Recruitment & Reskilling Strategy , Security Awareness Programs & Computer-based Training , Training & Security Leadership Dr. Claudia Natanson Describes Vision of U.K.’s New Self-Regulatory Body Anna Delaney (annamadeline) • June 5, 2021 Dr. Claudia Natanson, chair, UK Cyber Security Council The U.K. Cyber Security Council is a…
The US Department of Justice has charged a Latvian woman for allegedly being part of the infamous Trickbot Group that deployed the Trickbot malware, which infected millions of victim computers worldwide. The Trickbot Group operated in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Suriname, and primarily targeted victim computers belonging to businesses, entities, and individuals. Targets…
Individuals identified include a Hells Angels-linked figure in the Northern Territory who is working as a Qantas contractor. He is the subject of intelligence indicating he previously infiltrated Defence Department flights that were subcontracted to Qantas. A Qantas freight contractor in Perth was also found by Brunello to have been repeatedly “using his trusted insider…
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…
Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service Disruption of Meat Processing Giant JBS Exposes Sector’s Security Shortcomings Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • June 4, 2021 Photo: US Department of Agriculture via Flickr/CC The ransomware attack that disrupted operations at meat processing giant JBS for nearly a week has exposed numerous cybersecurity shortcomings within…
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Malware as-a-Service Ransomware Suspected as a Possible Reason for the Outage at Some Outlets Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • June 4, 2021 Cox Media Group’s TV and radio affiliates’ ability to livestream content was mostly offline Thursday evening, possibly due to an unspecified cyber incident, says the…
Malicious actors are actively mass scanning the internet for vulnerable VMware vCenter servers that are unpatched against a critical remote code execution flaw, which the company addressed late last month.The ongoing activity was detected by Bad Packets on June 3 and corroborated yesterday by security researcher Kevin Beaumont. “Mass scanning activity detected from 104.40.252.159 checking for
CISO Discusses Changing Security Culture in Organizations Varun Haran (APACinfosec) • June 4, 2021 Mario Demarillas, CISO, Exceture Mario Demarillas, CISO and head of IT consulting and software engineering at Exceture, in the Philippines, strikes a balance between securing his organization and its business offering in security….
Cloud Security , Endpoint Security , Security Operations FireEye Acquisition Opens New Doors for Private Equity Firm Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • June 5, 2021 Symphony Technology Group’s acquisition on Wednesday of FireEye Products Business in a $1.2 billion deal will set up the private equity group to better compete with security giants such…
Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Company Shut Down Part of Its Network That Was Compromised Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • June 3, 2021 Japanese conglomerate Fujifilm has shut down part of its network after it was compromised in a suspected ransomware attack, the company said in an update on Wednesday….
