Ransomware hackers are like the smash and grab style of burglar. They don’t care who knows that they are here or what they are doing. Their techniques become quickly known and have to continuously evolve. They sometimes make a quick payday. Option two is a stealthy hacker who attempts to sneak in undetected, remain inside […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Anonymous Seems to be doing Better Against Russia than Past Efforts Anonymous, the hacking collective, historically has made claims about how effective they are that have not panned out. However, against Russia, they seem to be pretty effective. Whether that means that they are more focused now or instead, that Russia’s defenses are not very […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The FBI, CISA, Treasury and FinCEN put out a new alert about a hacking group with a different tactic. While this has been done in the past, it has not been done at scale. The group, Karakurt, does not encrypt your data. Instead they just steal it. What they do after that is give the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]FBI Warns US Colleges of Widespread VPN Credential Leaks – On Russian Crime Forums Here’s a shocker. Cybersecurity practices at US colleges and universities are not so good. According to an FBI PIN (Color WHITE, general distribution), Russian cybercrime forums are offering network and VPN credentials for sale for many US higher education institutions, some […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I don’t know whether to think this is abnormal or not. I think it is not. Tim Hortons is fast food chain, based in Canada with about 5,000 restaurants in 15 countries, including the United States. Like many companies, Timmies (yup, that is one of the names for it) has an app. And, like many […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I can tell you from personal experience of our pentesting that this is true. We often find password documents – spreadsheets and text documents, unencrypted and unprotected. This is in spite of the fact that 93% of the respondents require password management training and 63% hold that training more than once a year. 8 percent […]
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