BlackCat Leaks Irish University’s Hacked Data I reported last week that Munster Technological University closed several of its campuses after a ransomware attack, which the university, apparently did not pay. The Irish High Court issued an injunction prohibiting the hackers from leaking the data and return any data that they had. They did “return” it […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In 2022 security companies that track these attacks saw a rise in the number and sophistication of attacks on critical infrastructure. They also saw the introduction of a malware toolkit with plugins to attack tens of thousands of control systems across every industry. Responders discovered, not surprisingly, that the vast majority (more than 75%) of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If You Think the Chinese Balloon Incident is a Major Wake-up call … China has been spying on the US for decades. And we have been spying on them. Kind of like Spy vs. Spy in Mad Magazine when we were kids. If you think that the balloon gave China important information – above the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]State-sponsored threat groups increasingly use ransomware-like attacks as cover to hide more insidious activities. Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) group Sandworm used ransomware programs to destroy data multiple times over the past six months while North Korea’s Lazarus group used infrastructure previously associated with a ransomware group for intelligence gathering campaigns. Chinese state sponsored hackers […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Microsoft has a badge, sort of like Twitter and just like Twitter, apparently these badges can be hacked. Security firm Proofpoint first discovered the attack involving three rogue apps which were impersonating single signon and online meeting apps. If the user installs these rogue apps, they ask for permissions to their Microsoft 365 account, which […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Simple title; not necessarily a simple question. The current spotlight is on LastPass and its parent company GoTo. As we know, LastPass was compromised over the summer, but, it appears from what we know, that even though the hackers stole some of the password vaults, assuming your master password was strong, we think you are […]
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