

Breach Notification , Critical Infrastructure Security , Incident & Breach Response At Least 10 Indonesian Government Ministries and Agencies Affected Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • September 13, 2021     Insikt Group, the threat research division of threat intelligence firm Recorded Future, says it has discovered Chinese hackers have breached the internal records of at least…

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Governance & Risk Management Chris Inglis Nominated for Cyber Director; Jen Easterly Tapped to Lead CISA Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • April 12, 2021     The White House has nominated John “Chris” Inglis to become the nation’s first national cyber director and Jen Easterly to lead…

Critical Infrastructure Security , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime PM Boris Johnson Expected to Present National Security Review on Tuesday Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • March 15, 2021     UK to build “a cyber ecosystem fit for the future.” Source: UK Ministry of Defense Ahead of presenting a long-term review of…

Facebook is taking a more aggressive approach to shut down coordinated groups of real-user accounts engaging in certain harmful activities on its platform, using the same strategy its security teams take against campaigns using fake accounts, the company told Reuters. The new approach uses the tactics usually taken by Facebook’s security teams for wholesale shutdowns…

Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Hackers Accessed System Containing PII Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • July 20, 2021     Campbell Conroy & O’Neil, a Boston-based law firm that serves Fortune 500 firms, including Apple and Pfizer, is continuing its investigation of a ransomware attack in…