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A Ukrainian citizen received a nine-year prison sentence for a scheme in which he tried to steal $10 million from Microsoft. On November 9, the U.S. District Court in Seattle handed down the sentence to Volodymyr Kvashuk, 26, a Ukrainian citizen who wa… Continue reading Ukrainian Gets 9 Years in Prison for Trying to Steal $10M from Microsoft
Policy compliance within the information security space can be an exhausting concept to wrap our heads around. Writing a policy document, publishing it to staff and then staying hands-on to ensure it is followed in perpetuity is easily seen as an arduo… Continue reading What is Policy Compliance? Four Tips to Help You Succeed
Computer manufacturing company Compal Electronics announced that it had suffered a security incident involving some of its systems. Qingxiong Lu, deputy manager director of Compal, told United News Network on November 9 that the company had experienced… Continue reading Computer Manufacturing Company Compal Discloses Security Incident
In August 2020, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released its strategy to ensure the security and resilience of 5G infrastructure in the United States. Roughly every 10 years, the next generation of mobile communication netwo… Continue reading CISA Strategy for 5G Security and Resilience
Security researchers observed that multiple ransomware gangs are not honoring the ransom payments received from victims for their stolen data. In its Quarterly Ransomware Report for Q3 2020, Coveware revealed that almost 50% of crypto-malware cases inv… Continue reading Ransomware Gangs Not Honoring Ransom Payments for Stolen Data
Digital attackers launched a malicious email campaign that used fear of election interference in order to spread the QBot trojan. On November 4, Malwarebytes came across an attack email. This message arrived as a thread reply in an attempt to boost its… Continue reading Email Attacks Using Fear of Election Interference to Spread QBot
Japanese game developer Capcom has revealed that it suffered a security breach earlier this week which saw malicious hackers access its internal systems. The maker of such well-known video games as “Resident Evil” and “Street Fighter” disclosed in a sh… Continue reading Capcom hacked. Resident Evil game developer discloses cyber attack
Reports emerged of phishers having abused a feature in Google Drive in an attempt to trick users into visiting malicious websites. In this scam wave, users reported having received Google Drive notifications in Russian or English asking them to collabo… Continue reading Phishers Using Google Drive to Trick People into Visiting Malicious Websites
As I had mentioned previously this year, I’m going back to school. Not to take classes, but to teach a course at my alma mater, Fanshawe College. I did this about a decade ago and thought it was interesting, so I was excited to give it another go. Addi… Continue reading Lessons from Teaching Cybersecurity: Week 5
As I had mentioned previously this year, I’m going back to school. Not to take classes, but to teach a course at my alma mater, Fanshawe College. I did this about a decade ago and thought it was interesting, so I was excited to give it another go. Addi… Continue reading Lessons from Teaching Cybersecurity: Week 5