Avoiding Smash and Grab Under the SEC’s Proposed Cyber Rule

The SEC recently proposed a regulation to require all public companies to report cybersecurity incidents within four days of determining that the incident is material. While Rapid7 generally supports the proposed rule, we are concerned that the rule requires companies to publicly disclose a cyber...

China Hacked FDIC And Agency Covered It Up

A scathing congressional report points the finger at hackers sponsored by the Chinese government for their role in a series of hacks against the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. FDIC. The report also alleges the agency covered up the hacks in order to guarantee the appointment of current...

GameOver Zeus Now Using Encryption to Bypass Detection

Cybercriminals have begun to tweak the way the GameOver Zeus Trojan is being delivered to users’ machines, making it easier for the banking malware to evade detection and steal victims’ credentials. To get the job done the malware has been working in tandem with the malware Upatre. For about a we...

Fake ADP and FDIC Notifications Leading Users to Blackhole Exploit Kit

With the latest iteration of the Blackhole Exploit Kit hitting the web this week, attackers are going to great lengths to spread around links to get unsuspecting victims to click through to the first version of the kit. E-mail notifications claiming to come from Microsoft Exchange, ADP, the Feder...

GAO Calls Out FDIC For Lax Infosecurity Measures

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC has drawn the ire of the Government Accountability Office GAO following an audit of the FDIC’s system this month. A GAO report called the government corporation out for neglecting to use strong passwords, review user access and encrypt sensitive...

Malware Spreading Through Phony FDIC Alerts

There are reports of phony FDIC notification e-mails tricking computers users into installing the ZBot identity-theft Trojan. The e-mails tell the recipients that their banks have filed for bankruptcy and that the banks’ asserts are now under the control of the FDIC. The links offered in the...