International Cybersecurity Headlines in Review, July 14, 2017
NotPetya Follow up Forbes, 'NotPetya' Hackers Demand $256,000 In Bitcoin To Cure Ransomware Victims Graham Cluley, Petya ransomware developer releases master decryption key, giving hope for ...
Petya Group Bitcoins on the Move, New Message Posted
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 ...
Industroyer Malware Targets Electrical Grid
Two cybersecurity firms warn that the powerful malware known as Industroyer or Crash Override that may have taken down the Ukranian power grid in 2016 could be modified to disrupt critical ...
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 software company Trend ...
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 ...
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 launched the largest ever distributed ...
Weekly Executive Summary for Week of February 24, 2017
Operation BugDrop - Reconnaissance Operation Targeting Ukrainian Critical Infrastructure ICS security experts at CyberX have uncovered a large-scale reconnaissance operation targeting ...
Russia Suspected in Politically Motivated Cyberattacks in Italy, France
Italy: Russia is suspected to be behind a four-month long cyber attack targeting the embassy and field offices staff email system of Italy’s Foreign Ministry last year. The Italian ...
1.5 million WordPress Sites Defaced
A security flaw has led to the defacement of more than 1.5 million WordPress sites within the last ten days. WordPress update 4.7.2, released on January 26, quietly included a security fix for a ...
Weekly Executive Summary for Week of January 20, 2017
Hacking Confirmed as Cause of Ukraine Power Plant Outage On the night of December 17, 2016, Ukraine’s national power company Ukrenergo experienced a power outage that lasted for about an hour in ...