Written by Kelly Sheridan – November 16th, 2020 The analysis of an industrial ransomware attack reveals common tactics and proactive steps that businesses can take to avoid similar incidents. While no two organizations are the same, they can learn from one another's mistakes. A step-by step analysis of a ransomware investigation can prove fruitful in helping organizations ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Written by Charlie Osborne for Zero Day Media – October 2nd, 2020 The decades old SS7 signaling system is one of numerous protocols exposing 5G networks to abuse. The next-generation wireless technology is expected to account for 21% of all wireless infrastructure investments over 2020. Pilots and official rollouts are underway worldwide -- despite the disruption caused ...
krebsonsecurity.com – September 20th, 2020 U.S. authorities today announced criminal charges and financial sanctions against two Russian men accused of stealing nearly $17 million worth of virtual currencies in a series of phishing attacks throughout 2017 and 2018 that spoofed websites for some of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges. The Justice Department unsealed indictments against Russian nationals ...
Let’s face it, in the world of technology, there are literally a ton of certifications that are out there, especially in Cybersecurity. Not only is it confusing deciding which one to get, it can get even more difficult trying to figure out the best way to pass the exam on the first attempt. In this ...
