Tag: Cybersecurity

(China) Cybersecurity, regulation, USA, geostrategies

Wen Sheng writes for Global Times: As the Biden administration intensifies its crackdown on Chinese companies by cutting their crucial supplies or forcing them...
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(Cybersecurity) China: rules for domestic internet companies

Global Times writes: China's top cyberspace regulator on Saturday issued a sweeping set of draft rules for cybersecurity reviews over domestic internet companies that...
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(Cybersecurity) After Kaseya Ransomware Attack

Emily Harding, Riley McCabe, James Andrew Lewis write for CSIS: On July 2, as U.S. offices prepared to close down for the long weekend...
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Cybersecurity – Only cross-border, cross-sector collaboration will be enough to beat cybercrime (Daniel Barriuso, WEF)

• The growing interdependence of digital systems is being exploited by cybercriminals. • Ransomware is a particularly flourishing sphere of cybercrime. • A collective response from...
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Cybersecurity – Evernote quietly disappeared from an anti-surveillance lobbying group’s website (Zack Whittaker, TechCrunch)

In 2013, eight tech companies were accused of funneling their users’ data to the U.S. National Security Agency under the so-called PRISM program, according...
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Cybersecurity – The Accellion data breach continues to get messier (Carly Page, TechCrunch)

Morgan Stanley has joined the growing list of Accellion hack victims — more than six months after attackers first breached the vendor’s 20-year-old file-sharing product.  The Accellion...
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USA – VA’s Cybersecurity Still Missing Critical Zero-Trust Element, Watchdog Says (Mariam Baksh, Nextgov)

The Veterans Affairs Department has come a long way implementing Government Accountability Office recommendations for protecting its information systems but still doesn’t have appropriate...
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USA – IG: SBA’s Cybersecurity ‘Not Effective,’ In Part Due to COVID (Aaron Boyd, Nextgov)

The weight of administering a multibillion-dollar emergency aid program and other pandemic-related stressors in 2020 weakened the cybersecurity posture of the Small Business Administration,...
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USA – Colonial Pipeline Didn’t Have Multifactor Authentication in Place—And Most Defense Contractors Don’t Either (Eric Noonan, Nextgov)

When Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount sat before lawmakers to explain the recent ransomware attack, he found them less sympathetic than they once were...
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Cybersecurity/USA/Russia – It’s Too Easy to Troll Like a Russian (Ivana Stradner, Pulkit Agrawal, Defense One)

Despite evidence that foreign actors are still manipulating social media users on platforms like Twitter, tech companies are continuing to leave personal data vulnerable...
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Cybersecurity/USA/Russia – Ransomware: US warns Russia to take action after latest attacks (Liam Tung, ZD Net)

Following the latest series of ransomware attacks, the White House has said the US will take action against the gangs involved, if the Russian...
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Cybersecurity/India – SideCopy cybercriminals use new custom Trojans in attacks against India’s military (Charlie Osborne, ZD Net)

The SideCopy advanced persistent threat (APT) group has expanded its activities, and now, new Trojans are being used in campaigns across India. SideCopy cybercriminals use...
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Cybersecurity – Suspected hacker Dr HeX arrested over cybercrime, bank fraud impacting thousands (Charlie Osborne, ZD Net)

Law enforcement has arrested an individual suspected of being a prolific cybercriminal responsible for phishing, carding, and bank fraud. Suspected hacker Dr HeX arrested over...
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Cybersecurity/UK – UK Information Commissioner launches probe into private email use at Department of Health (Charlie Osborne, ZD Net)

The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has launched an investigation into the improper use of private emails and communication channels by government officials. UK Information...
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Cybersecurity – Researchers uncovered the network infrastructure of REVil – The notorious ransomware group that hit Kaseya (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

According to the recent research published by ReSecurity on Twitter, starting January 2021 REVil leveraged a new domain ‘decoderre’ in addition to a ransomware page available...
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Cybersecurity – Hacker leaks info of pro-Trump GETTR members online (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

GETTR is a new pro-Trump social media platform created by Jason Miller, a former Trump advisor, the Twitter-like platform suffered a data breach. Hacker leaks...
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