CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News   Top CyberSec firm hacked FireEye, a leading cybersecurity firm has been hacked. The company’s CEO said that level of sophistication, uniqueness and techniques shown in the attack have led them to believe it was a state sponsored attack. The attackers stole Red Team tools, which[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News   Dark Web Vaccine There are reportedly drug dealers selling the COVID-19 vaccine on the dark web. They are charging up to $1,300 for a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. However, these vendors have been unable to verify that what they are selling is the genuine[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News   FortiOS vulnerability A hacker who managed to exploit a vulnerability in Fortinet VPNs has posted the IP addresses and credentials for approximately 50,000 of the appliances. The appliances belong to various banks, telecoms and government organizations. The exploit is from a FortiOS vulnerability which was[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News   ManU Defenses Breached The Manchester United football club revealed that they suffered a cybersecurity breach last week. While they are still investigating the full extent of the attack, they managed to contain the it to their internal network, as their website wasn’t affected. The UK[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News   COVID-19 Vaccine companies under cyber threat As was mentioned a couple weeks ago, the healthcare sector is still under attack. This time from 3 state sponsored hacking groups originating from Russian (Fancy Bear) and North Korea (Zinc & Cerium). Microsoft discovered that these groups are[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News Silk Road Bitcoin Seized Silk Road was a marketplace on the dark web for illegal activity such as hacking services and money laundering. It was shut down in 2013 by the DOJ and its creator, Ross Ulbricht, was convicted in 2015 for enabling illegal activity on[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News   Security Conference Targeted The Iranian based hacking group, Phosphorus, targeted many high-profile attendees of the Munich Security Conference and the Think 20 (T20) Summit in Saudi Arabia. Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Center detected the attack, where spoofed invitation emails were sent to various officials. Given the[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News Russian Hacks Six Russian hackers from the Sandworm hacking group were charged by the United States D.O.J. for hacking crimes between 2015 and 2018. These included malware attacks on the Ukrainian power grid, hacking attempts during the French Elections and the NotPetya malware which affected many[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News   The REvil ransomware group has claimed the regional conglomerate ANSA McAL as one of its victims. The extent of the damage is unknown at this time, but it has been confirmed that ANSA Motors in Barbados was affected, as their IT systems were down. There[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the latest Cybersecurity News   Big Week for Ransomware Attacks Software AG, a German IT company had its internal servers compromised by the Clop ransomware group. A $23 million ransom has been demanded under threat of release. This includes employee information and other sensitive data. Tyler Technologies paid the group[…]