ISBuzz Team
…From insurance for pets and people to big brands, the .UK Dispute Resolution Service has it covered… Nominet, responsible for running the .UK namespace for 25 years, has today released its summary of domain name disputes brought before its Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) during 2021. The number of Complaints was at a record low since the DRS began in 2001, with just 548 Complaints filed in 2021. The total number of domain names related to those DRS Complaints in 2021 was 623 domains, representing just 0.0056% of the register. Under half of all complaints (43%) in 2021 resulted in a domain…
Credit Suisse has hit out after a massive data leak has brought to light the hidden wealth of several clients of the bank. Data on over 18,000 bank accounts was leaked to German media. The data includes personal, shared and corporate accounts as well as ones opened all the way back in the 40s. Nearly 50 media organizations spent months working with this data and found evidence that Credit Suisse accounts were used by clients involved in serious crimes like money laundering or drug trafficking.
Following the news that Priti Patel and GCHQ are urging UK companies and public services to take “pre-emptive measures” to defend themselves against cyberattacks amid the Ukraine / Russia tensions, Industry leaders commented below.
Google says it’s paying researchers for reporting vulnerabilities in its latest operating systems, including Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and that it’s offering bigger bonuses to those who report zero-day bugs and exploits. Google says it increased rewards to match the community’s expectations, but also that “because we consider the program a success,” they’re extending the Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP) through 2023.
Last week, Swissport was hit by a ransomware attack that caused flight delays and service disruption. BlackCat ransomware has now claimed they were behind the attack and stole data containing images of passports, internal business memos and personal information of job candidates. Dubbed the “most sophisticated” ransomware group of 2021, BlackCat ransomware has already become quite infamous within the cybersecurity community. Earlier in February, some of its members confirmed the group was linked to the notorious BlackMatter operation. After this attack, it is likely the group will continue to strike, aiming for larger corporations or even government organizations.
Researchers at Egress have just issued findings that LinkedIn-themed phishing attacks are up 232% in February. Excerpt: Since February 1st, 2022, we have recorded a 232% increase in email phishing attacks which are impersonating LinkedIn. These attacks use display name spoofing and stylized HTML templates to socially engineer victims into clicking on phishing links and then entering their credentials into fraudulent websites.
According to Annual Cyber Sector Report, the security industry has contributed £5.3bn to the country during 2021, a 33% relative increase compared to what it was in 2020 and 12.5% over 2017 – which is the earliest date that statistics have been available publicly. The findings showed that people operating in this space added more value to the nation’s economy than healthcare, energy and pharmaceutical sectors combined. There are approximately 1,840 active firms that employ the top cybersecurity personnel in the country. 50% of them are outside London and the South East. Each on-staff is worth roughly $180,000.
It’s been confirmed the Red Cross cyber attack was the work of nation-state actors. SonicWall’s latest report, released today, confirms this is not a standalone development, revealing a +1885% and +755% of ransomware attacks on the global government and healthcare sectors respectively.
According to researchers, a high-severity security bug in Apache Cassandra was discovered that has been listed as CVE-2021-445. The bug exists in how the database creates user defined functions for custom processing of data. It is easy to exploit, if not yet patched, and is rated at 8.4 (high).