Watering Hole Attack Was Used to Target Florida Water Utilities

Last month, top executives from Amazon, Microsoft, Cisco, FireEye and dozens of other firms joined the Justice Department in delivering an 81-page report calling for an international coalition to combat ransomware. Leading the effort inside the Justice Department are Lisa Monaco, the deputy attorney general, and John Carlin, who led the agency’s national security division…

At least 30,000 US organizations including local governments have been hacked in recent days by an “unusually aggressive” Chinese cyber-espionage campaign, according to a computer security specialist. The campaign has exploited recently discovered flaws in Microsoft Exchange software, stealing email and infecting computer servers with tools that let attackers take control remotely, Brian Krebs said…

Necro Python Malware Upgrades With New Exploits and Crypto Mining Capabilities | IT Security News 3. June 2021 This article has been indexed from The Hacker News New upgrades have been made to a Python-based “self-replicating, polymorphic bot” called Necro in what’s seen as an attempt to improve its chances of infecting vulnerable systems and…

The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has suffered a ransomware attack that forced the City to shut down its systems to prevent the further spread of the malware. Tulsa is the second-largest city in Oklahoma, with a population of approximately 400,000 people. Over the weekend, threat actors deployed a ransomware attack on the City of Tulsa’s…

The Employee Benefits Security Administration of the United States Department of Labor (“EBSA”)  recently published guidance regarding cybersecurity best practices for recordkeepers and service providers responsible for plan related information technology systems and data for ERISA-covered plans, including 401k and other pension plans. The EBSA counseled that a plan’s service providers should implement the following…

Cryptocurrency Fraud , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Multi-factor & Risk-based Authentication Cryptocurrency Exchange Offering Some Affected Users $100 Worth of Bitcoin Dan Gunderman (dangun127) • September 2, 2021     (Photo: Hubert Lamela via Flickr) Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase faces potential user trust challenges after a system error led it to send out false automated…