The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has and occasional series of advisories it issues, often with other US governmental agencies, looking in depth at various cyber-criminals and ransomware attacks and methodologies, to help professionals who have to deal with these threats. Here is the latest: StopRansomware – Daixin Team …
Social Engineering to breach security – fake subscription renewals
It may be a new cyber gang but Luna Moth are using the oldest tricks in the book – phishing with social engineering to exploit user’s trust: New ‘Luna Moth’ hackers breach orgs via fake subscription renewals (bleepingcomputer.com) What you and your team need is an awareness of what social …
Continue reading “Social Engineering to breach security – fake subscription renewals”
Ukraine Russia cyber conflict being spread by Hacktivists
There is evidence emerging that Russian cyber gangs – both freelance and state sponsored – are spreading their attacks to countries who are support Ukraine in conflict: Russian ‘Hacktivists’ Are Causing Trouble Far Beyond Ukraine | WIRED UK Russian hackers declare war on 10 countries after failed Eurovision DDoS attack …
Continue reading “Ukraine Russia cyber conflict being spread by Hacktivists”
Has the Conti Ransomware Gang finally stopped operating?
Research and analysis is showing that the malicious websites run by the Conti Gang to support it’s ransomware operations are now closed: Conti ransomware finally shuts down data leak, negotiation sites (bleepingcomputer.com) However the threat actors have not gone away – ransomware makes too much money for them to simply …
Continue reading “Has the Conti Ransomware Gang finally stopped operating?”
The world is a better place with less social engineering scams
Here is a good news story: A two month operation – called First Light 2022 – between law enforcement agencies of 76 nations has led to the seizure of millions of pounds of assets and the arrest of thousands. The organised gangs targeted were behind hundreds of telecommunications and social …
Continue reading “The world is a better place with less social engineering scams”
