I have been hanging onto this article for a few weeks now – and in a normal week this would be part of the weekend read project, but it is Christmas week and so you get the weekend on Thursday – you also got “Because It’s Friday” on Thursday! All …
Who are the targets for phishing campaigns?
The threat actors will go after anyone who they can exploit, steal credentials from, or who has something the criminal wants! In this case it is workers for the forthcoming US elections. This one is targetting people in a privileged position: US election workers hit with phishing, malware emails • …
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Do you have a Samsung device?
Samsung suffered its second major data breach of 2022, but the details it is releasing are few and far between. There is some excuse about it being a holiday weekend or the data being of low value. Impact of Samsung’s most recent data breach unknown | TechRepublic I am sure …
Ransomware this week… with an international flavour and some advice.
Here are some of the leading ransomware stories this week: Greek natural gas operator suffers ransomware-related data breach – Bleeping Computers LockBit ransomware group implicated in crippling attack on French hospital – The Record by Recorded Future New ‘Donut Leaks’ extortion gang linked to recent ransomware attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) RansomEXX claims …
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Journalists are among the targets of state sponsored hacking and espionage
This is an interesting story from Cedric Pernet at TechRepublic looking at the types of threats and attacks faced by journalists: State-sponsored cyberespionage campaigns continue targeting journalists and media | TechRepublic It gives you an idea of the investment in time, money and technical resources state sponsored hacking groups make. …
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Malware targets cryptocurrency wallets and browsers
The PennyWise malware is masquerading as crypto-coin mining software and being advertised in a variety of YouTube videos – showing that any communications method can be exploited for phishing attacks. PennyWise malware on YouTube targets cryptocurrency wallets and browsers | TechRepublic To help build confidence in the product, the threat …
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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 …
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