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Canada Charges Its “Most Prolific Cybercriminal”

31-year-old Canadian man has been arrested and charged with fraud in connection with numerous #ransomware attacks against businesses, government agencies and private citizens throughout Canada and the United States.

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9.12.2021

2022 and the threat landscape: The top 5 future cybersecurity challenges

Continuous improvement is needed from security teams. Examples of 2022 #cybersecurity challenges: ⚠️ Zero trust adoption ⚠️ New 5G risks ⚠️ Evolving phishing strategies ⚠️ Misconf'd enterprise APIs used for lateral movement on attacks

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9.12.2021

Ubiquiti breach an inside job, says FBI and DoJ

“Sharp exploited access as 'cloud lead' to steal gigabytes of company data, then, posing as an anon hacker, sent the company a nearly $2M ransom demand." Insider risks often not getting sufficient resources for mitigation. #cybersecurity

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9.12.2021

SolarWinds Attackers Spotted Using New Tactics, Malware

Year after SolarWinds attacks, its orchestrators seem active again - looking for ways to spread through service providers to thousands of customers. New tactics seem to include e.g. 🦠 novel #malware (Ceeloader) and 🔓 MFA push abuse.

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9.12.2021

Hackers all over the world are targeting Tasmania’s emergency services

#Cybersecurity: Attacks on police, fire, and medical services put lives on danger. Now Tasmania is targeted: ⚠️ 800 hack attempts in employee accounts ⚠️ CCTV compromised ⚠️ Website taken over for two weeks ⚠️ 2FA defeated in 5 occasions

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3.12.2021

Nearly 600,000 open cybersecurity-related jobs were listed over 12 months

#Cybersecurity skills shortage research findings: 📈 Supply of workers only enough to fill 68% of jobs demanded 📈 Roles take 21% longer to fill than other IT jobs ⁉️ Few entry-level positions, lots of mid- to advanced-level hiring

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3.12.2021

Interpol arrests over 1,000 suspects linked to cyber crime

HAEICHI-II operation caught 1003 cybercriminals, ranging from romance scams to investment frauds and money laundering. 💰Authorities also intercepted nearly 27 M$ and froze 2,350 banking accounts linked to online crimes. #cybersecurity

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2.12.2021

Google Warns Crypto Miners Are Hacking Cloud Accounts

Cryptocurrency mining is a for-profit activity that requires large amounts of computing power. ⚠️ Google warns / reports, that 86% of recently compromised Google Cloud accounts were used for this. #cybersecurity

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2.12.2021

Big salaries alone are not enough to hire good cybersecurity talent: What else can companies do?

Skills shortage gets worse. ISSA survey key findings from #cybersecurity employees: 🚩 62% face a heavier workload due to companies not being able to hire enough workers 🚩 38% feel burnt out Tips for recruiting cybersec talent >>

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2.12.2021