U.S. DoD has World’s Largest Honeypot: 6% of Internet Space

175 million IP addresses owned by the U.S. Defense Department have “appeared” on the public internet.
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The Winds of Change – What SolarWinds Teaches Us

In December 2020, the world discovered that the SolarWinds’ Orion Platform had been compromised by cybercriminals, potentially affecting thousands of businesses the world over. Security groups such as the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) provided … Continue reading The Winds of Change – What SolarWinds Teaches Us

China Silently Hacked Gov’t and Defense for a Year or More

After SolarWinds and the Exchange débâcle, here’s the third shoe to drop.
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Ninth Circuit Says Demand for Cyberinsurance Payment not a “Claim”

One of the more common forms of cyberattack is that of a business email compromise (BEC) – when the email account of either a buyer or seller (or both) is compromised by a hacker who then spoofs one or both of the parties to demand or redirect p… Continue reading Ninth Circuit Says Demand for Cyberinsurance Payment not a “Claim”

Russia’s Privacy Rules Stifle Dissent

The Russian Federation’s creation and manipulation of privacy rules, regulations and laws continues apace with the unstated but clear intent to allow the government to stifle voices of dissent. To that end, we have seen the Federal Service for Oversig… Continue reading Russia’s Privacy Rules Stifle Dissent

Prometei Botnet Exploiting Microsoft Exchange Vulnerabilities

Recently, the Cybereason Nocturnus Team responded to several incident response (IR) cases involving infections of the Prometei Botnet against companies in North America, observing that the attackers exploited recently published Microsoft Exchange … Continue reading Prometei Botnet Exploiting Microsoft Exchange Vulnerabilities

Prometei Botnet Exploiting Microsoft Exchange Vulnerabilities

Recently, the Cybereason Nocturnus Team responded to several incident response (IR) cases involving infections of the Prometei Botnet against companies in North America, observing that the attackers exploited recently published Microsoft Exchange … Continue reading Prometei Botnet Exploiting Microsoft Exchange Vulnerabilities

The Week in Breach News: 04/14/21 – 04/20/21

Huge Codecov breach creates risk shockwave, selling security to budget-minded clients & your customer retention blueprint.
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Wait, What? Nvidia/ARM Sale on Hold—for Security Reasons

The government of the United Kingdom is investigating the proposed “merger” of ARM and Nvidia, on national security grounds.
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Is Facebook a “Party” to Capture of Offline Activity?

Facebook uses tracking plug-ins; bits of code that the consumer is unaware of, to track the behavior of users when they log out of the social media site, and which tells Facebook what websites their subscribers are visiting and what they are doing whe… Continue reading Is Facebook a “Party” to Capture of Offline Activity?