One of the last times business email compromise (BEC) scams were covered in this publication was when the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed that businesses and individuals had lost an estimated 12 billion USD over just under five years. Since then ransomware, and in particular the work
The previous article published on this platform dealt with how the US elections are at threat of being disrupted via the use of ransomware. A core element of Recorded Future’s research into the matter centered on the increased use of Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and Citrix tools used by staff force
The US Presidential Election draws the attention of the entire globe for a variety of reasons. Politics, economics, and the climate are affected by the nation’s choice of who will next sit in the White House. As November 2020 draws closer coverage of the election will dominate the news and debates a
With Garmin, Canon, and Xerox all becoming victims to human-operated ransomware gangs, the InfoSec community did not have to wait long to see which major corporation was next. Customers of Konica Minolta, the massive business technology firm, took to Reddit to try and find out why services could not
In a joint report issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National Security Agency (NSA) information regarding a new previously unreported malware called Drovorub has been released to the public. The malware has been attributed by the two agencies to APT28, a group with a variety
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation warned US companies via a Private Industry Notification that Iranian state-sponsored hackers are actively targeting the US private and government sectors, according to an article recently published by ZDNet. The latest alert warning of Iranian state-sponsored a
It seems that the world cannot go a week without yet another large company falling victim to one of the human-operated ransomware gangs. Last week Evil Corp, the gang behind WastedLocker successfully attacked Garmin resulting in the company having to shut down many of its services, including its cal
Based on research published by security firm McAfee has confirmed that the gang behind the NetWalker ransomware have established themselves as one of the most dangerous ransomware operators on the threat landscape. The research conducted by the firm reveals that the gang has potentially netted 25 mi
When Kaspersky Labs provided evidence the North Korean state-sponsored hacker collective named Lazarus was behind the WannaCry ransomware debacle that propelled ransomware into the limelight of malware, some scoffed. Those that believed it not to be the case seemingly also ignored evidence provided
For Garmin’s vast user base the news that something is wrong with the services offered, is perhaps painfully old by now. In summary, reports began emerging as soon as July 23 that large swathes of the company’s services were offline. The company remained quiet as to why services were offline except