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By Katherine Gypson U.S. House Republicans approved Representative Elise Stefanik on Friday for a top leadership spot, sending a powerful message about the direction of the party by elevating the New York congresswoman noted for her support of former president Donald Trump.      The 36-year-old Stefanik takes over the position of House Republican Party conference chair from Representative Liz Cheney, who was removed Wednesday after…

Greenberg is a key target of federal prosecutors who want him to provide evidence against Gaetz in a separate case. It’s a step he appears ready to take now that the federal court in Orlando on Thursday announced a change-of-plea hearing for Greenberg scheduled for Monday. The likely plea by Greenberg, whom Gaetz once called…

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Governance & Risk Management Colonial Pipeline Attack Used DarkSide Malware Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • May 14, 2021     DarkSide ransomware was used in the attack against Colonial Pipeline Co. The gang behind DarkSide ransomware, which U.S. authorities say was used in the attack against Colonial…

Microsoft has warned of a new phishing campaign aimed at aerospace and travel organizations that delivers multiple Remote Access Trojans (RATs), such as RevengeRAT and AsyncRAT using an actively developed loader called Snip3. In a series of tweets Microsoft said that attackers use RATs to steal data, for follow-on activity and downloading additional…

On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity following a series of highly publicized cybersecurity incidents during the first four months of his presidency, including the Colonial Pipeline attack, which revealed vulnerabilities within the nation’s infrastructure and information systems. While this is not the first executive order issued…

Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management Insights on DarkSide Ransomware Gang, Securing Critical Infrastructure Anna Delaney (annamadeline) • May 14, 2021     Clockwise, from top left: Tom Field, Anna Delaney, Mathew Schwartz and Tony Morbin Four editors at Information Security Media…

The dark web page belonging to the DarkSide hacking group is down, as Bloomberg states. The Russian ransomware group is accused of attacking Colonial Pipeline.   DarkSide was identified by the FBI and cybersecurity experts as the group responsible for the Colonial attack, that forced the company to shut down operations, causing fuel shortages in…

Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management The Debate Over Impact of Colonial Pipeline’s Apparent Ransom Payment Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • May 14, 2021     Some cybersecurity experts question the contentions of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and another member of Congress, who say…

DarkSide Ransomware gang was behind the recent Colonial Pipeline cyberattack however it is unclear who is behind the seizure of DarkSide’s cyberinfrastructure. The DarkSide ransomware cybercriminals group involved in the six-day outage at Colonial Pipeline last week that led to fuel shortages and price spikes across the United States is calling it quits. The crime…

A source familiar with CNBC’s confirmed the situation. Colonial Pipeline supposedly paid a ransom to hackers after the company became the victim of a large-scale cyberattack.  According to a US official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to NBC News, Colonial paid off the $5 waiver. So far, it is not entirely clear, whether…