Cyber Security
73% of Organizations Affected by Ransomware Attacks Globally in 2023, According to Statista
I recently wrote about how 1 in 34 organizations globally has experienced an attempted ransomware attack. But that statistic doesn’t provide enough context around the impact felt by the organizations that do business in one form or another with those that are attacked.
Read MoreEmail Security Flaw Found in the Wild
Google’s Threat Analysis Group announced a zero-day against the Zimbra Collaboration email server that has been used against governments around the world.
TAG has observed four different groups exploiting the same bug to steal email data, user credentials, and authentication tokens. Most of this activity occurred after the initial fix became public on Github. To ensure protection against these types of exploits, TAG urges users and organizations to keep software fully up-to-date and apply security updates as soon as they become available.
The vulnerability was discovered in June. It has been patched…
How Multi-Stage Phishing Attacks Exploit QRs, CAPTCHAs, and Steganography
Phishing attacks are steadily becoming more sophisticated, with cybercriminals investing in new ways of deceiving victims into revealing sensitive information or installing malicious software. One of the latest trends in phishing is the use of QR codes, CAPTCHAs, and steganography. See how they are carried out and learn to detect them.
Quishing
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Cybercrime Group “Scattered Spider” is a Social Engineering Threat
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory describing the Scattered Spider cybercriminal gang’s activities.
Read MoreResearchers extract RSA keys from SSH server signing errors
A team of academic researchers from universities in California and Massachusetts demonstrated that it’s possible under certain conditions for passive network attackers to retrieve secret RSA keys from naturally occurring errors leading to failed SSH (secure shell) connection attempts. […]
Read MoreBeware of new Ransomware Tactic
2 days ago ALPHV/BlackCat in a bid to apply further pressure to get their latest victim MeridanLink to pay, filed a compliant against them with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for failing to report a breach! This is an interesting tactic and will apply even more pressure on organisations, CISOs’ and Boards to…
Read MoreFBI: Royal ransomware asked 350 victims to pay $275 million
The FBI and CISA revealed in a joint advisory that the Royal ransomware gang has breached the networks of at least 350 organizations worldwide since September 2022. […]
Read MoreCyber Resilience – Are you prepared?
In this 4 min video clip, I share my top 5 practical strategies that you should be adopting as an organisation to remain cyber resilient. Whilst there is no silver bullet these should reduce risk and keep you safe from cyber crime attacks such as ransomware.
Read MoreChinese Hackers Launch Covert Espionage Attacks on 24 Cambodian Organizations
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is malicious cyber activity orchestrated by two prominent Chinese nation-state hacking groups targeting 24 Cambodian government organizations.
“This activity is believed to be part of a long-term espionage campaign,” Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers said in a report last week.
“The observed activity aligns with geopolitical goals of
Russian-speaking threat actor “farnetwork” linked to 5 ransomware gangs
The operator of the Nokoyawa ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), a threat actor known as ‘farnetwork’, built experience over the years by helping the JSWORM, Nefilim, Karma, and Nemty affiliate programs with malware development and operation management. […]
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