June 27, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Helen Keller” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! June 27, 2017 - Headlines 'Petya' ransomware attack strikes companies across...

Anthem Agrees to Settle 2015 Data Breach for $115 Million

Like many companies hit by data breaches, Anthem, the United States’ largest for-profit health care company, has been forced to watch from the sidelines while the incident plays out in court. An end finally appears to be in sight however. Late Friday the company agreed to settle a series of...

FBI: Extortion, CEO Fraud Among Top Online Fraud Complaints in 2016

Online extortion, tech support scams and phishing attacks that spoof the boss were among the most costly cyber scams reported by consumers and businesses last year, according to new figures from the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3. The IC3 report released Thursday correctly identifies...

Few Victims Reporting Ransomware Attacks to FBI

Ransomware may have been the most prevalent internet threat of 2016, and WannaCry certainly made it a mainstream conversation, but that doesn’t mean people are reporting incidents to law enforcement. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center’s annual report published this week counted only 2,673...

June 23, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Grizzly Bear” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! June 23, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Top 10 Endpoint Detection a...

Two British Men Arrested For Hacking Microsoft

British police have arrested two men in the UK conspiring to hack into the computer networks of US tech giant Microsoft with plans to steal customers’ data from the software giant. The suspects — 22-year-old from Sleaford and a 25-year-old from Bracknell — were arrested by the detectives from the...

IC3 Issues Internet Crime Report for 2016

The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has released its 2016 Internet Crime Report, describing the numbers and types of cyber crimes reported to IC3. Business Email Compromise BEC, ransomware attacks, tech support fraud, and extortion are all common schemes affecting people in the U.S. and aroun...

25-Year-Old Hacker Pleads Guilty to Hacking U.S. Military Satellite Phone System

A British computer hacker who allegedly hacked a United States Department of Defense satellite system in 2014 and accessed the personal information of hundreds of military personnel has pleaded guilty on Thursday. Sean Caffrey, a 25-year-old resident of Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands, has...

DHS, FBI Warn of North Korea 'Hidden Cobra' Strikes Against US Assets

United States top cybersecurity cops warned Tuesday that North Korean government threat actors are targeting U.S. businesses with malware and botnet-related attacks that are part of concerted effort dubbed “Hidden Cobra.” According to a United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team US-CERT...

US Warns of 'DeltaCharlie' – A North Korean DDoS Botnet Malware

The United States government has released a rare alert about an ongoing, eight-year-long North Korean state-sponsored hacking operation. The joint report from the FBI and U.S. Department of Homeland Security DHS provided details on "DeltaCharlie," a malware variant used by "Hidden Cobra" hacking...

EFF Sues DOJ Over National Security Letter Disclosure Rules

The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the United States Department of Justice Wednesday demanding to know whether the agency is complying with rules that mandate a periodic review of National Security Letter gag orders. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of...

FBI Arrests NSA Contractor for Leaking Secrets – Here's How they Caught Her

The FBI arrested a 25-year-old NSA contractor on Saturday 3rd June for leaking classified information to an online news outlet which published its report yesterday 5th June — meaning the arrest was made two days before the actual disclosure went online. Reality Leigh Winner, who held a top-secret...

Man Jailed 6 Months for Refusing to Give Police his iPhone Passcode

Remember Ramona Fricosu? A Colorado woman was ordered to unlock her encrypted Toshiba laptop while the FBI was investigating alleged mortgage fraud in 2012, but she declined to decrypt the laptop saying that she did not remember the password. Later the United States Court ruled that Police can...

Hooligans Biker Gang Arrested for Hacking and Stealing 150 Jeep Wranglers

By Jahanzaib Hassan Now in the custody of the FBI, a gang calling itself the Hooligans Motorcycle Gang, had launched an operation in South California whereby they stole over a hundred Jeep Wranglers and moved them to Mexico where they would either sell the entire jeep or sell its parts. The...

FBI Releases Article on Protecting Business Email Systems

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has released an article on Building a Digital Defense with an Email Fortress. FBI warns that scammers commonly target business email accounts with phishing and social engineering schemes. Strategies for preventing email compromises include avoiding the use ...

LinkedIn Hacker, Wanted by US & Russian, Can be Extradited to Either State

The alleged Russian hacker, who was arrested by the Czech police in Prague last October on suspicion of massive 2012 data breach at LinkedIn, can be extradited to either the United States or Russia, a Czech court ruled on Tuesday. Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin, a 29-years-old Russian national, ...

Apple Receives First National Security Letter

Apple revealed this week that it received a National Security Letter during the last six months of 2016. The news, which came as part of the company’s latest biannual transparency report, marks the first NSL Apple has reported receiving. The iPhone manufacturer released the report via a portal on...

Trump Fires FBI Director Over Clinton Probe, Amid Russia Investigation

President Donald Trump has abruptly fired James Comey, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI who was leading an investigation into alleged links between Trump and Russia. The White House announced on Tuesday that Comey was fired on the "clear recommendation" of Deputy Attorney...

Business Email Compromise Losses Up 2,370 Percent Since 2015

Business Email Compromise BEC schemes, where executives are scammed via social engineering and phishing compromises that ultimately lead to fraudulent wire transfers, grew at a jaw-dropping rate of 2,370 percent in the last two years. The FBI yesterday published its latest statistics on these...

Lack of Communication Achilles' Heel for Ransomware Fighters

BOSTON—Collaboration is important when it comes to fighting ransomware, but the lack of communication around the issue remains a serious impediment, law enforcement says. “If we don’t know about it and no one keeps track of it, then no one cares,” Frank McLaughlin, a detective with the Boston...