UK Construction Biz Fined £4.4m for Serious Security Failings
Interserve slammed by regulator after employee data breach
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsAmid real estate volatility, cybercriminals are profiting
This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. It is easy to think of cybercrime as a phenomenon only impacting the digital space. However, as trends are showing, digital attacks have a very real and very physical impact. According to the FBI, there has been a surge in rental and real estate property scams conducted via […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsEuropean Police Warn of Metaverse Cyber-Threats
Cops also identify opportunities to enhance law enforcement
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- October 24, 2022
CISA Warns of Daixin Team Hackers Targeting Health Organizations With Ransomware
U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have published a joint advisory warning of attacks perpetrated by a cybercrime gang known as the Daixin Team primarily targeting the healthcare sector in the country. “The Daixin Team is a ransomware and data extortion group that has targeted the HPH Sector with ransomware and data extortion operations since at least June […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- October 24, 2022
SideWinder APT Using New WarHawk Backdoor to Target Entities in Pakistan
SideWinder, a prolific nation-state actor mainly known for targeting Pakistan military entities, compromised the official website of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to deliver a tailored malware called WarHawk. “The newly discovered WarHawk backdoor contains various malicious modules that deliver Cobalt Strike, incorporating new TTPs such as KernelCallBackTable injection
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsTop Signs of Identity Theft
When it comes to identity theft, trust your gut when something doesn’t feel right. Follow up. What you’re seeing could be a problem. A missing bill or a mysterious charge on your credit card could be the tip of an identity theft iceberg, one that can run deep if left unaddressed. Here, we’ll look at several signs of identity theft that likely need some investigation and the steps […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- October 24, 2022
SSH Error — Github or AWS CloudFormation?
SSH Error — Github or AWS CloudFormation? While trying to access the Github meta API to get the list of CIDRs associated with GitHub and put them into an AWS Prefix List I randomly got this error. verfiable_password_authentication… falsessh_key_fingerprints The thing is, my code never changed when I got this error. I had run the same code a […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- October 24, 2022
Why Ransomware in Education on the Rise and What That Means for 2023
The breach of LA Unified School District (LAUSD) highlights the prevalence of password vulnerabilities, as criminal hackers continue to use breached credentials in increasingly frequent ransomware attacks on education. The Labor Day weekend breach of LAUSD brought significant districtwide disruptions to access to email, computers, and applications. It’s unclear what student or employee data the
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- October 23, 2022
Deploy an EC2 Instance with a KMS Encryption Key
ACM.89 Using a KMS customer managed key (CMK) to limit access to data on EC2 Instances and EBS Volumes This is a continuation of my series on Automating Cybersecurity Metrics. Encrypting Volumes when you deploy an EC2 instance is a security best practice on AWS. In fact, you will probably want to enforce this throughout your […]
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