Written by Krebs on Security – November 10th 2020 It is bad enough that many ransomware gangs now have blogs where they publish data stolen from companies that refuse to make an extortion payment. Now, one crime group has started using hacked Facebook accounts to run ads publicly pressuring their ransomware victims into paying up On the ...
Written by Grace F. Johnson – October 30th, 2020 It has been 10 years since John Kindervag, then with Forrester Research, first laid out the information systems security concept called the zero-trust model. In the decade since, few organizations could boldly claim that their information technology environments were safe from hazards and threats emanating from the ...
In today’s financial landscape, both individuals and businesses have been tightening their belts to greater degrees than ever before. People simply want to conserve whatever cash they have, and this is rightfully so in these uncertain times. But keep in mind that with the remote workforce of today, there are certain gadgets that are an ...
A trend that has dramatically shifted in this COVID19 pandemic is that the Cyberattacker is now taking their own sweet time to launch their threat vectors. Gone are the days of the “Smash and Grab” campaigns, where they would take all that they could in one attempt. Now, they are carefully studying their targets in smaller ...
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Written by Catalin Cimpanu for Zero Day – October 26th, 2020 Six of the 21 apps are still available on the Google Play Store. Google has removed 15 of 21 Android applications from the official Play Store over the weekend following a report from Czech antivirus maker Avast. The security firm said the apps were infected with a ...
Written for Krebs on Security – October 20th, 2020 One of the digital underground’s most popular stores for peddling stolen credit card information began selling a batch of more than three million new card records this week. KrebsOnSecurity has learned the data was stolen in a lengthy data breach at more than 100 Dickey’s Barbeque Restaurant ...
It looks like now that Remote Working will be here for quite some time to come. Because of this, IT Security teams are still scrambling to come up with ways in which to shore up their lines of defenses, especially when it comes to protecting the Personal Identifiable Information (PII) datasets of both employees and ...
Whether we like it or not, the performance of our jobs is reflected in both the metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that have been assigned to us. The world of Cybersecurity is also well known for this, but which ones are important for your IT Security staff? We will explore some of the major ...
Written by KrebsOnSecurity – October 20th, 2020 Companies victimized by ransomware and firms that facilitate negotiations with ransomware extortionists could face steep fines from the U.S. federal government if the crooks who profit from the attack are already under economic sanctions, the Treasury Department warned today. In its advisory (PDF), the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control ...
