It has emerged, during a session of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS), that a government minister instructed Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council to keep secret the extent of a ransomware attack in January 2020. This pressure for secrecy caused problems for the council when it come …
International Co-operation to Disrupt Ransomware
Ransomware will not go away – threat actors make too much money and steal too much valuable information using it. Now 36 nations and the EU member states have created a five department coalition of expertise to disrupt and combat ransomware. The International Counter Ransomware Task Force’s (ICRTF) operations cover: …
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Android malware steals bank credentials and compromises the infected devices
New variants of the Android malware, SpyNote, are being used by threat actors to stealthily access and modify infected smartphones. SpyNote malware spies on Android users, steals banking credentials – The Record from Recorded Future News If your people are using Android as part of your Bring Your Own Device …
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Is you car on this list? Mine is.
My other car is not a Porche – but car wireless security (or lack of it) is something we all need to be aware of: Ferrari, BMW, Rolls Royce, Porsche and more fix vulnerabilities giving car takeover capabilities – The Record by Recorded Future I will continue to use my …
Big Bucks Bug Bounty from Meta
Meta has offered a bug bounty of up to $300,000 if cyber security researchers can find remote code execution bugs in its systems and apps: Facebook to pay hackers up to $300,000 to uncover remote code execution bugs – The Record by Recorded Future
