The White House Is Deciding Whether to Support a Bureau of Cyber Statistics

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Polish intelligence services and those of allied states have “unanimously” agreed that a cyberattacks against the emails of top Polish officials and politicians “originated on the territory of the Russian Federation”, Polish deputy prime minister Jarosław Kaczyński said in a statement Friday. The attack was meant to harm, Polish society” and to “destabilise” the country,…

Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service With Nonstop Cryptocurrency Paydays, No Wonder Extortionists Love Ransomware Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • June 10, 2021     Ransom note for a REvil – aka Sodinokibi – ransomware infection (Source: Cisco Talos) Is it any wonder that criminals keep flocking to ransomware when their individual haul…

Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Social Engineering Microsoft Says Spam Campaign Uses Updated Variant Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 24, 2021     If the “Outgoing Payments” PDF is clicked, it downloads the StrRAT. (Source: Microsoft) Microsoft is warning about a spam campaign that uses an updated variant of Java-based StrRAT malware that…

Breach Notification , Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery , Fraud Management & Cybercrime SEC Filing Predicts $10 Million to $15 Million Impact Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • May 5, 2021     SmileDirectClub, which sells teeth-straightening appliances, expects that a recent cyberattack, which disrupted the manufacturing of its products, will take a $10 million…