Top news of the week: 18.05.2021.
Threats And Attacks
Industry Reactions to Ransomware Attack on Colonial Pipeline
Industry professionals comment on the highly disruptive ransomware attack that hit Colonial Pipeline, the largest refined products pipeline in the United States.
FIN7 Backdoor Masquerades as Ethical Hacking Tool
The financially motivated cybercrime gang behind the Carbanak RAT is back with the Lizar malware, which can harvest all kinds of info from Windows machines.
Elliptic Follows the Bitcoin Ransoms Paid by Colonial Pipeline and Other DarkSide Ransomware Victims
Elliptic identifies the DarkSide Bitcoin wallet used to collect ransomware payments from Colonial Pipeline and other victims - and follows the money
Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack Exposes Vulnerabilities in Critical Infrastructure
News Analysis The cyberattack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline in the United States made clear the consequences ...
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi voices opposition on firms paying ransom after cyber attacks
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that ransom should not be paid by companies that are the victims of cyber attacks like the one suffered by Colonial ...
Dept of Health responding to cyber attack since Thursday
The Department of Health has been the victim of a cyber attack similar to the ransomware attack on the Health Service Executive.
April 2021 Cyber Attacks Statistics
It’s time to publish the statistics derived from the Cyber Attacks Timelines of April, where I have collected 240 significant events, 36 less than the record of March. Ransomware attacks...
85% of Data Breaches Involve Human Interaction: Verizon DBIR
Ransomware, phishing, and Web application attacks all increased during a year in which the majority of attacks involved a human element.