OODA Loop – Biden Tells Putin Critical Infrastructure Sectors ‘Off Limits’ to Russian Hacking

New critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s enterprise Exchange Server have been discovered, and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is urging users to apply the patches for them as soon as possible to prevent systems compromises. The vulnerabilities are easy to exploit, do not require any user interaction, and affect Exchange Server 2013,…

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…

Four states have been chosen by the National Governors Association (NGA) for its 2021 Policy Academy to Advance Whole-of-State Cybersecurity.  Kansas, Missouri, Montana, and Washington have all been selected by the NGA Center for Best Practices to work directly with the NGA on cybersecurity governance, workforce development, and government partnership policies.  “Representatives of the four states will…

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Ransomware Firm Says Singapore Unit Was Targeted Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • August 20, 2021     Tokio Marine, a Japan-based property and casualty insurer, says its Tokio Marine Insurance Singapore unit was hit by a ransomware attack this week. See Also: 2021 Unit 42 Ransomware Threat…

The Russian foreign ministry said John Sullivan, the US ambassador to Russia, should return home for consultations too. Washington said its own sanctions were payback for Russia interfering in last year’s US election, cyber hacking, bullying Ukraine and other alleged malign actions. Russia denies all the US allegations. Retaliation Moscow’s response was mostly tit-for-tat. It…

Electronic Arts, the publisher of the Battlefield series and many other popular video game franchises, has been hacked. On multiple underground hacking forums, Motherboard found hackers claiming they had taken more than 780GB of data from the company. According to screenshots seen by the outlet, the trove includes the source code for FIFA 2021 and both…