Britain braces for Russian cyber warfare targeting transport links, water supplies, hospitals and airports

Apr 15, 2018 9:31:22 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The UK Mirror reported that Britain is braced for a wave of crippling cyber attacks in Russian retaliation for the Syrian missile strikes. Here is an excerpt: "Vital transport links, ...

Leader of Carbanak Cybercrime Group Who Stole Over 1Billion Arrested in Spain [InfoGraphic]

Mar 27, 2018 2:12:43 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

March 26, 2018 -- Some good news for a change! Police in Spain have arrested an individual identified as Denis K. who is believed to be the mastermind behind the Carbanak (also known as ...

Five things to know about Russian cyber attacks on the energy grid

Mar 19, 2018 2:21:59 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Morgan Chalfant at The Hill wrote: "Trump administration officials on Thursday accused the Russian government of staging a multi-year cyberattack campaign against the energy grid and ...

Putin Wins Election: Six More Years Of Criminal Cyber Attacks On The West

Mar 19, 2018 7:33:22 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Russian President Vladimir Putin won re-election by a wide margin Sunday, strengthening his hand amid an escalating confrontation with the West. Having been 18 years in power, Putin has ...

A Cyber Attack in Saudi Arabia Had a Deadly Goal. Experts Fear Another Try:

Mar 17, 2018 12:52:16 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Last summer, a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia was the target of a cyber attack that investigators believe was designed to sabotage the plant's operations and cause an explosion. Iran ...

It's official: Russia is targeting critical American infrastructure with 'malicious cyber attacks'

Mar 16, 2018 7:30:40 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

TNW just wrote: "Russian cyber operatives are attacking critical American infrastructure such as energy grids, nuclear facilities, aviation systems, and water processing plants, according ...

Hackers Invade German Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs

Feb 28, 2018 2:17:34 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Foreign hackers have invaded secure networks of various German government departments. According to German and Dutch media, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense were among the ...

Chinese Cybercrime Develops Lucrative Hacking Services

Jan 2, 2018 4:55:42 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The McAfee blog gave an interesting perspective on an area we do not look at too closely normally. Underground cybercrime profits in China have likely already exceeded US$15.1 billion ...

The Massive Cyber Attacks Slated For 2018 Will Make You WannaCry

Dec 21, 2017 8:53:20 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

If you think 2017 was bad, hold on for dear life because 2018 is going to be the worst yet when it comes to cyber attacks, with new and better coordinated attacks looming large. Why? ...

Complex regulations and sophisticated cyber attacks inflate non-compliance costs

Dec 15, 2017 5:21:15 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The cost of non-compliance has significantly increased over the past few years, and the issue could grow more serious. 90 percent of organizations believe that compliance with the GDPR ...

Cyberheists Linked to Russian Hackers Targets Banks From Moscow to Utah

Dec 11, 2017 6:56:19 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A previously unknown ring of Russian-speaking hackers has stolen as much as $10 million from U.S. and Russian banks in the last 18 months, according to a Moscow-based cyber-security firm ...

Cyber Warfare in 140 Characters: Social Media Weaponized

Dec 6, 2017 3:00:50 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

David Patriakos's new book about cyber warfare is a fascinating read. From the back cover: "Modern warfare is a war of narratives, where bullets are fired both physically and virtually. ...

Which of Your Employees Are Most Likely to Expose Your Company to a Cyber Attack?

Dec 6, 2017 7:02:01 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Kon Leong at Harvard Business Review wrote an excellent article about the problem of employees exposing your organization to cyberthreats through human error. Here is a short qoute:

Dark Overlord hackers reveal plans to leak 'Hollywood database stolen from top studio'

Nov 5, 2017 9:37:22 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Criminal hacking group The Dark Overlord is threatening to leak the internal client data of top Hollywood production studio Line 204, IBTimes UK has learned. The seemingly international ...

EU to Declare Cyber-Attacks “Act of War”. USA likely to follow

Nov 2, 2017 1:45:50 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

"European Union member states have drafted a diplomatic document which states serious cyber-attacks by a foreign nation could be construed as an act of war. The document, said to have ...

Is combosquatting a new trick hackers use to lure users into visiting malicious websites?

Nov 1, 2017 7:30:11 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Georgia Tech researchers reported that hackers are using a technique identified with a newly coined term "combosquatting" to trick users into visiting malicious websites. Sorry to break ...

Hackers Target Nation’s Schools

Oct 24, 2017 11:16:53 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Tawnell D. Hobbs at the Wall Street Journal wrote: "Hackers looking to exploit sensitive information for profit are increasingly targeting the nation’s schools, where they are finding a ...

Lower Cybercrime Costs! Attack Humans...

Oct 20, 2017 2:28:34 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

This could be a headline on a dark web site for cyber criminals. And it would be correct. Our colleagues at Wombat did some digging and came up with relevant research you should know ...

The CCleaner app, designed for good cyber hygiene, was itself infected with a backdoor by hackers

Sep 18, 2017 7:13:03 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cisco's TALOS security researchers discovered a devious way to infect millions of machines. They said: "Supply chain attacks are a very effective way to distribute malicious software into ...

A Single Extreme Cyberattack Could Cost the U.S. More than Hurricane Katrina

Jul 18, 2017 11:38:22 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Lucinda Shen at Fortune wrote: "With an uptick in cyberattacks across the world, from WannaCry to Petya ransomware, a new report from banking heavyweight Lloyds of London warns just how ...

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