Daily NCSC-FI news followup 2019-07-07

Libra Cryptocurrency Scams Already Active Ahead Of 2020 Launch

www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/libra-cryptocurrency-scams-already-active-ahead-of-2020-launch/ No sooner had Facebook announced Libra cryptocurrency and the matching digital Calibra wallet that cybercriminals tried to get a head start on a new phishing theme.

Europe Built a System to Fight Russian Meddling. Its Struggling.

www.nytimes.com/2019/07/06/world/europe/europe-russian-disinformation-propaganda-elections.html

TWITTER’S DISINFORMATION DATA DUMPS ARE HELPFULTO A POINT

www.wired.com/story/twitters-disinformation-data-dumps-helpful/ A year later, Twitter released an archive of more than 10 million tweets, from 3,841 accounts it said were affiliated with the IRA, hoping to encourage open research and investigation of these behaviors from researchers and academics.

Canonical GitHub account hacked, Ubuntu source code safe

www.zdnet.com/article/canonical-github-account-hacked-ubuntu-source-code-safe/ Ubuntu source code appears to be safe; however Canonical is investigating.. “Canonical has removed the compromised account from the Canonical organisation in GitHub and is still investigating the extent of the breach, but there is no indication at this point that any source code or PII was affected,” it said.

Industry Breach Alert Published by US National Trade Association ALTA

www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/industry-breach-alert-published-by-us-national-trade-association-alta/ American Land Title Association (ALTA) published a warning about hundreds of title company records having been supposedly stolen as part of a phishing campaign targeting ALTA members.. ALTA is the U.S. a national trade association and it is representing over 6,000 title insurance firms, title and settlement agents, real estate attorneys, and independent abstracters since 1907 when it was founded.

Daily NCSC-FI news followup 2021-08-08

Australian govt warns of escalating LockBit ransomware attacks www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/australian-govt-warns-of-escalating-lockbit-ransomware-attacks/ The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of an increase of LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks against Australian organizations starting July 2021. According to the agency, LockBit victims also report threats of having data stolen during the attacks leaked online, a known and popular tactic among ransomware […]

Daily NCSC-FI news followup 2020-01-23

Increased Emotet Malware Activity www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2020/01/22/increased-emotet-malware-activity The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is aware of a recent increase in targeted Emotet malware attacks. Emotet is a sophisticated Trojan that commonly functions as a downloader or dropper of other malware. Emotet primarily spreads via malicious email attachments and attempts to proliferate within a network by brute […]

Daily NCSC-FI news followup 2021-01-01

Inbox Attacks: The Miserable Year (2020) That Was threatpost.com/miserable-spam-year-2020/162566/ Purging your inbox has become a year-end tradition for many. A short hiatus for the holidays often provides a quiet moment to flush the previous year’s mountain of spam. And, from the looks of our 2020 inbox, years of herculean efforts to harden email defenses have […]