Author Archives: Jeff Peters

Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: DDoS Attacks Hit Sweden, Researchers Warn of ROCA

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The Swedish Transportation Administration and other related agencies were among the week’s top trending cybercrime targets due to a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that led to services being disrupted earlier this month. The DDoS attacks against the Swedish Transportation Administration affected all of its web-based systems, including the IT system that manages train orders,… Read More

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Fraud and Cryptocurrency Attacks on the Rise Heading into the End of 2017

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The financials sector saw an increase in incident volume in the third quarter of 2017, and much of that increase revolved around cyber-attacks targeting various cryptocurrency platforms, as well as payment card breaches in the consumer goods sector that led to increased fraud activity on cybercriminal markets. Key takeaways from SurfWatch Labs’ threat intelligence findings… Read More

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Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: Kaspersky’s Alleged Espionage and SmartVista Bug Unpatched

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The National Security Agency and Kaspersky Lab were once again among the week’s top trending targets due to continued reporting around Kaspersky’s alleged involvement in the 2015 theft of classified materials from the home computer of an NSA employee. As we noted last week, sources told the The Wall Street Journal that a contractor took… Read More

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Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: Equifax Criticized Over Breach and Energy Sector Companies Compromised

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Last Thursday, Equifax announced a data breach affecting 143 million individuals. The breach, which compromised sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers, is not just the most impactful breach that occurred over the past week, it may be the most significant breach we see in all of 2017. As SurfWatch… Read More Continue reading Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: Equifax Criticized Over Breach and Energy Sector Companies Compromised→

Impact of Massive Equifax Breach Will Likely Ripple Into the Future

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On Thursday, the consumer credit reporting agency Equifax announced a massive data breach affecting 143 million U.S. consumers, and today several actors on the dark web and Twitter are claiming to have the data for sale. Equifax said the breach was caused by a website application vulnerability that provided malicious actors access to sensitive data… Read More Continue reading Impact of Massive Equifax Breach Will Likely Ripple Into the Future→

Talking the Preparedness Cycle and Reducing Cyber Risk with Andy Jabbour

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Many organizations are struggling with how to best manage and mitigate the array of cyber risks they are facing. Those growing number of risks — from deliberate threats such as ransomware, data theft and social media hacking to non-deliberate risks such as poorly trained employees or issues that spread through the supply chain — can… Read More Continue reading Talking the Preparedness Cycle and Reducing Cyber Risk with Andy Jabbour→

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Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: Instagram Bug May Affect Millions and FDA Recalls Vulnerable Pacemakers

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Instagram was among the week’s top trending cybercrime targets due to both the company confirming a bug that may have leaked some users’ personal information and a malicious actor claiming that he is selling the personal data of six million Instagram users. On August 28, Instagram’s most popular user, Selena Gomez, had her account hacked… Read More Continue reading Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: Instagram Bug May Affect Millions and FDA Recalls Vulnerable Pacemakers→

Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: Another Ethereum Heist and FBI Warns Against Kaspersky Lab

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Cryptocurrency theft was the week’s top trending cybercrime story as malicious actors were able to capitalize yet again on an upcoming Ethereum initial coin offering (ICO) to steal approximately $500,000 worth of Ether — this time from investors in the cryptocurrency platform Enigma. Enigma said that malicious actors managed to compromise the enigma.co domain, its… Read More Continue reading Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: Another Ethereum Heist and FBI Warns Against Kaspersky Lab→

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Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: Charlottesville Sparks Hacktivism and Controversy

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The politics surrounding the “Unite the Right” rally and its counter-protests in Charlottesville spilled over into the cyber world this week as hacktivists took action against websites and a debate emerged around the ethics of hosting white nationalist websites as well as doxing individuals who attended the rally. Under the hashtag #OpDomesticTerrorism, hacktivists have urged… Read More Continue reading Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: Charlottesville Sparks Hacktivism and Controversy→

Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: More HBO Leaks and UK Talks New Data Protections

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HBO was once again the week’s top trending target as the actors behind the company’s breach continued to leak data stolen from the company, including emails that showed HBO attempted to negotiate a $250,000 “bounty payment” in response to the theft. A source told Reuters that the negotiation email was sent as a stall tactic… Read More Continue reading Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: More HBO Leaks and UK Talks New Data Protections→