It has been reported that cybercriminals are hijacking legitimate email accounts from more than a dozen universities – including Oxford University, Purdue University, and Stanford University – and using the accounts to bypass detection and trick victims into handing over their email credentials or installing malware. Researchers said in 2020 so far they have discovered a number of malicious campaigns using compromised emails from at least 13 different universities. The highest number of phishing emails detected came from compromised Purdue University accounts (2,068), stolen in campaigns from Jan. to Sept. Behind Purdue University was Oxford (714 phishing emails detected), Hunter College…
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Hackers stole $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party’s account that was being used to help reelect President Donald Trump in the key battleground state, the party’s chairman told The Associated Press on Thursday. The party noticed the suspicious activity on Oct. 22 and contacted the FBI on Friday, said Republican Party Chairman Andrew Hitt. Hitt said the FBI is investigating. FBI spokesman Leonard Peace did not immediately return a message seeking comment. The attack was discovered less than two weeks before Election Day as both Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden made their final push to win Wisconsin and…
Election security is about cybersecurity In 2020, securing elections is chiefly a matter of cybersecurity. Since I founded Data Connectors in 1999, we have been fueling the collaboration of government agencies with cybersecurity professionals and solution providers. As a voter, I set out to see what they know that could help us understand more about the security of our electoral process. “There are three ways to hack an election,” said EJ Hilbert, a former FBI Agent turned CISO-for-hire: The machines – hack the tech The candidates – steal and publicize their secrets The people – manipulate the data to stoke…
In response to news that Home Depot sent some Canadian customers the order data of hundreds of other of the company’s customers (see links at bottom), cybersecurity experts commented below on next steps that Home Depot should take immediately to help inform and prepare those whose data has been compromised.
Microsoft issued yet another warning that threat actors are continuing to actively exploit systems unpatched against the ZeroLogon privilege escalation vulnerability in the Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC). On Windows Server devices where the vulnerability was not patched, attackers can spoof a domain controller account to steal domain credentials and take over the entire domain following successful exploitation.
Hackers stole $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party’s account that was being used to help reelect President Donald Trump in the key battleground state, the party’s chairman told The Associated Press on Thursday. The party noticed the suspicious activity on Oct. 22 and contacted the FBI on Friday, said Republican Party Chairman Andrew Hitt. Hitt said the FBI is investigating. FBI spokesman Leonard Peace did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
As we know, in the United States election security has been a top point of concern with so many aspects of the process vulnerable to attacks that can be exploited for personal or political gain. With experts citing security breaches as a top concern for the 2020 election, it’s more important than ever that strategies are implemented to protect individuals, businesses and government agencies.
In 2020, securing elections is chiefly a matter of cybersecurity. Since I founded Data Connectors in 1999, we have been fueling the collaboration of government agencies with cybersecurity professionals and solution providers. As a voter, I set out to see what they know that could help us understand more about the security of our electoral process. “There are three ways to hack an election,” said EJ Hilbert, a former FBI Agent turned CISO-for-hire: The machines – hack the tech The candidates – steal and publicize their secrets The people – manipulate the data to stoke their fears His thoughts provide…
The FBI and other government agencies last night issued an emergency alert warning U.S. healthcare providers of an imminent threat of ransomware attacks targeting these organizations to disrupt patient services. The CISA/FBI alert is here: https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-302a
The number of records exposed in data breaches and leaks has surged to 36 billion so far this year, representing almost 3,000 separate incidents, further extending 2020s status as the worst year on record, according to IT Pro. While organisations sustained an onslaught throughout the first half of 2020, the last 3 months to date extra an added 8.3 billion records to the tally, with the 36 billion whole representing twice the number of documents leaked throughout 2019. Two breaches alone exposed over a billion records each, while four breaches exposed over 100 million records together, accounting for 22.3% of Q3…