It is estimated that North Korea (KP) is continuing to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and cryptocurrency firms and exchanges. This stolen currency is an important source of funding for its nuclear and missile programs, UN experts said in a report quoting cyber specialists. The panel of experts said that according to an unnamed government, North Korean “cyber-actors stole more than $50 million between 2020 and mid-2021 from at least three cryptocurrency exchan
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Merchant tanker and barge shipments in and out of Europe’s biggest oil hub have been delayed by up to a week as four storage companies work to resume operations after cyber-attacks. Since the end of last week, storage company Oiltanking and oil trading firm Mabanaft, both owned by Germany’s Marquard & Bahls, have been hit by hackers. Belgium’s SEA-TANK and Dutch fuel storage firm Evos have also been affected.
The companies have had to suspend some operations, affecting oil flows in the Netherl
Scientists and technology visionaries have envisioned a day when computers become so powerful that they become smarter than the human race. There is no shortage of science fiction stories and movies about robot uprisings. We are still far from that scary scenario (we hope), but at the same time, artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer sci-fi. Many applications of AI abound today in business and it is now being used in some creative professions.
New behavioral experiments by Alok Gupta from the
German car dealers and distributors have found a new use for blockchains: acquiring and financing their customers quickly and with less paperwork than traditional bank loans. Using Ethereum smart contracts – computer protocols that facilitate, verify or enforce the negotiation of an agreement – dealerships can provide their clients with immediate access to fiat currencies through dealer credit applications. But this family-owned dealership has embraced the blockchain by incorporating cryptocur
The Conti gang strikes again, disrupting the grocery store supply chain and threatening supermarket shelves that could stay empty for weeks. KP Snacks, maker of the high-end Tyrrell’s and Popchips potato-chip brands, has suffered a ransomware attack that it said could affect deliveries to supermarkets through the end of March 2022 at the earliest. For our US readers, Brits call potato chips, crisps. You say potato; I say potaaato.
The British company said that the Conti gang was behind the s
The concept of computer security has only recently shifted from individual services, such as installing and operating virus and network firewalls on individual terminals, to interconnected and integrated services. These interconnected and integrated services aid organizations in not only terms of functionality but also efficiency. The need for and importance of endpoint security was demonstrated in 2003 by the SQL Slammer worm (which caused extensive damage to network systems).
The SQL Slammer w
A 19-year-old security researcher said he was able to hack into over 25 Teslas from around the world. Recently the young hacker published a blog post explaining how he was able to remotely hack into the cars via security bugs in TeslaMate, a popular open source logging tool that tracks anything from the Tesla's energy consumption to location history. The teenager hails from Dinkelsbühl, Germany and first revealed news of the vulnerability on Twitter earlier in January, but waited to fully deta
Activity Summary - Week Ending on 4 February 2022:
- Red Sky Alliance identified 39,538 connections from new IP’s checking in with our Sinkholes
- Amazon IP hit
- Analysts identified 3,544 new IP addresses participating in various Botnets
- STRRAT RAT
- Molerats APT
- 47 Tbps DDoS Attack
- Ransomware Operators
- US Public Safety being Targeted
- Maritime Cranes & the Supply Chain
- US Water Protection
- Shipment & Delivery Scams
Link to full report: IR-22-035-001_weekly035.pdf
Democratic lawmakers on the House Committee on Financial Services on 27 January 2022 outlined nine (9) provisions of the proposed America COMPETES Act of 2022 one of which has been criticized by the cryptocurrency community for potential privacy and due process concerns.
Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., says the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength or COMPETES Act will "strengthen the competitiveness of the US economy and
The US government has urged organizations to shore up defenses "now" in response to website defacements and destructive malware targeting Ukraine government websites and IT systems this week.
