Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service The Agency Will Elevate the Role of National Central Bureaus to Fight Cybercrimes Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • July 10, 2021 Interpol announced that it will boost the role of country-specific National Central Bureaus to fight ransomware and other cybercrimes. The announcement from the agency comes…
The Republican National Committee says none of its data was compromised in a cyberattack that involved B2B IT services provider Synnex. Over the weekend, Synnex was the target of a cyberattack by threat actors who attempted to access “customer applications within the Microsoft cloud environment.” As part of the services it offers, Synnex manages cloud…
Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management Sizing Up the Impact of the Ransomware Attack and How to Mitigate Risks Anna Delaney (annamadeline) • July 9, 2021 Clockwise, from top left: Suparna Goswami, Anna Delaney, Mathew Schwartz and Tom Field …
Jen Psaki said that Mr. Biden told Mr. Putin that, even if actors were not directed by the Russian government, “you still have a responsibility.” U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin to act against groups conducting ransomware attacks from Russia, the White House said. “President Biden underscored the need for…
The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Tuesday acknowledged that one of its contractors had been breached by hackers linked to Russia but said its data had not been accessed. Bloomberg News reported Tuesday that the Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) 29 group had breached the RNC’s computer systems last week by compromising Synnex, a third-party technology provider. …
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Kaseya has warned customers that an ongoing phishing campaign attempts to breach their networks by spamming emails bundling malicious attachments and embedded links posing as legitimate VSA security updates. “Spammers are using the news about the Kaseya Incident to send out fake email notifications that appear to be Kaseya updates. These are phishing emails that…
Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery , Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service Ransomware-as-a-Service Operations Tap Expert Intrusion Specialists and Negotiators Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • July 9, 2021 Intrusion specialists’ advertisement on a cybercrime forum seeking a ransomware operation partner to collaborate via specified terms (Source: Kela) As ransomware attacks become more prolific, their…
Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management 2 Maryland Towns Report Malware on Their Networks Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • July 8, 2021 REvil’s darknet announcement offering a decryptor for sale (Source: Trustwave) Two small Maryland towns are among the latest victims to come to…
Zalmay Khalizad, US Special Representative for Afghanistan speaks to the BBC as the Taliban capture a major border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran. He said that for Afghanistan’s war to end, there has to be a political agreement, and stressed that Taliban forces taking Kabul is an unlikely situation.
