Commemorations have taken place on the 20th anniversary of the 11 September attacks. A minute’s silence was held at the exact time each hijacked plane crashed. George W Bush, who was the US president at the time, gave a speech in Pennsylvania, where one of the planes crashed into a field after passengers overpowered the…
Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks Group Specializing in Big Game Hunting Has Amassed Millions in Ransom Payments Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • September 13, 2021 REvil ransom note seen by victims of the ransomware attack involving Kaseya’s software (Source: Cisco Talos) Has the notorious REvil ransomware group resumed…
In the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks, the US saw a sharp rise in hate crimes. The attackers targeted those they believed to be Arab Muslims. The innocent victims included Balbir Singh Sodhi, an American-Sikh who had a beard and wore a turban and ran the family gas station in Mesa, Arizona. His murder,…
Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service , Endpoint Security Some Reports Suggest BlackMatter Was Attacker Mihir Bagwe • September 13, 2021 (Image Source: Flickr) Olympus, a Japanese company that manufactures optics and reprography products, has reported that a portion of its IT system in the EMEA region was affected by a “potential cybersecurity incident” on…
North Korea has announced it fired a new long-range cruise missile over the weekend. Despite international condemnation, the East Asian country keeps testing missiles, some of which are in violation of UN Security Council resolutions and have resulted in tough sanctions. Why does Pyongyang continue with these launches, if they come at such a hefty…
Breach Notification , Critical Infrastructure Security , Incident & Breach Response At Least 10 Indonesian Government Ministries and Agencies Affected Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • September 13, 2021 Insikt Group, the threat research division of threat intelligence firm Recorded Future, says it has discovered Chinese hackers have breached the internal records of at least…
BBC Click’s LJ Rich looks at some of the week’s best technology stories.
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The private Howard University in Washington disclosed that it suffered a ransomware attack late last week and is currently working to restore affected systems. University officials expect full recovery from the incident to take a long time although work is being done to remediate the situation as quickly as possible. Classes canceled, WiFi down The…
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