Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service , Email Security & Protection Attackers Co-Opted Malware for Data Exfiltration and Ransom, Group-IB Finds Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • May 8, 2021 Attackers co-opted the Hancitor malware downloader and recently used it to deliver Cuba ransomware as part of an email spam campaign for data exfiltration and ransom extortion,…
The charity Save the Children is calling for an immediate de-escalation of the Israel-Gaza conflict. In Jerusalem Save the Children’s Jason Lee told BBC World News: “In every conflict or escalation today we see that children are disproportionately affected… “We have numbers of children being killed, maimed. This cycle will continue unless we take immediate…
Colonial system affected by the cyberattack. Colonial is the largest refined products pipeline in the U.S., transporting more than 100 million gallons, or 2.5 million barrels, per day. Its pipeline spans more the 5,500 miles throughout the Southern and Eastern U.S. (Map: Colonial Pipeline) Colonial Pipeline, which accounts for close to half of the United…
The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has suffered a ransomware attack that forced the City to shut down its systems to prevent the further spread of the malware. Tulsa is the second-largest city in Oklahoma, with a population of approximately 400,000 people. Over the weekend, threat actors deployed a ransomware attack on the City of Tulsa’s…
The shooting at a school in the Russian city of Kazan has left everyone shocked and saddened, a resident of the city has said. Rezeda Kotdusova, whose husband works in a building next to the school where the attack happened, told BBC World News what her partner had seen. A 19-year-old suspect has been detained….
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The Apple AirTag has been available for just over a week. Since then, we have seen a user rebuilding an AirTag as a thinner card that fits into wallets and also learned that it’s “frighteningly easy” to stalk using the item tracker. Now, a security researcher was able to hack the accessory, modifying its NFC…
More than 6,500 pupils from across the UK took part in the CyberFirst Girls competition.
A British train company has been criticized for running a cybersecurity test that made employees think they would receive a bonus for working hard during the pandemic. West Midlands Trains sent an email purporting to be from the company’s managing director, Julian Edwards, out to its approximately 2,500 employees. The missive thanked staff for toiling through…
The ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline’s networks has prompted the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to issue a regional emergency declaration in 17 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.). The declaration provides a temporary exemption to Parts 390 through 399 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs), allowing alternate transportation of…
Because it is privately held, Colonial is under less pressure than a publicly traded company might be to reveal details. But as the custodian of a major piece of the nation’s cyberinfrastructure, the company is bound to come under scrutiny over the quality of its protections and its transparency about how it responded to the…
