Security Breaches October 21, 2021 $5.2 Billion in Ransomware Payments Identified by FinCEN The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has identified $5.2 billion in outgoing Bitcoin transactions in cryptocurrency wallets linked to ransomware gangs, highlighting ... Read more
Security Breaches October 20, 2021 Feds Issue Security Advisory About BlackMatter Ransomware Law enforcement agencies in the United States have issued a joint advisory about BlackMatter ransomware which includes details of the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) ... Read more
Security Breaches October 18, 2021 Reporter Referred to Missouri Prosecutor for Notifying State About Data Leak A reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch who alerted the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) that a web application was leaking the ... Read more
Compliance October 15, 2021 CryptoRom Gang Targets iPhone Users of Dating Apps in Sophisticated Romance Scam Users of dating apps are being warned about a romance scam being conducted by an international cybercriminal gang dubbed CryptoRom. The gang has previously targeted ... Read more
Cyber Threats October 14, 2021 Phishing Campaign Uses Mathematical Symbols to Fool Email Security Solutions Analysts at email security firm INKY have identified a new phishing campaign that uses mathematical symbols in spoofed corporate logos in an attempt to fool ... Read more
Tools & Practices October 13, 2021 What is the Best MSP Password Manager? When you visit MSP community websites, it is rare to see a contributor asking what is the best MSP password manager. Typically, the contributor has ... Read more
Cyber Threats October 12, 2021 Microsoft Fixes 74 Vulnerabilities on October Patch Tuesday, Including 1 Actively Exploited 0Day October 2021 Patch Tuesday has seen Microsoft release fixes for 74 vulnerabilities across its product range with an additional 7 fixes for issues with Microsoft ... Read more
Cyber Threats October 12, 2021 Apple Releases Emergency Update to Fix Another Actively Exploited iOS Zero-day Apple has released a patch to fix a zero-day vulnerability in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 that is being actively exploited in the wild. The ... Read more
Security Breaches October 12, 2021 Iranian Threat Actor Conducting Password Spraying Attacks on Defense Companies An Iranian threat actor is conducting a password spraying campaign targeting the Office 365 accounts of U.S. EU, and Israeli defense companies. Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence ... Read more
Security Breaches October 12, 2021 Operator of Botnet Used for DDoS and Password Spraying Attacks Arrested in Ukraine A hacker alleged to be the creator and manager of a powerful botnet consisting of more than 100,000 devices has been arrested by law enforcement ... Read more
Tools & Practices October 11, 2021 Majority of Americans use Same Password for Multiple Accounts A new survey from Security.org has revealed 68% of Americans are guilty of a cybersecurity crime! Using the same password for multiple accounts. A password ... Read more
Compliance October 10, 2021 Clinical Communication and Collaboration Platforms Deliver Huge Benefits in Healthcare Clinical communication platforms have been shown to improve efficiency in healthcare, allowing hospitals to streamline communication across most areas, according to the recently published 2021 ... Read more
Trends & Reports October 8, 2021 TitanHQ Receives 4 Expert Insights’ ‘Best Of’ Awards for its Cybersecurity Solutions For the second year in a row, the leading cybersecurity analyst Expert Insights has recognized the cybersecurity and compliance solutions provided by TitanHQ and has ... Read more
Compliance October 8, 2021 Ransomware Intrusion Actor FIN12 is Aggressively Targeting the Healthcare Sector While healthcare providers were struggling to cope with providing care to COVID-19 patients during the pandemic, they have been under attack from ransomware gangs. One ... Read more
Trends & Reports October 7, 2021 Third of Americans Have Tried to Guess Someone Else’s Password A recent survey has revealed the extent to which people attempt to gain access to someone else’s account by trying to guess their password. The ... Read more
Compliance October 6, 2021 Hospital Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Ransomware-Related Death A lawsuit has been filed against an Alabama hospital over the death of a baby, who is alleged to have died as a consequence of ... Read more
Cyber Threats October 5, 2021 9 out of 10 Malware Delivered via HTTPS Encrypted Connections The latest Internet Security Report from WatchGuard Technologies has confirmed the majority of malware infections occur via HTTPS encrypted connections, which demonstrates the importance of ... Read more
Tools & Practices October 4, 2021 October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021 National Cybersecurity Awareness Month has kicked off with the goal of improving awareness of cybersecurity and the importance of adopting cybersecurity best practices to ... Read more
Tools & Practices October 1, 2021 Insider Risk Self-Assessment Tool Released by CISA Public and private sector organizations are being targeted by threat groups looking to gain access to their networks and sensitive data, but not all threats ... Read more
Tools & Practices September 30, 2021 Security Agencies Publish New Guidance on Selecting VPN Solutions and Hardening Security Joint guidance has been released by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on selecting Virtual Private Network (VPN) ... Read more
Security Breaches September 29, 2021 SolarWinds Hackers Deploy FoggyWeb Backdoor to Exfiltrate Data from AD Servers The threat actors behind the cyberattack on SolarWinds are using a malware variant dubbed FoggyWeb to steal data from compromised Active Directory servers. In a ... Read more
Trends & Reports September 28, 2021 Women and Minorities More Likely to Be Victims of Cybercrime Just as there is inequality in life, there is also inequality online. Demographics play a big part in how individuals are targeted by cybercriminals and ... Read more
Security Breaches September 27, 2021 TangleBot Android Malware Has Extensive Range of Features for Use in Wide Variety of Attacks A new Android malware variant has been discovered by researchers that is being used distributed via SMS messages and has been used in attacks in ... Read more
Cyber Threats September 23, 2021 Microsoft Discovers Large-scale Phishing-as-a-Service Operation Microsoft has discovered a major phishing-as-a-service operation that it says is behind many phishing attacks on businesses over the past 3 years. Phishing is one ... Read more
Cyber Threats September 23, 2021 macOS Finder Zero Day Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution A currently unpatched zero-day vulnerability in the macOS Finder system can be exploited using a malicious email attachment to remotely execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability ... Read more
Tools & Practices September 21, 2021 Europol Breaks up Major Cybercrime Ring A major cybercrime gang operating in the Canary Islands has been broken up by the Spanish National Police, with assistance provided by the Italian National Police ... Read more
Cyber Threats September 17, 2021 CISA and FBI Warn of Nation State Hackers Exploiting Critical Zoho Vulnerability A critical vulnerability affecting the Zoho single-sign-on and password management solution is being actively exploited by advanced persistent threat (APT) groups and has been since ... Read more
Security Breaches September 17, 2021 Universal Master REvil Ransomware Decryptor Released by Bitdefender Bitdefender has released a free master REvil ransomware decryptor that allows previous victims of REvil ransomware to recover their files for free. The REvil master ... Read more
Compliance September 15, 2021 TitanHQ Adds Geo-Blocking in Latest Release of SpamTitan Email Security TitanHQ has released of a new version of its award-winning SpamTitan email security solution. The Fall 2021 release – SpamTitan 7.11 – includes several enhancements ... Read more
Tools & Practices September 15, 2021 Adobe Fixes 59 Vulnerabilities in September Patch Tuesday Updates Adobe has released 59 patches to correct flaws across its product range on September 2021 Patch Tuesday, with 15 products receiving updates this month. 36 ... Read more