Microsoft Defender Antivirus Now Protects Users Against Ongoing Exchange Attacks

Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management Acting CISA Director Tells Lawmakers FBI, Not Company, Alerted Agency Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • May 11, 2021     Acting CISA Director Brandon Wales testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security…

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. Internal guidance sent on Thursday to U.S. attorney’s offices across the country said information about ransomware investigations…

Volkswagen America said that a data breach at a third-party vendor it was using for sales and marketing purposes exposed the personal details of more than 3.3 million of its customers, most of which were Audi car owners. The breach took place between August 2019 and May 2021, Volkswagen said in a letter to the Maine…

A ransomware attack paralyzed the networks of at least 200 U.S. companies Friday, according to a cybersecurity researcher whose company was responding to the incident.   The REvil gang, a major Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate, appears to be behind the attack, said John Hammond of the security firm Huntress Labs. He said the criminals targeted a…

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Governance & Risk Management Move Away From Perimeter Designed to Help Agencies Battle Supply Chain Attacks Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • June 22, 2021     Acting CISA Director Brandon Wales The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency is moving its Einstein intrusion detection system deeper into federal…

Telegram has exploded as a hub for cybercriminals looking to buy, sell, and share stolen data and hacking tools, new research shows, as the messaging app emerges as an alternative to the dark web. An investigation by cyber intelligence group Cyberint, together with the Financial Times, found a ballooning network of hackers sharing data leaks…