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Insurance Coverage for NotPetya Losses
PRIVACY PRIVACY Tarah Wheeler and Josephine Wolff analyze a recent court decision that the NotPetya attacks are not considered an act of war under the wording of Merck’s insurance policy, and that the insurers must pay the $1B+ claim. Wheeler and Wolff argue that the judge “did the right thing for the wrong reasons..” Read…
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Wiper malware targets Ukraine as military conflict extends into cyberspace
PRIVACY PRIVACY Wiper malware has been detected abusing legitimate drivers and targeting Active Directory servers amid ongoing Russian military conflict in Ukraine. The campaign reflects a growing trend of malware use during geopolitical crises with organizations urged to mitigate risks. Discovered by ESET researchers on February 23, the malware, named HermeticWiper, has been installed on…
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Conti Group Suffers Massive Data Breach
PRIVACY PRIVACY Researchers leak internal messages after geopolitical misstep Read More
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DevSecOps code process
PRIVACY PRIVACY Best practices In the first article in this series we covered the basics. In the second article about the planning process, we covered how developers incorporate security at the beginning of their project. This article explores DevSecOps during the Continuous Integration (CI) phase of the coding process and how to protect the code from supply…
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Nvidia Appears to Brush Off Ransomware Attack
PRIVACY PRIVACY Online chatter suggests chip giant “hacked back” at its attacker Read More
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Meta Squeezes Russian State-Controlled Media Platforms
PRIVACY PRIVACY Social media giant restricts access to state media and disrupts disinfo networks Read More
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3 biggest cyber risks from the Ukraine-Russia conflict
PRIVACY PRIVACY The invasion of Ukraine by Russia is reason enough for all CISOs to place their teams at a heightened state of alert and readiness in the event of deleterious cyber actions by nation-state actors or the cybercriminal groups. Three areas that should be reviewed immediately are preparation for cyberattacks, supply chain disruption, and…
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Ukrainian military personnel targeted with phishing attacks
PRIVACY PRIVACY CERT-UA, the national Computer Emergency Response Team for Ukraine, has issued a warning of a major phishing campaign launched against military personnel. The attack is being blamed on the UNC1151 hacking group , which is based in Minsk and whose members are said to be officers of the Ministry of Defence in Belarus.…
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Conti gang says it’s ready to hit critical infrastructure in support of Russian government
PRIVACY PRIVACY The infamous cybercriminal group behind the Conti ransomware has publicly announced its full support for the Russian government while the country’s army is invading Ukraine and threatened to strike the critical infrastructure of anyone launching cyberattacks or war actions against Russia. The move comes after Twitter accounts claiming association with the Anonymous hacktivist…
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Russia Sanctions May Spark Escalating Cyber Conflict
PRIVACY PRIVACY President Biden joined European leaders this week in enacting economic sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. The West has promised tougher sanctions are coming, but experts warn these will almost certainly trigger a Russian retaliation against America and its allies, which could escalate into cyber attacks on Western financial…