Britain Says Assange Cannot be Extradited Julian Assange, a long time thorn in the backside of some folks in the US government, cannot be extradited to the US, a British court says. The court said that while he probably can get a fair trial in the US, the court system in the US is unlikely […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Data from employment firm Automation Personnel Services Leaked Automation Personnel Services, a provider of temporary employment services, found 440 gigabytes of their data leaked on the dark web. The poster says that it includes payroll, accounting and legal documents. The data was leaked because the company refused to pay the ransom. When asked if the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Well, maybe better is not the right word. Quick catch up for those of you who are not following this. The Russians hacked the software update process for the high end network management software called Orion from Solar Winds. This software is typically used by large enterprises and government agencies. This hack gave them access […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Solar Winds Software Compromised – Potentially 18,000 Enterprises Affected Last week FireEye filed a report with the SEC saying that they had been hacked – by Russia and not China – and that the hackers got away with FireEye’s entire suite of offensive hacking tools. This is not exactly what you would want your adversary […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Israeli insurance company Shirbit was hit by a ransomware attack last week. The hackers demanded 50 Bitcoin within 24 hours. 50 Bitcoin is about a million dollars. When they didn’t do that, the hackers started leaking the company’s data and doubled the ransomware demand to 100 Bitcoin or about two million dollars. They said that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]GAO Tells Treasury: Track Cyber Risk in Financial Sector The GAO told Treasury to work with Homeland Security to better track cyber risk in the financial sector. The GAO says that Treasury does not track efforts or prioritize them. The “sector specific” security plan was last updated in 2016 and, of course, most of the […]
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