Posts for category: Global Weekly Executive Summaries

Global Weekly Executive Summary, July 7, 2017

Petya Group Bitcoins on the Move, New Message Posted The hacking group behind Petya/NotPetya/ExPetr withdrew all bitcoins from the bitcoin wallet associated with the ransomware on Tuesday, July ...

Global Weekly Executive Summary, 6/16/17

The Persirai Botnet Persirai, the latest botnet family to take advantage of unsecured IOT devices, has overtaken Mirai as the most common webcam botnet, according to new research from the security ...

Global Weekly Executive Summary, June 9, 2017

US Voter Registration Process was Target of Russian Cyberespionage Operation, Says Leaked NSA Report A leaked top secret National Security Agency (NSA) report described cyberattack attempts on US ...

Global Weekly Executive Summary June 2, 2017

WannaCry Attribution Security researchers around the world have identified clues linking the global WannaCry cyberattacks to Lazarus Group, a prolific hacking group with suspected ties to North ...

Global Weekly Executive Summary, May 24, 2017

All About WannaCry  What is WannaCry? WannaCry is a global ransomware attack that began spreading quickly on Friday, May 12th, eventually affecting at least 300,000 computers in 150 countries ...

Global Weekly Executive Summary, April 21, 2017

Hajime vs. Mirai, A Botnet Battle? The Hajime worm spreading through unsecured IoT devices seems to be purposely making them more secure. Hajime vs Mirai Last October, the Mirai botnet ...

Weekly Executive Summary, April 17, 2017

Shadow Brokers Dump More Stolen NSA Tools On Friday, the hacking group The Shadow Brokers released another batch of files that they say were taken from the NSA. After analyzing the files, security ...

Global Weekly Executive Summary, April 3, 2017

Pro-ISIS Site Hacked to Spread Malware The Amaq news agency, the official news site of the Islamic State, was taken offline last Thursday after warning its readers that it had been hacked and that ...

Global Weekly Executive Summary, March 17, 2017

Malware Found Pre-Installed on Android Phones Indicates Supply Chain Security Breakdown Headline: Check Point Software Technologies recently detected “severe infection” in multiple models of ...

Global Weekly Executive Summary, March 13, 2017

Stolen CIA Cyberspying Tools Released Publicly, Claims WikiLeaks WikiLeaks has published what it claims is a vast catalog of cyber espionage and hacking tools used by the Central Intelligence ...