Data Breaches

09 Feb

How to unleash the power of an effective security engineering team

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

Security teams are comprised primarily of operations, compliance, and policy-related roles. Security engineering teams, on the other hand, are builders. They build services, automate processes, and streamline deployments to support the core security team and its stakeholders. Security engineering teams are typically made up of software and infrastructure engineers, architects, and product managers. The collective security/security engineering team mindset is also that of a builder, quite different from that of a penetration tester or third-party…

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08 Feb

Threat group targets over 1,000 companies with screenshotting and infostealing malware

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

Researchers warn that a new threat actor has been targeting over a thousand organizations since October with the goal of deploying credential-stealing malware. The attack chain also involves reconnaissance components including a Trojan that takes screenshots of the desktops of infected computers. Tracked as TA866 by researchers from security firm Proofpoint, the group’s tooling seems to have similarities to other campaigns reported in the past under different names going as far back as 2019. Even…

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08 Feb

Growing number of endpoint security tools overwhelm users, leaving devices unprotected

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

Enterprises that use endpoint security and management technologies face a problem of growing marketplace “sprawl,” as new tools proliferate and options multiply, according to a study released today by the Enterprise Services Group. Between the ongoing influence of remote work and IoT, the number and diversity of devices that have to be managed by endpoint security tools is on the rise. As a consequence, the number of available tools to manage them has also risen.…

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08 Feb

What is the difference between cyber risk management and cyber resilience?

Attacks, Data Breaches

Cyber Security Hub speaks to Sourabh Haldar, threat policy implementation lead of information and cyber security at Standard Chartered Bank about the importance of cyber resilience in the face of emerging threats. Cyber Security Hub: What do you think will be the biggest threat vector and/or threat target in 2023? Sourabh Haldar: From a sector-wide perspective, phishing and social engineering-based attacks are definitely a concern. Phishing is the easiest way for malicious actors to gain…

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08 Feb

Cohesity Data Cloud 7.0 enhances privileged access authentication, ransomware recovery

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

Data security and management vendor has announced the 7.0 software release of its Cohesity Data Cloud platform. The release provides customers with enhanced cyber resiliency capabilities to help protect and secure data against cyberattacks, the firm stated in its announcement. Expanded features include privileged access hardening, accelerated ransomware recovery for files and objects, and attack surface reduction via AWS GovCloud support, Cohesity added. Cohesity 7.0 focuses on a “data-centric” approach to cyber resilience In a…

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08 Feb

Surge of swatting attacks targets corporate executives and board members

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

At around 8:45 pm on February 1, 2023, a caller to the Groveland, Massachusetts, 911 emergency line told dispatchers that he harmed someone in a home on Marjorie Street in the upscale small town 34 miles north of Boston. The caller also said he would harm first responders, too. Groveland police chief Jeffrey Gillen summoned the police, fire, and emergency mutual aid of the nearby towns of Ipswich, Rowley, Topsfield, and Haverhill. Police evacuated neighboring…

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07 Feb

What CISOs need to know about the renewal of FISA Section 702

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

In our hyperconnected world, multinational organizations operate within and across multiple nation-states. Those who do business within the United States will want to keep their eye on the status of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which sets out procedures for physical and electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence. Section 702 specifically addresses how the US government can conduct targeted surveillance of foreign persons located outside the US, with the compelled…

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07 Feb

MKS Instruments falls victim to ransomware attack

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

Semiconductor equipment maker MKS Instruments is investigating a ransomware event that occurred on February 3 and impacted its production-related systems, the company said in a filing with the US Security and Exchange Commission. MKS Instruments is an Andover, Massachusetts-based provider of subsystems for semiconductor manufacturing, wafer level packaging, package substrate and printed circuit boards. An email sent to MKS Instruments seeking more information about the attack remained unanswered, while the company’s website continued to be inaccessible at the time…

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06 Feb

Massive ransomware attack targets VMware ESXi servers worldwide

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

A global ransomware attack has targeted thousands of servers running the VMware ESxi hypervisor, with many more servers expected to be affected, according to national cybersecurity agencies and security experts around the world. The Computer Emergency Response Team of France (CERT-FR) was the first to notice and send an alert about the attack. “On February 3, CERT-FR became aware of attack campaigns targeting VMware ESXi hypervisors with the aim of deploying ransomware on them,” CERT-FR wrote. …

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06 Feb

The dangerous vulnerabilities caused by weak email security

Attacks, Data Breaches

Why email security Threats to email security are on the rise. Research conducted for Cyber Security Hub’s Mid-Year Market Report 2022 found that 75 percent of cyber security practitioners think that email-based attacks such as phishing and social engineering are the ‘most dangerous’ cyber security threat to their organizations. Companies must protect this vulnerable asset without compromising its efficiency in communication. Email security is integral to protecting companies from external threats but also essential to…

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