As part of our “weekend read” section, here is a piece by Chris Stokel-Walker and Dan Milmo at The Guardian looking at the hacker volunteers, fighting what they consider a white hat action against Russia. ‘It’s the right thing to do’: the 300,000 volunteer hackers coming together to fight Russia …
The threat from the cyber-criminal gang that broke into Samsung and Nvidia is growing
Analysis of the actions of the Lapsus$ cybercriminal ransomware gang shows they are going after bigger targets: Lapsus$ gang sends a worrying message to would-be criminals • The Register
Guernsey sees an increase in phishing email cyber attacks – training is the best defence
According to the States of Guernsey islanders have faced a rapid increase in cyber attacks since the start of the Ukraine Russia conflict. This is based on information from a local cyber-security firm, who had a client hacked by phishing emails. Guernsey cyber-security warning for islanders and businesses – BBC …
CISA statement on mitigating MFA and “PrintNightmare” exploits UPDATED 17 March 2022
This article was first posted on 16 March 2022 Here is some good cyber security advice from the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding increased cyber threat activity from the Russia Ukraine conflict. “PrintNightmare” is an escalation of an MFA …
Maybe the storm is here?
Having, last week, written about the lull before the storm, if the Ukraine Russia cyber conflict spills outside their borders: There may be evidence that it has started to happen, with the German office of the Russian oil company Rosneft reporting a cyber security breach: Viasat, Rosneft hit by cyberattacks …