Foreign Hackers Disrupt Texas County Email System, Raising Concerns For the Election
By Jack Gillum, Jessica Huseman, Jeff Kao and Derek Willis
The malware attack, which sent fake email replies to voters and businesses, spotlights an overlooked vulnerability in counties that don’t follow best practices...
Ransomware, Phishing & Unpatched VPNs Highlighted in New Microsoft Report
By Kurt Mackie
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the release of its "Digital Defense Report," which is described as "a reimagining" of Microsoft's "Security Intelligence Report" (SIR).
The "Digital Defense Report" is an annual publication...
The Biggest Data Breaches In The First Half of 2020
In this blog, we are going to talk about the big data breach that occurred in the first half of 2020.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic has forced companies to move...
Largest Attack On health Services firm UHS by Ryuk Ransomware
The Ryuk ransomware is suspected to be the culprit.
A ransomware attack has shut down Universal Health Services, a Fortune-500 owner of a nationwide network of hospitals.
The attack occurred in...
Federal agency has suffered a successful espionage-related cyberattack
By: Tara Seals
The attack featured a unique, multistage malware and a likely PulseSecure VPN exploit.
A federal agency has suffered a successful espionage-related cyberattack that led to a backdoor and...
Polish Hacking Group Responsible for Ransoms Fraud & Bomb Threats Arrested
The hackers also distributed Windows and Android malware, and even ran 50 fake online stores where they defrauded buyers.
By Catalin Cimpanu for Zero Day
Polish authorities have shut down today a hacker super-group...
How the Trickbot C2 uses rDNS to disguise as a legitimate Australian government service
By Gabor Szathmari
One interesting offshoot of researching .gov.au websites running outside Australia was an odd service running from Russia. How the Service NSW – a website offering government services online – ended...
FBI and CISA Warn Malicious Actors Could Exploit Mail In Voting
By: Kyle Fedorek
A joint statement released by the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday warns that foreign actors and cybercriminals are likely to exploit...
FBI Indictment Puts Chinese Government Linked Hackers APT41 in The Spotlight.
Seven men have been charged in the U.S. in relation to attacks by China-linked espionage operation which Symantec monitors as two distinct groups – Blackfly and Grayfly
By: The Threat...
Foreign and Domestic Hackers Attacks Increasing Against NASA
BY MAGGIE MILLER
Top officials at NASA say the agency is facing increasing attempts by foreign hackers to target sensitive information as it works to improve its IT security during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“NASA...
