Nation-state Attack
When the Backbone Breaks: Why the F5 Breach is a Five-Alarm Fire
Alan warns that the F5 breach — involving stolen source code, unpatched vulnerabilities, and customer configurations — is a five-alarm crisis for digital infrastructure. The attack exposes national security risks, vendor concentration ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
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
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 ...
New Cybereason Government Subsidiary Empowers U.S. Agencies to Detect Malicious Operations Faster
Cybereason is excited to announce the creation of a U.S. Government subsidiary, Cybereason Government Inc., dedicated to prevention, detection and response to malicious operations targeting U.S. Government agencies. Cybereason is committed to ...
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
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
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 ...
