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Chinese Cybercriminal Gangs Collude on Ransomware

A Sygnia report concluded that ransomware attacks attributed to two separate cybercriminal gangs linked to China were, in fact, emanating from the same source. The report connected ransomware attacks launched by cybercriminal ...
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Insurers May Not Cover ‘State-Sponsored’ Cyberattacks

Many of the more expensive cyberattacks and ransomware attacks, including the Solar Winds and Colonial Pipeline attacks, have been attributed to Russian hackers, likely working with or for the FSB—an agency of ...
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Ransomware Whack-a-Mole

Ransomware Whack-a-Mole

Pretty much everyone is familiar with the carnival game Whack-a-Mole. No matter how many moles you bash with the mallet, it seems like two more pop up in its place. It’s commonly ...
Microsoft Publishes Veiled Mea Culpa Disguised as Research

Microsoft Publishes Veiled Mea Culpa Disguised as Research

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) shared a report warning that NOBELIUM—the threat actor behind the SolarWinds attacks—is targeting delegated administrative privileges as part of a larger malicious campaign. Microsoft cautions that ...
Operation GhostShell: Novel RAT Targets Global Aerospace and Telecoms Firms

Operation GhostShell: Novel RAT Targets Global Aerospace and Telecoms Firms

In July 2021, the Cybereason Nocturnus and Incident Response Teams responded to Operation GhostShell, a highly-targeted cyber espionage campaign targeting the Aerospace and Telecommunications industries mainly in the Middle East, with additional ...
UN Breach Highlights Escalation of Cyber Threats

UN Breach Highlights Escalation of Cyber Threats

Hackers have been inside the United Nations network for months. According to a report from Bloomberg, stolen credentials of a UN employee were sold on the Dark Web for as little as ...
Afghanistan, the Taliban and National Security

Afghanistan, the Taliban and National Security

The United States may have left classified or sensitive intelligence behind as US forces withdrew and evacuated from Afghanistan. That information might now be in the hands of the Taliban. There was ...
Implications of the Alleged State Department Breach

Implications of the Alleged State Department Breach

The US State Department was reportedly hit by another cyber attack, although it has not been officially confirmed. Whether or not the attack occurred, it is a simple fact that government agencies ...
T-Mobile and BlackBerry: More Lessons Learned the Hard Way

T-Mobile and BlackBerry: More Lessons Learned the Hard Way

We learned this week that T-Mobile was the victim of a data breach that exposed data from tens of millions of customers, and then we found out that there is a flaw ...