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CISA warns of cyberespionage by Iranian APT “MuddyWater”

February 25, 2022 0 Comments APT, Awareness, cisa, csa, cybersecurity advisory, earth vetala, FBI, iranian apt, mercury, MFA, muddywater, ncsc, NSA, phishing, seedworm, static kitten, temp.zargos

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 18:54:27 +0000

Cybersecurity agencies in the US and UK have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA) on MuddyWater, an Iranian APT.

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Cyclops Blink malware: US and UK authorities issue alert

February 24, 2022 0 Comments cisa, cyclops blink, ioc, ncsc, notpetya, sandworm, Threat spotlight, ttp, ukraine, vpnfilter, watchguard

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:38:34 +0000

US and UK authorities have attributed the newly found malware Cyclops Blink to the Russian state-sponsored Sandworm group.

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CISA offers guidance on dealing with information manipulation

February 21, 2022 0 Comments cisa, cisa insights, disinformation, malinformation, mdm, misinformatio, Reports

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:32:29 +0000

A new CISA Insights document offers steps organizations can take to mitigate the effects of information manipulation.

Categories: Reports

Tags: cisa CISA insights disinformation malinformation MDM misinformatio

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CISA Ransomware report warns “triple threat” attacks still on the prowl

February 14, 2022 0 Comments cisa, malware, organisation, Ransomware, triple threat

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 18:20:00 +0000

We take a look at one of the most interesting aspects of the recently released CISA ransomware report: the triple threat.

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: cisa malware organisation ransomware triple threat

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Ransomware gangs are recruiting breached individuals to persuade companies to pay up

February 2, 2022 0 Comments cisa, dark web, exfiltrated data, identity protection, Insider Threat, lockbit, Ransomware, school district

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 12:17:12 +0000

Ransomware attackers are starting to reach out to individuals whose data they have compromised in a breach, asking them to help get the compromised company to pay up.

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: cisa Dark Web exfiltrated data identity protection insider threat lockbit ransomware school district

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Ransomware attack forces 2-day shutdown of natural gas pipeline

February 20, 2020 0 Comments cisa, cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, department of homeland security, dhs, Government security, infrastructure, malware, natural gas facility, phishing, Ransomware, security threats, spearphishing, utilities

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 14:35:31 +0000

The attacker(s) infected both IT and operational networks with an unspecified ransomware strain, though the facility never lost control.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/YqiqInxA_Kc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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It’s Way Too Easy to Get a .gov Domain Name

November 26, 2019 0 Comments cisa, cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, dotgov bill, dotgov.gov, exeterri.gov, john levine, The Coming Storm, town.exeter.ri.us, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, u.s. general services administration, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 02:08:55 +0000

Many readers probably believe they can trust links and emails coming from U.S. federal government domain names, or else assume there are at least more stringent verification requirements involved in obtaining a .gov domain versus a commercial one ending in .com or .org. But a recent experience suggests this trust may be severely misplaced, and that it is relatively straightforward for anyone to obtain their very own .gov domain.

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