The White House is Deciding Whether to Support a Bureau of Cyber Statistics – Nextgov

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Social Engineering Zscaler: Malware Buries Itself Into TeamViewer Theo Nassiokas, Head of Technology, Governance & Risk Controls, Westpac Group • February 24, 2021     Attack flow for Minebridge malware (Source: Zscaler) The operators behind the Minebridge remote-access Trojan have updated the malware, which is targeting security researchers by using…

Google intervened to remove nine Android apps downloaded more than 5.8 million times from the company’s Play Store after the apps were caught furtively stealing users’ Facebook login credentials. “The applications were fully functional, which was supposed to weaken the vigilance of potential victims. With that, to access all of the apps’ functions and, allegedly,…

DDoS Protection , Security Operations Nokia Deepfield: Number of Attacks Surged 50% Over 15 Months Rashmi Ramesh • June 18, 2021     The daily peak of DDoS attack traffic increased 100% from January 2020 and May 2021, reaching 3 Tbps, with most of the high-bandwidth, high-intensity attacks originating from less than 50 hosting companies,…

On the Friday heading into Memorial Day weekend this year, it was meat processing giant JBS. On the Friday before the Fourth of July, it was IT management software company Kaseya and, by extension, over a thousand businesses of varying size. It remains to be seen whether Labor Day will see a high-profile ransomware meltdown…

The latest update patches a total of five vulnerabilities affecting the browser’s desktop versions Google has rolled out an update for its Chrome web browser that fixes five security flaws, including a zero-day vulnerability that is known to be actively exploited by malicious actors. The bugs affect the Windows, macOS, and Linux versions of the…

In their Carbis Bay communique, the G7 announced their intention to work together to tackle ransomware groups. Days later, US president Joe Biden met with Russian president Vladimir Putin, where an extradition process to bring Russian cybercriminals to justice in the US was discussed. Putin reportedly agreed in principle, but insisted that extradition be reciprocal….