Security
US hospitals under 'imminent threat' of ransomware attack, say CISA and the FBI
'Brazen, heartless and disruptive threat actors' deliberately targeting health facilities during the pandemic
Calling the bluff of breachstortion gangs
Confidence in the defences and using backup data to test and assess is key to standing up to the latest criminal demands
US federal agencies warn organisations of global hacking campaign by North Korean Kimsuky group
The group is specifically interested in gaining intelligence on issues related to the Korean peninsula
Zoom's end-to-end encryption feature now available to users globally
Zoom's new end-to-end encryption uses the same 256-bit AES-GCM encryption used to secure Zoom meetings
Hackers demand €500 ransom from patients after compromising psychotherapy centre
Patients started receiving personal demands after Finnish clinic Vastaamo refused to pay €450,000
US blacklists Russian research institute over dangerous Triton malware
The malware was used to target a petrochemical facility in the Saudi Arabia in 2017
EU levies sanctions against Russian military intelligence officials over cyber attack
The EU says a significant amount of data was stolen in the attack, which compromised German Chancellor Angela Merkel's emails
Russian APT group 'Energetic Bear' attacking state and local networks
There's no evidence to suggest that the group has been able to compromise the integrity of elections data
IT services provider Sopra Steria suffers cyber attack
Ironically, the firm has a specialist unit dedicated to protecting clients' sensitive information
Iran is sending emails to intimidate voters, US officials claim
The message warns recipients with consequences if they don't vote for Trump in 2020 Presidential Election
NSA details top 25 vulnerabilities to patch immediately
The NSA says Chinese state-sponsored hackers are actively exploiting these bugs in the wild
UK accuses Russian GRU military intelligence of conducting malicious cyber campaigns to sabotage Tokyo Olympics
British official have also disclosed details of Russian attempts to target 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in South Korea
Microsoft addresses RCE bugs in Windows Codecs Library and Visual Studio Code
CISA is advising users and admins to patch their systems as soon as possible
Emotet malware using fake Windows Update templates
The templates trick users into enabling malicious macros in Office documents
British Airways hit with £20m fine for data breach
Fine reduced from initial figure of £183 million because of the pandemic, ICO says
Carnival Corp. ransomware attack affected three cruise lines
Social Security numbers, health data and other personal information may have been stolen in the attack
Adobe fixes two critical bugs impacting its Magento e-commerce platform
The company is advising users to update their installation to the newest version as soon as possible
Hackers posing as notorious APT groups threaten organisations with DDoS attacks
The new and unidentified hacking group is masquerading as other, infamous groups to convince firms to pay its ransom demands
Microsoft patches 87 vulnerabilities in October 2020 Patch Tuesday update
Twelve of them are listed as 'Critical'
Hackney Borough Council suffers serious cyber attack
The Council is currently working with security experts to protect data
Microsoft leads offensive against TrickBot infrastucture ahead of US election day
The US government and cyber security experts see ransomware attacks as one of the biggest threats to the upcoming elections
Japan and India join 'Five Eyes' alliance to demand backdoor access to encrypted apps
The alliance wants tech firms to add functionality to their apps for governments to view encrypted messaging; but tech giants argue that any such system could be exploited
Trust in the tech giants is falling as we enter 'the era of choice'
Consumers to start to question and demand more when it comes to their data
Organisations have accrued technical debt in the shift to remote work, and now they have to face the fallout
In a Computing websem, Javvad Malik of KnowBe4 said that companies that lowered security to continue operating in the pandemic must deal with the consequencies - sooner, rather than later
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