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U.S. Levies Sanctions Against Russian Research Institution Linked to Triton Malware
The latest in a flurry of actions this week, tied to foreign threats against U.S. computer systems, includes sanctions by the Department of the Treasury. [...]
Fri, Oct 23, 2020
Source: Threat Post
IoT Device Takeovers Surge 100 Percent in 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with an explosion in the number of connected devices, have led to a swelling in IoT infections observed on mobile networks. [...]
Fri, Oct 23, 2020
Source: Threat Post
Louisiana Calls Out National Guard to Fight Ransomware Surge
An investigation showed a custom backdoor RAT and the Emotet trojan in the networks of municipal victims of the attacks. [...]
Fri, Oct 23, 2020
Source: Threat Post
Election Security: Beyond Mail-In Voting
There are many areas of the election process that criminal hackers can target to influence election results. [...]
Fri, Oct 23, 2020
Source: Threat Post
Georgia Election Data Hit in Ransomware Attack
With Election Day approaching, local governments need to be prepared for malware attacks on election infrastructure. [...]
Fri, Oct 23, 2020
Source: Threat Post
COVID-19 Vaccine-Maker Hit with Cyberattack, Data Breach
Dr. Reddy's, the contractor for Russia's “Sputinik V” COVID-19 vaccine and a major generics producer, has had to close plants and isolate its data centers. [...]
Fri, Oct 23, 2020
Source: Threat Post
Georgia County's election infrastructure hit by ransomware attack
Hall County, Ga. confirmed it experienced a network outage as a result of a ransomware attack. The cyberattack impacted critical systems within the Hall County Government networks, including phone services. While some applications are disabled as the County works to resolve this incident, business continuity measures have been implemented. [...]
Fri, Oct 23, 2020
Source: Security magazin
Microsoft, MITRE Release Adversarial Machine Learning Threat Matrix
Microsoft and MITRE, in collaboration with a dozen other organizations, have developed a framework designed to help identify, respond to, and remediate attacks targeting machine learning (ML) systems. read more [...]
Fri, Oct 23, 2020
Source: securityweek
CISA and FBI release joint advisories regarding Russian and Iranian APT actors
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have released two joint cybersecurity advisories on widespread advanced persistent threat (APT) activity. Joint Cybersecurity Advisory: AA20-296A Russian State-Sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat Actor Compromises U.S. Government Targets Joint Cybersecurity Advisory: AA20-296B Iranian State-Sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat Actors Threaten [...]
Fri, Oct 23, 2020
Source: Security magazin
Ransomware trends in Q3: a new attack every day
Digital Shadows released its quarterly research report focusing on the latest trends in ransomware. Unfortunately, for vulnerable organizations everywhere, Digital Shadows Photon Research team found that ransomware as a market and community on the dark web has expanded since Q2. [...]
Fri, Oct 23, 2020
Source: Security magazin


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