CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 24, 2021

Canada-based Internet of Things (IoT) maker Sierra Wireless has been hit by ransomware attack bringing certain production operations of the company to a halt. Details about the ransomware that stuck with the company and the ransom demand have been kept under wraps as the cyber attack is still under investigation.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Isovalent Cloud security 2020 Private Illumio Cloud security 2015 Private SignalFx Monitoring 2015 Acquired: Splunk CipherCloud Cloud security 2012 Acquired: Lookout Lookout Mobile security 2011 Private. Mimecast Email security 2012 Nasdaq: MIME. a16z Investments. Bessemer Venture Partners. Greylock Partners.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

What began as an obscure experiment to tie together mainframe computers residing on three remote campuses ultimately became a key piece of what was to become the Internet as we know it today. The first Cyber Range training and testing hub opened at Eastern Michigan University in late 2012. They answered, yes.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Department of Justice released a report that revealed some weaknesses in Next Gen Cyber, The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s cyber security program begun in 2012. Next Gen Cyber originally has a budget of $314 million and a total of 1,333 full-time jobs (including 756 agents), while the DOJ also asked for an $86.6

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

These vulnerabilities include risk to tampering, fraud, and cyber attacks, which can emphasize the integrity of elections and affect public trust. This practice could be susceptible to tampering and fraud, including physical tampering, ballot stuffing, and destruction of ballots, which can compromise election results (Hasen, 2012).

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

LOT, the Polish national airline, announced on Sunday that it cancelled 10 flights due to the cyber attack towards its ground computer systems at Warsaw’s Okecie airport. Hackers Ground Polish LOT Airline Flights. Wikileaks began to publish the files under the heading “Espionnage Elysee” on Tuesday.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

That conclusion was supported by other security studies around the same time that found small businesses suffered the most cyber attacks. According to the Huffington Post, “The hackers find computer systems to take over by using tools that scan the web for Internet-connected PCs with software vulnerabilities they can exploit.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

Somewhat quietly since about 2012 or so, nation states in that region, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, commenced a quiet surge to the forefront of implementing comprehensive cybersecurity regulations. Cyber hygiene isn’t difficult. Acohido Pulitzer Prize-winning business journalist Byron V.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1988 — The Morris Worm — Robert Morris creates what would be known as the first worm on the Internet. The potentially harmless exercise quickly became a vicious denial of service attack when a bug in the worm’s spreading mechanism leads to computers being infected and reinfected at a rate much faster than he anticipates. .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2018

If you are using one of the above devices and they are connected on the WAN, make sure to remove your device from the internet. This won’t protect from an NAS attack, but it will protect you from other cyber attacks). The file can be removed using the following PoC. What does this mean to the affected NAS users?

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 6, 2024

Dynamic DNS services are widely used for legitimate purposes, including remote access to home networks, managing internet-connected devices, and enabling consistent access to websites or services hosted on networks with dynamic IP addresses. It’s also been used in numerous high-profile incidents, such as the 2012 attack on Miss Teen USA.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

For initial access, RansomHub affiliates often compromise internet-facing systems and user endpoints via phishing emails, password spraying, and exploiting high-risk remote code execution (RCE) and privilege escalation vulnerabilities.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

For initial access, RansomHub affiliates often compromise internet-facing systems and user endpoints via phishing emails, password spraying, and exploiting high-risk remote code execution (RCE) and privilege escalation vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2020

Info stealer malware confirms to be one of the most adopted weapons of cyber actors. One of them is Netwire ( MITRE S0198 ), a multiplatform remote administration tool (RAT) that has been used by criminals and espionage groups at least since 2012.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Most traditional tools used for investigating cyber attacks cannot assess potential impacts on these environments. SpiderSilk offers an impressive proprietary internet scanner that maps out a company’s assets and network attack surface to detect vulnerabilities. Venture Cybereason 2012 Boston, MA 1,100 $713.6

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2024

North Korea-linked group APT37 exploited an Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability in a supply chain attack. “Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to first prepare the target so that it uses Edge in Internet Explorer Mode.”

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Clinton believes the US should work to prevent attacks from happening and from giving cybercriminals the information they’re after. Sanders has taken a clear position on cybersecurity by stating, “cyber attacks may be the greatest threat to U.S. national security, as America’s critical infrastructure is vulnerable to attack”.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2018

Nation-state backed hacking collectives have been around at least as long as the Internet. However, evidence that the ‘golden age’ of cyber espionage is upon us continues to accumulate as the first half of 2018 comes to a close. What’s changed is that cyber spies are no longer content with digital intelligence gathering.

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