Meat-packing Giant JBS USA Shuts Down Systems Following Cyberattack

Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks Joint Effort with US to Maintain a Black List of Hackers Among Plan proposals Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • June 13, 2021     The U.K. says it plans to turn the country into a global leader in cybersecurity, in partnership with the U.S, to counter…

Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management DDoS-Guard Disputes Exploit.in Listing for Customer Data. But What’s the Risk to Users? Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • July 15, 2021     Cybercrime forum advertisement for allegedly stolen DDoS-Guard customer information (Source: Kela) Leaked data getting offered for sale via cybercrime forums and markets…

Ukrainian law enforcement arrested cybercriminals associated with the Clop ransomware gang and shut down infrastructure used in attacks targeting victims worldwide since at least 2019. According to the Cyberpolice Department of the National Police of Ukraine the ransomware group is behind total financial damages of roughly $500 million. “Together, law enforcement has managed to shut…

It’s now being called “the single biggest global ransomware attack on record,” with thousands of victims in at least 17 different countries breached with ransomware Friday, reports the Associated Press, citing new details provided by cybersecurity researchers. An affiliate of the Russia-linked gang REvil deployed the ransomware “largely through firms that remotely manage IT infrastructure…

Written by John Hewitt Jones Sep 16, 2021 | FEDSCOOP The Department of Defense expects to complete a review of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program by late 2021, delivering then any required changes to the program to industry. The review is one of several current initiatives within the Pentagon looking at the cybersecurity program,…

Researchers who discovered a massive flaw in the main databases stored in Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform have now urged all users to change their digital access keys, not just the 3300 it notified this week. Researchers at a cloud security company called Wiz discovered this month they could have gained access to the primary digital…