List of Hacked Exchange Servers May Boost Recovery Efforts

List of Hacked Exchange Servers May Boost Recovery Efforts

Cybercrime , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Email Security & Protection Window Closing to Secure Small Organizations from Ransomware Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • March 10, 2021     Computer security researchers have acquired an enormous list of compromised email servers from the perpetrators of the mass Microsoft Exchange compromises – a lucky but not uncommon…

Bill Would Allow Americans to Sue Foreign Hackers

Bill Would Allow Americans to Sue Foreign Hackers

Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Legislation & Litigation Proposal Comes as SolarWinds, Microsoft Exchange Hacks Are Investigated Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • March 9, 2021     Reps. Colin Allred (left) and Jack Bergman support the legislation. Legislation introduced in the House would allow U.S. citizens to file lawsuits against foreign…

McAfee Faces Decades Behind Bars After Fraud Indictment

McAfee Faces Decades Behind Bars After Fraud Indictment

Famed anti-virus pioneer John McAfee has been indicted on charges of cryptocurrency fraud, money laundering and more. The 75-year-old, who is in Spain awaiting extradition to the US for tax evasion, is accused of conspiring with executive advisor Jimmy Watson and others on two fraud schemes running from December 2017-October 2018. The first was a…

Microsoft Exchange Hackers Also Breached European Banking Authority – KK Hack Labs

Microsoft Exchange Hackers Also Breached European Banking Authority – KK Hack Labs

The European Banking Authority (EBA) on Monday said it had been a victim of a cyberattack targeting its Microsoft Exchange Servers, forcing it to take its email systems offline as a precautionary measure temporarily.“As the vulnerability is related to the EBA’s email servers, access to personal data through emails held on that servers may have…

Why Does EternalBlue-Targeting WannaCry Remain at Large?

Why Does EternalBlue-Targeting WannaCry Remain at Large?

Cybercrime as-a-service , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Endpoint Security ‘The Most Widely Successful Wormable Malware Becomes Almost a Permanent Hangover’ Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 9, 2021     WannaCry’s ransom note Where were you on May 12, 2017? For many cybersecurity professionals, the answer is “trying to contain the fallout from WannaCry,”…

QNAP storage devices hijacked by UnityMiner cryptocurrency malware

QNAP storage devices hijacked by UnityMiner cryptocurrency malware

QNAP storage devices hijacked by UnityMiner cryptocurrency malware | IT Security News 9. March 2021 Early last week researchers at 360Netlab received reports that QNAP NAS devices were being targetted by a new form of attacks. QNAP is a Taiwanese manufacturer of hardware, including network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Internet of Things (IoT) and NAS devices…

Meghan and Harry interview: Hope for wider debate on racism

Meghan and Harry interview: Hope for wider debate on racism

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s interview with Oprah Winfrey has highlighted racism as an issue in the UK, Nadine Batchelor-Hunt, political correspondent JOE.co.uk has told BBC World News. When you turn on the television there will often be white people saying we are one of the least racist countries in the world, she explained….

GAO Report Finds DoD Weapons Programs Continue to Lack Cybersecurity Guidelines

GAO Report Finds DoD Weapons Programs Continue to Lack Cybersecurity Guidelines

In 2018, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that the DoD routinely found cyber vulnerabilities late in the development process, and despite efforts to address the problem, the DoD still has room for improvement. Even as there has been more cybersecurity testing during development than with past acquisition programs, the DoD still needs to improve…