Employee Arrested for Locking Windows Admins Out of 254 Servers in Extortion Plot

The FBI investigation revealed that the suspect, Daniel Rhyne, had accessed the company’s systems without authorization and changed passwords for various accounts. Rhyne’s actions were intended to deny the company access to its systems and data.

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Third-Party Risk Management is Under the Spotlight

Third-party risk management is a critical issue in the wake of the CrowdStrike IT outage, revealing vulnerabilities within financial institutions related to supply chain resilience, especially in vital sectors like financial services.

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Why Identity Teams Need to Start Reporting to the CISO

Identity management sits with IT for good reason, but now that identity is the common denominator in every attack, it’s time identity security was owned by a leader with a security background, like the CISO.

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UK Labour Party Reprimanded Over Cyberattack Backlog by Privacy Regulator

More than 150 people filed complaints to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) regarding the delay in responding to subject access requests (SARs) after the cyberattack in October 2021.

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Russian APT29 Using NSO Group-Style Exploits in Attacks, Google

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has exposed a new campaign by Russian state-backed APT29, also known as Cozy…

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Cyberattackers Exploit Google Sheets for Malware Control in Global Espionage Campaign

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a novel malware campaign that leverages Google Sheets as a command-and-control (C2) mechanism.
The activity, detected by Proofpoint starting August 5, 2024, impersonates tax authorities from governments in Europe, Asia, and the U.S., with the goal of targeting over 70 organizations worldwide by means of a bespoke tool called Voldemort that’s equipped to

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Report: Ransomware Attacks on US Schools and Colleges Cost $9.45 Billion

Over the last few years, ransomware attacks have become a major concern for schools and colleges in the US, with an average of $500,000 being lost per day due to downtime from these attacks, according to Comparitech.

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The NIS2 Directive: How Far Does it Reach?

Key aspects of the NIS2 Directive include a focus on proactive cybersecurity measures for entities within its scope, such as risk analysis, incident handling, and supply chain security.

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Iranian Hackers Set Up New Network to Target U.S. Political Campaigns

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed new network infrastructure set up by Iranian threat actors to support activities linked to the recent targeting of U.S. political campaigns.
Recorded Future’s Insikt Group has linked the infrastructure to a threat it tracks as GreenCharlie, an Iran-nexus cyber threat group that overlaps with APT42, Charming Kitten, Damselfly, Mint Sandstorm (formerly

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BlackByte Ransomware Gang Believed to Be More Active Than Leak Site Suggests

Cisco Talos has a blog post on the BlackByte ransomware group’s continuing evolution and new TTPs.

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