Andrew Eversden reports: The National Institute of Standards and Technology is asking for public comments on a new report that provides insight into how organizations can integrate cybersecurity into enterprise risk management. The document, titled “NIST-Interagency Report 8286 Integrating Cybersecurity and Enterprise Risk Management,” advises organizations on how to improve the cybersecurity risk information they…
Category: Of Note
FBI sees rise in fraud schemes related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
A public service announcement issued by the FBI on Friday: Scammers are leveraging the COVID-19 pandemic to steal your money, your personal information, or both. Don’t let them. Protect yourself and do your research before clicking on links purporting to provide information on the virus; donating to a charity online or through social media; contributing…
France warns of new ransomware gang targeting local governments
Catalin Cimpanu reports on a new ransomware threat to local governments. France’s cybersecurity agency sounded the alarm. The alert, issued by France’s CERT team, points to a rising number of attacks carried out with a new version of the Mespinoza ransomware strain, also known as the Pysa ransomware. This ransomware strain was first spotted making victims last…
UK: Covid-19 response forces halt to NHS cyber security checks
Nick Carding reports from the between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place dept.: Security checks to keep the NHS safe from hackers have been delayed to help managers deal with covid-19. The service has also been warrned of attempts to exploit the pandemic by online fraudsters. The six-month delay means NHS trusts do not need to complete a cybersecurity checklist until…
New Nefilim Ransomware Threatens to Release Victims’ Data
Lawrence Abrams reports: A new ransomware called Nefilim that shares much of the same code as Nemty has started to become active in the wild and threatens to release stolen data. Nefilim became active at the end of February 2020 and while it not known for sure how the ransomware is being distributed, it is…
The Cyber Intelligence Analyst’s Cookbook
There’s a new — and free — OSINT resource from Open Source Researchers that I want to let you all know about: The Cyber Intelligence Analyst’s Cookbook Volume 1 : A primer for Open Source Intelligence Collection and Applied Research An excerpt from the Preface: Anyways, I started with this brain dump of my process…