NotPetya
GRU Agents Indicted for Hacking Multiple Targets
The DoJ has charged six Russians, allegedly working for the GRU, with a huge range of computer crimes ...
How the Cyber Grinch Stole Christmas: Managing Retailer Supply Chain Cyber Risk
Cyber threats are always a prominent risk to businesses, especially those operating with high quantities of customer information in the retail space, with over 50% of global retailers were breached last year ...
Jamil Jaffer Chats about the Value of Sharing Threat Intelligence for Better Cybersecurity
Inner Circle Podcast Episode 030 My guest for this episode of the Inner Circle podcast is Jamil Jaffer, Vice President for Strategy & Business Development at IronNet Cybersecurity. We discuss a recent ...
Lessons from nPetya one year later
This is the one year anniversary of NotPetya. It was probably the most expensive single hacker attack in history (so far), with FedEx estimating it cost them $300 million. Shipping giant Maersk ...
Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: Russia Sanctions, Mossack Fonseca Shutdown, Equifax Insider Trading
On Thursday, the U.S. government imposed sanctions against five entities and 19 individuals for their role in “destabilizing activities” ranging from interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election to carrying out destructive ...
Brace for Hybrid Threats and Extortion-Fueled Attacks Next Year
There’s no end in sight for ransomware and, based on what we’ve seen this year, these threats will become even more aggressive. Worse still, hackers have started incorporating extortion into other types ...
Oracle Provides Workaround for Critical Flaw in Identity Manager
Oracle has warned customers about a critical vulnerability in the Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) that could allow an attacker to gain complete control over the user management system. OIM is part of ...
Equifax’s Servers Reportedly Had Glaring Holes Long Before Data Breach
Equifax reportedly took six months to take down a publicly exposed web application that could have allowed anyone on the internet to search and download sensitive personal consumer data. VICE Motherboard reported ...
Bad Rabbit Ransomware Highlights Perils of Poor Network Management
Companies in Russia and Eastern Europe have been battling a new ransomware outbreak since Tuesday that security researchers have dubbed Bad Rabbit. The malware can spread to Windows systems over local networks ...
