Doug Olenick
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Microsoft Fully Ditches the Password
Microsoft has officially gone fully passwordless, allowing Windows users to replace their alphanumeric passwords with one of several substitute sign-in technologies → Read More
Atlassian Vulnerability Being Exploited in the Wild
Cyber Command and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued alerts Friday warning those using Atlassian's Confluence products that attackers → Read More
CISA Warns of Holiday Ransomware Attacks
Citing damaging ransomware attacks that it, along with the FBI, has observed over recent holidays, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an → Read More
T-Mobile CEO Apologizes for Mega-Breach, Offers Update
T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert on Friday issued an official mea culpa for the data breach that exposed information on 54 million of the company's customers and → Read More
Mozi Botnet Targeting Netgear, Huawei, ZTE Gateways
Microsoft security researchers say the operators of the well-established Mozi IoT botnet have upgraded the malware, enabling it to achieve persistence on network → Read More
NortonLifeLock to Buy Avast for Over $8 Billion
Antivirus and identity protection firm NortonLifeLock confirmed Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire its rival, Avast, for $8.1 billion to $8.6 → Read More
Cybereason, Rapid7 and Microsoft Announce Acquisitions
Cybereason, Rapid7 and Microsoft announced acquisitions this week designed to boost their security capabilities. Meanwhile, DevOps security firm Sysdig made a move → Read More
Case Study: A REvil Ransom Negotiation
The blockchain analysis firm Elliptic offers a step-by-step case study, based on its research, of how one victim of the REvil ransomware gang negotiated a lower → Read More
Fake Lazarus DDoS Gang Launches New "Attacks"
Traditional ransomware attacks may have taken over the news, but Proofpoint researchers say the malicious actors who presents themselves as the North Korean-backed → Read More
Pulse Connect Secure VPNs Still Under Attack
Two China-linked threat groups are still exploiting unpatched flaws in Ivanti's Pulse Connect Secure VPN products, using additional malware variants to support → Read More
Biden: Russian Government Not Behind Colonial Pipeline Attack
President Joe Biden says the Russian government was not behind the ransomware attack that struck Colonial Pipeline Co. May 7, but he said attackers living in Russia → Read More
Ransomware Attacks on Schools: The Latest Developments
In the latest development in a series of ransomware attacks against schools this year, the Conti gang followed through on an earlier threat and posted on its → Read More
Lazarus Group Hid Remote-Access Trojans in Bitmap Images
The Lazarus group, an offensive hacking team with ties to North Korea, rolled out a new weapon during a recent phishing campaign targeting South Koreans: → Read More
Attackers Using Malicious Doc Builder Called 'EtterSilent'
Cybercriminal gangs are using a newly uncovered malicious document builder called "EtterSilent" to create differentiated and harder-to-discover malicious → Read More
Ziggy Ransomware Gang Offers Victims Ransom Refunds
The now-defunct Ziggy ransomware gang is reportedly offering to return the ransoms it collected, but some security experts question whether the offer is legitimate → Read More
Ubiquiti Acknowledges Extortion Attempt
Internet of things vendor Ubiquiti revealed in a security notice that an attacker had attempted to extort money from the company following a December 2020 cyber → Read More
CompuCom Expects $28 Million Loss From Cyber Incident
The ODP Corp. reports in a Securities and Exchange Commission 8-K filing that it has suffered a loss of about $28 million due to a March 1 cyber incident at its → Read More
Iran-Linked Phishing Campaign Targeted Medical Researchers
The Iranian-linked threat group TA453, also known as Charming Kitten and Phosphorus, conducted a phishing campaign, dubbed "BadBlood," in late 2020 that → Read More
Insurer CNA Disconnects Systems After 'Cybersecurity Attack'
Insurance provider CNA reported Tuesday it was victimized over the weekend by a "cybersecurity attack" that caused a network disruption and impacted → Read More
Over 400 Cyberattacks at US Public Schools in 2020
U.S. public schools faced a record number of cyber incidents in 2020, with over 400 attacks reported. This led to a spike in school cancellations, as IT staff → Read More