Threatpost has the Story: This is a current story (7/7/20) of threats emerging from the Russian criminal groups. The following is from a previous analysis from has the Story The intsight document shows several groups, of which the above is just one group “the Sandworm” team. Another blog.malwarebytes.com post: Threat Spotlight: WastedLocker, customized transomware The […]
https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches/the-threat-posed-by-the-chinese-government-and-the-chinese-communist-party-to-the-economic-and-national-security-of-the-united-states From the FBI website the director Christopher Wray: “If you are an American adult, it is more likely than not that China has stolen your personal data. In 2017, the Chinese military conspired to hack Equifax and made off with the sensitive personal information of 150 million Americans—we’re talking nearly half of the American […]
4th of July image from https://www.vectorstock.com/royalty-free-vector/happy-4th-of-july-vector-909575 Cyberjoke 4th of July edition v1.998 2020 Images from Pinterest page https://nl.pinterest.com/ricardo5789/cyber-security-cartoons/ Honest clickbait is still clickbait 🙂 Tru Spam infestation: “remove the cookies” please? How about some jokes4us.com jokes? Let’s enjoy one of the last Independence Days before our complete dependence on China. Independence Day is […]
What does it mean when intelligence agencies claim that our helthcare companies have been hacked (or attempted) starting January 3rd? (WSJ.com story – “U.S. Says Chinese, Iranian hackers Seek to Steal Coronavirus research”) “The alert came as U.S. officials charge that China and Iran since at least Jan. 3 have waged cyberattacks against American firms […]
I have talked about the Psychology of Security as penned by Bruce Schneier (2019 post) – where he outlines the effect of the person trying avoid spending money if it is a risk to lose money, whereas in a casino we are willing to risk money to make more money. But in a company with […]