Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

In a recent development, Russian hackers have declared their intention to launch cyberattacks on the European financial system within the next 48 hours. The announcement was made late on Wednesday, June 14 and came through a video threat posted on the Mash Telegram channel, a very popular channel for Russian news. This operation appears to be a collaborative effort between the hacking groups KillNet, REvil, and Anonymous Sudan.

On June 14th, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) along with its international cybersecurity partners released an advisory calling out the various indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) being leveraged by the LockBit ransomware operation over the past 3 years.

The recent conviction of a U.K. man for cyber crimes committed in 2018 brings to light a cyber attack where this attacker manually performed the “in-the-middle” part of an attack. We’ve all heard of a “Man-in-the-Middle” (MitM) attack – also more recently called a “Manipulator-in-the-Middle” attack.

Cybercrime has become a dominant concern for many businesses, as well as individuals. Cybercriminals will target any business, and any individual if they can realize a profit from their minimal efforts. One of the ways that criminals achieve their goals is through the use of malware that garners a fast profit, such as ransomware. More enterprising criminals will use more persistent malware, which enables them to return to the target for further victimization.

Malware is a persistent problem. As the digital age switched from desktops to handheld devices, so did hackers and other cybercriminals. Expansive enterprise attacks and small-scale phishing attacks now have companies with the inclusion of mobile data mining and virus infections. Your iPhone is no exception.

To identify malicious packages and protect yourself against them, you need to know what to look for. Here’s a simple guide. In January 2022, users of the popular open-source libraries “faker” and “colors” suddenly found their applications started to malfunction and display nonsensical data because they had been infected by a malicious package.

Here at Rubrik, we are rapidly progressing towards our initial FedRAMP® moderate authorization, and we are very excited to be listed as “In Process” on the FedRAMP Marketplace. This is an important milestone in delivering Rubrik’s data security platform to the U.S. federal government organizations.

Ransomware attacks are as pervasive as ever, with new data demonstrating just how impactful the attacks really are. If you’re one of the lucky few organizations that hasn’t fallen victim to a ransomware attack, consider yourself lucky. According to the 2023 Ransomware Trends Report from backup vendor Veeam, the vast majority of organizations (85%) have experienced a ransomware attack. And while that number is pretty shocking, that’s not the worst of it.