Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The Stormous cyber extortion gang has claimed it stole 161GB of data from Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola is investigating the claim but in the mean time what is stated to be Coca-Cola data has appeared for sale. Stormous, a recently formed cyber gang, has declared its support for the Russian government’s invasion …
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This post was first made on 24 March 2022 I wrote about this yesterday as it got caught up in Lapsus$/Microsoft story – but the network access company, Okta, has been compromised by Lapsus$: Hundreds of companies potentially hit by Okta hack – BBC News First Microsoft, then Okta: New …
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Hacker spent nearly five months inside a US regional government network, downloading files, using software and deleting logs, before deploying Lockbit ransomware. Sophos recreated the attack from what was left of the logs and believe the attackers got in through a public facing remote desktop protocol (RDP) port – something …
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So you do not think this is of concern to you – this gang has run some of the most effective cyber criminal campaigns in the last few years – and they have openly come out in support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – and have threatened reprisals against groups …
UK teenagers charged over Lapsus$ gang membership. Lapsus$: Two UK teenagers charged with hacking for gang – BBC News This extortion gang has been responsible for some of the most high profile cyber security breaches in recent months: Lapsus$ ransomware gang at Smart Thinking Solutions
This was first posted on 30 March 2022 There have been arrests associated with the Lapsus$ extortion gang but it appears they have run a new attack – attacking a software consultancy Globant based in Luxemburg: Lapsus$ extortion gang pulls new heist, say researchers • The Register This article also …
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Following the breach by Lapsus$, Okta has issued more statements on what has happened. Okta acknowledges ‘mistake’ in handling of Lapsus$ attack • The Register Are you one of the 15,000 organisations using Okta? – Smart Thinking Solutions Has Microsoft been compromised? Check your Microsoft independent backups. UPDATED – Smart …
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