From Interpol, this week: SINGAPORE – A notorious ‘phishing-as-a-service’ (PaaS) platform known as ‘16shop’ has been shut down in a global investigation coordinated by INTERPOL, with Indonesian authorities arresting its operator and one of its facilitators, with another arrested in Japan. The three arrests, which concluded with actions against a suspect last month, was made…
Category: Of Note
White House Announces Efforts to Strengthen K-12 Schools’ Cybersecurity
Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis writes: In a 2019 post about increasing cyber risks in K-12 schools, we cited a report, “The State of K-12 Cybersecurity: 2018 Year in Review,” that contained sobering information about cybersecurity in local school districts across the country. According to that report, in 2018, there were 122 publicly-disclosed cybersecurity incidents…
HC3: Sector Alert: Rhysida Ransomware
August 4, 2023 TLP:CLEAR Report: 202308041500 Executive Summary Rhysida is a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group that has emerged since May 2023. The group drops an eponymous ransomware via phishing attacks and Cobalt Strike to breach targets’ networks and deploy their payloads. The group threatens to publicly distribute the exfiltrated data if the ransom is not…
Pt: SESARAM confirms cyberattack on region’s health service, suspends non-urgent activity Monday
Iolanda Chaves reports (machine translated): SESARAM has just issued a statement confirming the occurrence of a “deliberate and malicious cyberattack with the sole objective of causing damage and disrupting the normal functioning of the Regional Health Service of the Autonomous Region of Madeira”. “The internal functioning of SESARAM is thus affected, compromising some areas”, underlines…
Biden Administration Launches Effort To Defend Schools From Hackers
Eric Geller reports: The Biden administration will host a gathering on Monday to shine a spotlight on a community that urgently needs cybersecurity aid: America’s K-12 schools. School leaders, federal officials and technology executives will convene at the White House to discuss the importance of improving schools’ digital security to prevent hackers from shutting down…
Proposed Second Amendment to NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulations: Comments Due August 14
Micaela McMurrough and Caleb Skeath of Covington & Burling write: Following up on the recent release by the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) of an updated proposed second amendment to its “first-in-the-nation” Cybersecurity Regulation, 23 NYCRR Part 500 (proposed second amendment released June 28, 2023), it is not too late for companies to submit comments…