Security News for the Week Ending June 5, 2020

Minneapolis City Web Sites Hit by Denial of Service Attacks

Last Thursday, early in the morning, a number of City of Minneapolis web sites were disabled by denial of service attacks. The attacks are short lived and the city was able to restore most of the services within a few hours. It is certainly possible that we will see more cyberattacks as a way to continue civil disobedience. Credit: The Hill

GA Gov. Kemp’s (R) Claims that Dems Hacked his SoS Web Site In 2018 Are False

Two days before the 2018 election, then GA Secretary of State Kemp opened an investigation into what he said was a failed hacking attempt of voter registration systems by the Democratic Party.

Newly released case files from the GBI says that there was no such hacking attempt. The report says that Kemp got confused by an authorized and planned security test by HOMELAND SECURITY with a hack. Kemp’s CIO approved the scan by DHS.

The GBI did say that there were significant security holes in the web site at the time, even though Kemp said that patches to the web site two days before the election were standard practice. No one in their right mind would make changes to critical election systems two days before the election unless it was an emergency. Credit: Atlanta Journal Constitution

Chinese and Iranians Hacking Biden and Trump

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warned the campaigns that the were seeing the Chinese targeting Biden and the Iranians targeting Trump. Currently, there is no sign of compromise, but we still have months to go before the election. Not only is there lots of information to steal, but they have the possibility of impacting the election or causing a loss of trust by voters in the process. Credit: SC Magazine

FBI Says Big Business Email Compromise Attacks on the Upswing

The FBI has reports of multiple fraudulent invoice BEC attacks in April and May. In on case hackers used a trusted vendor relationship and a transportation company to steal $1.5 Million. They are reporting multiple incidents in different industries, so caution is advised. Credit: FBI Liaison Information Reports 200605-007, security level GREEN.

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