Belgium’s Interior Ministry uncovers 2-year-long compromise of its network
Belgium’s Federal Public Service Interior (i.e., the country’s Interior Ministry) has suffered a “complex, sophisticated and targeted cyberattack.” …
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What contractors should start to consider with the DoD’s CMMC compliance standards
Q1 2021 has been a tumultuous period in our era of cyber espionage. The Center For Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), which has been tracking “significant cyber …
Digital dependence and innovation: Two critical trends in cyber espionage and crime
Being a veteran cybersecurity incident responder with over 21 years of field experience I know I will always have a job and it will always be interesting. In the evolution of …
SolarWinds hack investigation reveals new Sunspot malware
Crowdstrike researchers have documented Sunspot, a piece of malware used by the SolarWinds attackers to insert the Sunburst malware into the company’s Orion software. …
Top videoconferencing attacks and security best practices
Videoconferencing has become a routine part of everyday life for remote workers, students, and families. Yet widespread adoption of this technology has also attracted …
SolarWinds hackers’ capabilities include bypassing MFA
As the list of known organizations compromised by way of the SolarWinds supply chain attack is slowly growing – according to Reuters, the attackers also breached U.S. …
US charges Sandworm hackers who mounted NotPetya, other high-profile attacks
The Sandworm Team hacking group is part of Unit 74455 of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), the US Department of Justice (DoJ) claimed as it unsealed an …
The biggest cyber threats organizations deal with today
Microsoft has released a new report outlining enterprise cyberattack trends in the past year (July 2019 – June 2020) and offering advice on how organizations can protect …
State-backed hacking, cyber deterrence, and the need for international norms
As time passes, state-backed hacking is becoming an increasingly bigger problem, with the attackers stealing money, information, credit card data, intellectual property, state …
Biomedical orgs working on COVID-19 vaccines open to cyber attacks
In a recently released report by the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), whose findings have been backed by Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) and the …
APT attacks targeting Linux, Windows and Android remained undetected for nearly a decade
Five related APT groups operating in the interest of the Chinese government have systematically targeted Linux servers, Windows systems and mobile devices running Android …
Hackers try to breach WHO, other COVID-19-fighting orgs
“Elite” hackers have tried – and failed – to breach computer systems and networks of the World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this month, Reuters …
