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...
MFA-Minded Attackers Continue to Figure Out Workarounds
While MFA can improve overall security posture, it's not a "silver bullet" -- and hacks continue.
By: Robert Lemos
As online users become increasingly aware of and use multifactor authentication (MFA),...
Microsoft looks to expose espionage groups targeting Us Politics and NGO’s
Written by Sean Lyngaas
Foreign espionage groups, including those bent on undermining the U.S. political process, have targeted non-government organizations and think tanks more than any other sector in a bid to gather intelligence,...
Google removes 16 malicious apps from play store found to be part of the...
After removing six apps infected with the Joker malware earlier in Sep, Google has now removed 16 more apps from its Play Store.
The Joker malware, a billing-fraud strain of...
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...
REvil Ransomware Operators Actively Recruiting & Putting Up a 1 Million Dollar Bond
REvil ransomware deposits $1 million in hacker recruitment drive
By Lawrence Abrams
The REvil Ransomware (Sodinokibi) operation has deposited $1 million in bitcoins on a Russian-speaking hacker forum to prove to potential affiliates...
WhatsApp can be forced to decrypt WhatsApp Google Drive backups by state surveillance
The AES-GCM-256 key is stored and generated by WhatsApp server and is sent to the client. When a user signs in to new device, it retrieves the key from the server...
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...
