OnePercent Group Ransomware targeted US orgs since Nov 2020

OnePercent Group Ransomware targeted US orgs since Nov 2020

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has shared info about a threat actor known as OnePercent Group that has been actively targeting US organizations in ransomware attacks since at least November 2020. The US federal law enforcement agency shared indicators of compromise, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP), and mitigation measures in a flash alert published on Monday….

US and Singapore sign agreement to bolster cybersecurity across government agencies

US and Singapore sign agreement to bolster cybersecurity across government agencies

Jessica Haworth 24 August 2021 at 15:43 UTC Updated: 24 August 2021 at 17:05 UTC Memorandum of Understanding will strengthen knowledge sharing practices The US and Singapore have signed an agreement to enhance cooperation and knowledge sharing about cyber threats targeting financial agencies. A Memorandum of Understanding on Cybersecurity Cooperation was signed, the US…

T-Mobile says cyberattack impacted more customer data than initially thought

T-Mobile says cyberattack impacted more customer data than initially thought

Data on millions of additional customers was also compromised, T-Mobile said. August 20, 2021, 8:55 PM • 5 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article T-Mobile revealed Friday that the personal data of more than 5 million additional customers was compromised in the recent cyber attack, bringing the total number of people impacted…

Utilizing Data Opportunities and Risks in Insurance to Protect Customers and Drive Greater Differentiation

Utilizing Data Opportunities and Risks in Insurance to Protect Customers and Drive Greater Differentiation

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , ID Fraud Insurers Have a Great Opportunity to Become Guardians of Customer Data Robert Harris • August 24, 2021     The rapid rise of digitalization and new data-gathering technologies has encouraged a lot of well-meaning advice about how insurers can use data more effectively to…

Hacker Behind $600 Million Crypto Heist Returned Stolen Funds

Hacker Behind $600 Million Crypto Heist Returned Stolen Funds

This article has been indexed from E Hacking News – Latest Hacker News and IT Security News   The hacker behind the biggest cryptocurrency heist of all time has finally handed access to the final tranche of stolen funds.  Poly Network, a platform in the decentralized finance or “DeFi” area, was hacked last month, with…

Financial Service versus Fraud – the Battle Continues

Financial Service versus Fraud – the Battle Continues

Finance & Banking , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management How Banks and Insurance Providers can Leverage Modern Solutions for Modern Fraud Simon Viney • August 24, 2021     Where there is money and people, cyber crime isn’t usually far behind, and this was exacerbated in 2020 when financial institutions (FIs) were…

US Signs Cybersecurity Agreements with Singapore

US Signs Cybersecurity Agreements with Singapore

The United States and Singapore have agreed to cooperate on cybersecurity and climate change issues. On August 23, Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, announced that three cybersecurity agreements had been signed by the cyber, defense, and finance agencies of both countries.  The announcement was made during a visit to Singapore by US vice president…

New zero-click iPhone exploit used to deploy NSO spyware

New zero-click iPhone exploit used to deploy NSO spyware

Digital threat researchers at Citizen Lab have uncovered a new zero-click iMessage exploit used to deploy NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware on devices belonging to Bahraini activists. In total, nine Bahraini activists (including members of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Waad, Al Wefaq) had their iPhones hacked in a campaign partially orchestrated by a Pegasus operator linked with high confidence…

State Department Allegedly Hit by Cyberattack

State Department Allegedly Hit by Cyberattack

Softpedia News / Security 23. August 2021 This article has been indexed from Softpedia News / Security The Department of Defense’s Cyber Command issued warnings about a possibly significant cyberattack against the United States Department of State that may have occurred in recent weeks.   According to yesterday’s report from Fox News, it is still…