29
Jun
29
Jun
Interested in $10,000,000? Ready to turn in the Clop ransomware crew?
by Naked Security writer The latest high-profile cybercrime exploits attributed to the Clop ransomware crew aren’t your traditional sort of ransomware attacks (if “traditional” is the right word for an extortion mechanism that goes back only to 1989). Conventional ransomware attacks are where your files get scrambled, your business gets totally derailed, and a message appears telling you that a decryption key for your data is available… …for what is typically an eye-watering amount of…
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28
Jun
Venn Software Snags $29M to build MDM for Laptops Technology
Venn Software, a New York startup building an MDM-like solution for laptops, has attracted $29 million in early stage funding as investors continue to bet on cybersecurity companies protecting the remote workforce. Venn said the Series A financing was led by NewSpring and provides capital for the company to make MDM for laptops a reality and provide a less costly new alternative to virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Venn is pitching a Secure Enclave product that…
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28
Jun
School’s out for summer, but it’s not time to let your cyber guard down
The beginning of the summer break is the perfect time for parents to remind their children about the importance of safe online habits The sun’s out, and so is school. But despite our best efforts, the chances are that our children will spend the coming summer holiday period glued to their devices. Depending on their age, protecting them can a difficult balancing act between respecting their privacy and independence and ensuring they heed our warnings.…
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27
Jun
U.K. Cyber Thug “PlugwalkJoe” Gets 5 Years in Prison
Joseph James “PlugwalkJoe” O’Connor, a 24-year-old from the United Kingdom who earned his 15 minutes of fame by participating in the July 2020 hack of Twitter, has been sentenced to five years in a U.S. prison. That may seem like harsh punishment for a brief and very public cyber joy ride. But O’Connor also pleaded guilty in a separate investigation involving a years-long spree of cyberstalking and cryptocurrency theft enabled by “SIM swapping,” a crime…
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27
Jun
HashiCorp Buys BluBracket for Secrets Scanning Tech
Cloud infrastructure software firm HashiCorp on Tuesday announced a deal to acquire BluBracket, an early stage startup building technology to help businesses scan for secrets hidden in source code. Financial terms of the acquisition were not released. BluBracket, based in Silicon Valley, raised $18.5 million in venture capital funding from Evolution Equity Partners, Unusual Ventures, Point72 Ventures, SignalFire and Firebolt Ventures. In a statement announcing the acquisition, HashiCorp said BluBracket’s code scanning will complement HashiCorp…
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27
Jun
UK hacker busted in Spain gets 5 years over Twitter hack and more
by Naked Security writer Some hacks become so notorious that they acquire a definite article, even if the word THE ends up attached to a very general technical term. For example, you can probably trot out the names of dozens of well-known internet worms amongst the millions that exist in the zoos maintained by malware collectors. NotPetya, Wannacry, Stuxnet, Conficker, Slammer, Blaster, CodeRed and Happy99 are just a few from the past couple of decades.…
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26
Jun
American Airlines, Southwest Airlines Impacted by Data Breach at Third-Party Provider
American Airlines and Southwest Airlines have started informing thousands of pilots that their personal information was compromised in a data breach at Pilot Credentials. A portal managing pilot and cadet recruitment applications on behalf of various airlines, Pilot Credentials informed both companies on May 3 that it had suffered a cyberattack resulting in the compromise of files on its systems. The vendor was breached on or around April 30 and the attackers obtained files containing…
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23
Jun
What to know about the MoveIT hack – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
The US government has now announced a bounty of $10 million for intel linking the Cl0p ransomware gang to a foreign government The US government is now offering a $10 million reward for information linking the Cl0p ransomware gang or other threat actors targeting US critical infrastructure to a foreign government. This is after Cl0p (also known as Clop) exploited vulnerabilities in the MoveIT file transfer platform to steal data from and extort numerous organizations…
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23
Jun
Aussie PM says, “Shut down your phone every 24 hours for 5 mins” – but that’s not enough on its own
by Paul Ducklin The Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has apparently advised people Down Under to turn off their mobile phones once a day, for the surprisingly precise period of five minutes, as a cybersecurity measure. UK newspaper The Guardian quotes the PM as saying: We all have a responsibility. Simple things, turn your phone off every night for five minutes. For people watching this, do that every 24 hours, do it while you’re brushing…
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