Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Nat Smith of Gartner Offers Advice on Cutting Through the Hype Anna Delaney (annamadeline) • August 13, 2021 Nat Smith, senior director security analyst, Gartner Nat Smith, senior director security analyst at Gartner, describes what factors potential buyers…
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management , Incident & Breach Response Also: Top Healthcare CISOs’ Cybersecurity Concerns; Fresh NIST Resiliency Guidance Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • August 13, 2021 Clockwise, from top left: Scott Ferguson, Mathew Schwartz, Marianne Kolbasuk McGee and Tom Field What’s hot in the…
Accenture spotted the LockBit ransomware attack on its systems as far back as July 30 and found that hackers had stolen documents referencing clients, as well as work materials created on clients’ behalf, according to a report from cybersecurity news site CyberScoop. The publicly traded IT consultancy initially confirmed the ransomware attack on Wednesday in…
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency , Cryptocurrency Fraud , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Images on Docker Hub Contained Cryptominers Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • August 13, 2021 A recently uncovered cryptomining scheme used malicious Docker images to hijack organizations’ computing resources to mine cryptocurrency, according to cybersecurity firm Aqua Security. These images were uploaded to the…
A firm specialising in transferring cryptocurrency said Thursday that a hacker they are calling “Mr White Hat” was giving back all $613 million in digital loot from a record haul. Poly Network had put out word previously that nearly half of the digital assets swiped early this week had been returned. “As our communication with…
Hackers behind one of the biggest ever digital coin heists have now returned nearly all of the US$610 million-plus they stole, Poly Network, the cryptocurrency platform targeted earlier this week by the attack, said on Thursday. The platform, which was little known before Tuesday’s heist, declared the hacker on Twitter as a “white hat,” referring…
LONDON : Hackers behind one of the biggest ever digital coin heists have now returned over half of the US$610 million-plus they stole, the cryptocurrency platform targeted by the hack said on Thursday. Poly Network, a platform that facilitates peer-to-peer transactions, said on Twitter https://twitter.com/PolyNetwork2/status/1425733950614360064 that, as of 0818 GMT, hackers had returned US$342 million…
The hacker group behind a ransomware attack on global solution provider giant Accenture has made a ransom demand for US$50 million, according to a cybersecurity firm that reports seeing the demand. The threat actor is demanding the US$50 million in exchange for more than 6 TB of data, according to a tweet from Cyble, a…
Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service Costs So Far Total Nearly $113 Million, Including $91.6 Million in Lost Revenue Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • August 13, 2021 Scripps Health reports that a recent ransomware incident has already cost the entity nearly $113 million The recent ransomware attack that disrupted Scripps Health’s…
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency , Cryptocurrency Fraud , Cybercrime Authorities Say Exchanges Allegedly Facilitate Money Laundering Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • August 14, 2021 U.S. dollars and other currency seized by Ukranian police this week from an alleged illegal cryptocurrency exchange (Source: Security Service of Ukraine) Ukrainian police this week shuttered a series of allegedly…
