Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management Security Experts Weigh the Impact of White House’s Latest Cyber Moves Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • July 20, 2021 Security experts are debating the impact of the Biden administration’s Monday condemnation of China for waging attacks on vulnerable Windows Exchange…
Pegasus – possibly the most powerful piece of spyware ever developed – has been found on mobile phones around the world. A major investigation is alleging that the malware was used to hack the phones of politicians, activists and prominent news editors worldwide. The hacking software – or spyware – is marketed and licensed to…
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Endpoint Security , Fraud Management & Cybercrime ‘Pegasus Project’ Says List Used to Coordinate Attacks Using NSO Group’s Spyware Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • July 19, 2021 Countries where journalists were selected as targets (Source: Forbidden Stories) A leak of 50,000 telephone numbers and email addresses led to…
The United States and its allies accused China of a global cyberespionage campaign, mustering an unusually broad coalition of countries to publicly call out Beijing for hacking. The United States was joined by NATO, the European Union, Britain, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Canada in condemning the spying, which US Secretary of State Antony Blinken…
Publicly owned rail operator Northern Trains has an excuse somewhat more technical than “leaves on the line” for its latest service disruption: a ransomware attack that has left its self-service ticketing booths out for the count. “Last week we experienced technical difficulties with our self-service ticket machines, which meant all have had to be taken…
Transportation Security Administration issues second Security Directive WASHINGTON – Today, in response to the ongoing cybersecurity threat to pipeline systems, DHS’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced the issuance of a second Security Directive that requires owners and operators of TSA-designated critical pipelines that transport hazardous liquids and natural gas to implement a number of urgently needed protections against cyber intrusions. “The lives and livelihoods of the American people depend on…
Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Hackers Accessed System Containing PII Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • July 20, 2021 Campbell Conroy & O’Neil, a Boston-based law firm that serves Fortune 500 firms, including Apple and Pfizer, is continuing its investigation of a ransomware attack in…
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management Cybereason’s Sam Curry Shares Insights on the Latest Developments Anna Delaney (annamadeline) • July 19, 2021 Sam Curry, CSO, Cybereason The U.S and its allies formally accusing China of cyberattacks on Microsoft Exchange servers…
Campbell Conroy & O’Neil, P.C. (Campbell), a major American law firm whose clientele includes dozens of Fortune 500 and Global 500 companies, announced suffering a data breach in the wake of a February 2021 ransomware attack. In its report on the data breach, Bleeping Computer noted that the attackers gained access to “certain individuals’ names,…
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration and Western allies, including all NATO members, formally blamed China on Monday for a major hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software and asserted that criminal hackers associated with the Chinese government have carried out ransomware and other illicit cyberoperations. China’s “pattern of irresponsible behavior in cyberspace is inconsistent with…
