Andrew Eversden reports: The government needs to collect and store better data to develop a more effective cyber strategy and strengthen defenses, Cyberspace Solarium Commission members said March 17. The Cyberspace Solarium Commission, which laid out several cyber policy recommendations March 11, suggested that the broader federal government and private sector adopt the Department of Defense’s defend…
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Coronavirus Compounds K-12 Cybersecurity Problems: 5 Areas to Watch
Jake Maher reports: Cybersecurity experts have warned about coronavirus pandemic-related phishing scams targeting all sectors of the economy, from health care and consumer products to banking. Now, schools are being warned to be extra vigilant too. Doug Levin, the founder and president of the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center, pointed out that schools have long been the subject…
Coronavirus: Cybercriminals target healthcare workers with email scam
Rowland Manthorpe reports: Cybercriminal gangs are targeting healthcare professionals with phishing emails about “coronavirus awareness” – part of a wave of scams capitalising on the pandemic. Sky News has seen a copy of an email scam sent to a number of healthcare organisations that pretends to be from each firm’s internal IT team. The email…
PXJ Ransomware Campaign Identified by X-Force IRIS
Megan Roddie and Limor Kessem write: In a recent analysis from IBM’s X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), our team discovered activity related to a new strain of ransomware known as “PXJ” ransomware. This malware is also known as “XVFXGW” ransomware. The name PXJ is derived from the file extension that is appended to…
Maze Team statement ridicules security “experts” and IT administrators who try to cover up breaches
Those who have been watching Maze Team and other ransomware groups are already aware that Maze Team has quietly continued to actively attack entities. Those who do not pay their demands will likely find themselves listed on the threat actors’ website with some of their data publicly dumped for anyone who wants to download it….
Two healthcare-related entities disappeared from Maze Team’s website …. why?
Over the past few months, I have regularly checked Maze Team’s website to see if any of the entities they are listing are in the healthcare space. As I reported in the past, Maze Team did hit a number of healthcare-related entities, not all of which have been named on their website. But there were…