Top news of the week: 20.04.2021.
Threats And Attacks
Sanctioned Russian IT Firm Was Partner With Microsoft, IBM
Positive Technologies is one of the Russian tech companies sanctioned by the United States for supporting Kremlin intelligence agencies engaged in “dangerous and disruptive cyber attacks.”
More Countries Officially Blame Russia for SolarWinds Attack
Canada, the European Union, NATO, and the UK expressed support for the United States in blaming Russia for the SolarWinds hack.
Sanctioned Russian IT firm was partner with Microsoft, IBM
The Treasury Department on Thursday slapped six Russian technology companies with sanctions for supporting Kremlin intelligence agencies engaged in “dangerous and disruptive cyber...
Europol Report Highlights Pandemic's Effect on Cybercrime
Europol’s Serious Organized Crime Threat Assessment report 2021 summarizes the criminal threat of the last four years and provides insights into what to expect over the next four years.
SolarWinds Hacking Campaign Puts Microsoft in the Hot Seat
Because Microsoft's products are a de facto monoculture in government and industry, federal lawmakers are insisting that Microsoft swiftly upgrade security to what they say it should have ...
Cyberattack analysis and quick response
How SMBs can use EDR to understand and react in time to cyberincidents.
COVID-19-themed cyberattack detections continue to surge
As organizations adapted to employees working from home, cybercriminals worked feverishly to launch a COVID-19-themed cyberattack.
FBI launches operation to remove backdoors from hacked Microsoft Exchange servers
The Justice Department said the operation was "successful."