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a new 'CISA Insights' document aimed at all US organizations, not just critical infrastructure operators. The checklist of actions is CISA's response to this week's cyberattacks on Ukraine's systems and websites, which the country
The US Department of Justice, FBI's Internet Crime Center (IC3) is warning that scammers are exploiting verification weaknesses in job-focused networking sites to post legitimate looking ads, capture personal information and steal money from job seekers. Scammers "continue to exploit security weaknesses on job recruitment websites to post fraudulent job postings in order to trick applicants into providing personal information or money," authorities warn in a new public service announcement. Se
Conti ransomware was first discovered in December of 2019 and has become one of the most prominent ransomware platforms to date. The Conti Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) platform gained international attention in May of 2021 when it was used to shutdown Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE). The group has shown no signs of slowing down with notable attacks reported in the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Taiwan, and Indonesia in the past two and a half months.
The most recent attack
Previous attacks from the Iranian Phosphorus APT (aka Charming Kitten, APT35) are well documented. Recently a new set of tools incorporated into the group's arsenal, and a connection with the Memento ransomware, have been discovered. Researchers from have detected a new and undocumented PowerShell backdoor that supports downloading malware such as a keylogger and an infostealer. The code runs in the context of a .NET app without launching powershell.exe and thus avoiding detection.
A Twitter spokesman has said it is firing Peiter Zatko, the network security expert it hired in November 2020 as head of security. Changes in the composition of Twitter's security team followed "an assessment of how the organization was being led," according to a company memo. Zatko, known by the handle "Mudge," gained fame as a member of the Cult of the Dead Cow ethical hacking collective in the 1990s and later moved to top cybersecurity research positions at the Defense Advanced Research and
The cybercrime operators behind the notorious TrickBot malware have once again upped the ante by fine-tuning its techniques by adding multiple layers of defense to slip past antimalware products. "As part of that escalation, malware injections have been fitted with added protection to keep researchers out and get through security controls," IBM Trusteer said in a report. "In most cases, these extra protections have been applied to injections used in the process of online banking fraud TrickBot'
Shell Deutschland GmbH is reporting it was able to "reroute to alternative supply depots for the time being," said Shell. The company’s Oiltanking Deutschland GmbH and mineral oil dealer Mabanaft was hit by a cyber-attack which disrupted its IT systems and supply chain. The attack allegedly took place on 31 January 2022.
Royal Dutch Shell said today it was re-routing oil supplies to other depots following a cyber-attack on two subsidiaries of German logistics firm Marquard & Bahls this week
UniCC, the biggest dark web marketplace for stolen credit and debit cards, has announced that it is closing its operations after earning $358 million in purchases since 2013 using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether, and Dash. It operated since 2014 and offers credit cards of all brands (Amex, Visa, MasterCard, Diner’s Club). It is also one of the most popular markets because it updates very frequently with new offers.
“Our team retires. Thanks to everyone who has been part of us
Apple's AirTags are can be used for both good and evil purposes. That can be the problem with any new technology. For every potential good use, there are at least several pain-inducing and criminal-pleasing uses. Sometimes, the bad outweighs the good, especially in the public eyes and ears. This time the good prevailed.
Case in point, a young US military spouse has moved around the globe numerous times. She knows the drill. As she told the Military Times, she also knows that moving compan
Activity Summary - Week Ending on 28 January 2022:
- Red Sky Alliance identified 21,120 connections from new IP’s checking in with our Sinkholes
- Intern LLC in Moscow hit
- Analysts identified 5,665 new IP addresses participating in various Botnets
- AvosLocker Ransomware
- Wormable Windows Vulnerability
- Nmap
- Belarus Trains hit
- Canada mad at Russia
- QR Code Confusion
- 22% Gone Phishing
- Vessel Impersonation
Link to full report: IR-22-028-001_weekly028.pdf
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is reportedly warning that the U.S. could witness a retaliatory cyberattack at the hands of Russia if it decides to respond to the latter's potential invasion of Ukraine, where 100,000 or more troops have been amassed for weeks. According to a DHS Intelligence and Analysis bulletin dated 23 January 2022 and sent to law enforcement agencies around the country, officials believe that if the U.S. responds to rising tensions at Ukraine's eastern border, the
