Cynet’s free vulnerability assessment offering helps organizations significantly increase their security

Long before a cyberattack is underway, organizations need to be focused on improving their security. Part of this is to always be monitoring their environment, on the lookout for weaknesses and ready to take action if they are found. This is the best way to ensure the organization remains immune ...

New News About the HITRUST Scoring Rubric and PRISMA Model

This is a high-level overview of the most significant changes about the updated HITRUST scoring rubric and PRISMA model that will affect all organizations using the HITRUST framework. It contains tips and guidance for how to prepare for upcoming HITRUST assessments. If you need a deeper dive into...

IC3 Issues Alert on Ransomware

The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has released an alert on ransomware threats to U.S. businesses and organizations. Ransomware is a type of malware designed to deny access to a computer system or data until a ransom is paid. Cyber criminals often infect organizations with ransomware through...

Virus Bulletin 2019: Japanese Attacks Highlight Savvy APT Strategy

LONDON — Three separate, multi-year APT campaigns targeting region-specific software showcase a savvy technique of leveraging zero-day vulnerabilities in niche software in order to infect victims with malware. According to researchers at JPCERT in Japan, speaking at Virus Bulletin 2019, both the...

McAfee ATR Analyzes Sodinokibi aka REvil Ransomware-as-a-Service - What The Code Tells Us

McAfee ATR Analyzes Sodinokibi aka REvil Ransomware-as-a-Service – What The Code Tells Us By McAfee Labs · October 2, 2019 Episode 1: What the Code Tells Us McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research team ATR observed a new ransomware family in the wild, dubbed Sodinokibi or REvil, at the end of April 201...

Operational resilience begins with your commitment to and investment in cyber resilience

Operational resilience cannot be achieved without a true commitment to and investment in cyber resilience. Global organizations need to reach the state where their core operations and services won’t be disrupted by geopolitical or socioeconomic events, natural disasters, and cyber events if they...

Ransomware Protection and Containment Strategies: Practical Guidance for Endpoint Protection, Hardening, and Containment

UPDATE Oct. 30, 2020: We have updated the report to include additional protection and containment strategies based on front-line visibility and response efforts in combating ransomware. While the full scope of recommendations included within the initial report remain unchanged, the following...

Hacker Ordered to Pay Back Nearly £1 Million to Phishing Victims

A prolific hacker who carried out phishing scams against hundreds of companies worldwide has been ordered to pay back more than $1.1 million over £922,000 worth of cryptocurrencies to his victims. Grant West, a 27-year-old resident of Kent, England, targeted several well-known companies around th...

Russian Hacking Group Targeting Banks Worldwide With Evolving Tactics

Silence APT, a Russian-speaking cybercriminal group, known for targeting financial organizations primarily in former Soviet states and neighboring countries is now aggressively targeting banks in more than 30 countries across America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Active since at least September 2016...

CISA Insights: Ransomware Outbreak

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has released its first CISA Insights product, which discusses the rapid emergence of ransomware across our Nation’s networks. CISA Insights – Ransomware Outbreak includes steps in the following key areas to help organizations protect...

Ransomware Sees Triple-Digit Spike in Corporate Detections

LAS VEGAS — As cybercriminals continue to chase the most lucrative attack vectors they can find, ransomware attacks are migrating from consumer targets to organizations, businesses, municipalities and beyond. For the first time, consumer detections have fallen below organizational infections, as ...

Labs quarterly report finds ransomware’s gone rampant against businesses

Ransomware's back—so much so that we created an entire report on it. For 10 quarters, we've covered cybercrime tactics and techniques, covering a wide range of threats we saw lodged against consumers and businesses through our product telemetry, honeypots, and threat intelligence. We've looked at...

El Paso and Dayton Tragedy-Related Scams and Malware Campaigns

In the wake of the recent shootings in El Paso, TX, and Dayton, OH, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA advises users to watch out for possible malicious cyber activity seeking to capitalize on these tragic events. Users should exercise caution in handling emails related to...

Wormable BlueKeep Bug Still Threatens Legions of Windows Systems

For the past two months, security researchers have been sounding the alarm about BlueKeep, a critical remote code-execution vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that researchers said could lead to a “mega-worm” global infection. As of July 2, approximately 805,665 systems remain online that are...

Privacy Experts: Facebook's $5B Fine Unlikely to Do Much

The $5 billion fine that the Federal Trade Commission has slapped on Facebook for privacy violations may be the largest ever levied by the agency, but it’s being derided as “chump change” and ineffective by lawmakers and privacy analysts. The settlement, reported Friday evening, stems from...

Where Will Ransomware Go In The Second Half Of 2019?

Ransomware has been an evolutionary malware family that continues to shift and change over the years. From the first fakeAV, to police ransomware, to the now oft-used crypto-ransomware, this threat just will not go away. Based on the latest trends, we predict this threat will grow in the second...

Getting your head under the hood and out of the sand: Automotive security testing

We’ve been doing automotive pen testing for several years now. Along the way we’ve had some fascinating experiences, working with some insightful and forward-thinking OEMs. But we’ve also worked with some OEMs and suppliers that consider pen testing to be a box checking exercise and frankly, buri...

Preparing for PCI DSS 4.0

PCI DSS 4.0 is currently in its request for comments RFC process, where the industry can provide comments and feedback to help shape the next iteration. This process is initially open to the participating organizations - members that help steer and inform the PCI SSC based on their experiences. T...

Essential Strategies for Securing Smart Factories

With Industry 4.0, manufacturing organizations need to recognize the unique threats and risks facing them, and strategize towards addressing them...

TRISIS Group, Known for Physical Destruction, Targets U.S. Electric Companies

XENOTIME, the APT group behind the TRISIS industrial control system ICS event, has expanded its focus beyond the oil and gas industries, according to researchers. The group has recently been seen probing the networks of electric utility organizations in the U.S. and elsewhere – perhaps a precurso...