Attack
Managing Zero-Day Exploits
July 20 by Lisa MorganThere's a trend toward supply chain attacks, meaning that the zero-day vulnerability could have far-reaching impacts for the company, its partners and customer. The Kayesa ransomware attack is the mos...
IOTW: JBS Recovers Quickly from a Ransomware Attack
June 11 by Lisa MorganLike the Colonial Pipeline attack, there was speculation about the impact of the incident on supply and product pricing. If the impact of the JBS attack didn't last long, wholesale prices were expecte...
2020 Top Breaches: Part III
December 29 by Seth Adler10 Breaches: Q3, 2020 focused a light on global state adversaries attacking US government/election entities. Ransomware attacks, payments and RaaS all made news. And insider threats along with more ad...
2020 Top Breaches: Part I
December 22 by Seth AdlerIf you can truly remember what life was like pre-pandemic in Q1, 2020- you're in the minority. Our lives have all changed. And the cyber security discipline is completely different. We've gone from an...
IOTW: US Treasury & Commerce Departments, DHS, NIH & Others Significantly Exposed
December 18 by Seth AdlerRussian operatives are now equipped with the very tools that were built to keep them out. The DHS, FBI, and CISA are working together to counter the attack, which Russia denies.
Incident Of The Week: Recent Tyler Technology Ransomware Attack Puts Election Night In Focus
October 02 by Seth AdlerAs election day draws near, a decidedly unnerving trend is emerging. Ransomware attacks, specifically those targeted toward government entities, are increasing at an alarming rate. The first two weeks...
Incident Of The Week: Garmin Pays $10 Million To Ransomware Hackers Who Rendered Systems Useless
August 14 by Seth AdlerOn July 23, Garmin users went to Twitter to express their concern over inaccessible website features. Four days later, Garmin released an official statement confirming that a cyber attack had taken pl...
Jewelry Chain Claire’s Hit By eCommerce Mageware Attack
June 18 by Seth AdlerCyber criminals preemptively planned to benefit from the uptick of online purchasing through retail giant Claire’s eCommerce store.
Incident Of The Week: Finastra’s Ransomware Attack
April 03 by Leah ZitterFinastra reported that it detected a ransomware attack on its servers, last Friday. The company followed by acknowledging it had detected ransomware activity - but that customer and employee data rema...
Incident Of The Week: Leak Discloses UN Data Breach From 2019
February 07 by Kayla MatthewsHackers broke into dozens of United Nations (UN) servers in July of last year, and UN officials kept quiet about it. The worst part? PII was stolen and employees were kept in the dark. Cyber Security...
Incident Of The Week: Misconfigured Servers Result In 250 Million Microsoft Customer Support Records Exposed
January 24 by Jeff OrrA misconfiguration applied to five Elasticsearch database servers in December 2019 led to the exposure of 250 million customer support records for software maker Microsoft. How should less sophisticat...
Greek Government, Intelligence Agency And Businesses Knocked Offline By Cyber-Attacks
January 20 by Jeff OrrSeveral essential Greek government and communications websites went offline as the result of cyber-attacks. A Turkish hacker group claimed responsibility for the flood of site traffic. Regional discon...