Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 29 July 2022

Welcome to this week’s Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing – a weekly digest, collated and curated by our cyber experts to provide senior and middle management with an easy to digest round up of the most notable threats, vulnerabilities, and cyber related news from the last week.

Top Cyber Stories of the Last Week

• 1 in 3 Employees Don’t Understand Why Cyber Security Is Important

According to a new Tessian report, 30% of employees do not think they personally play a role in maintaining their company’s cyber security posture.

What’s more, only 39% of employees say they’re very likely to report a security incident, making investigation and remediation even more challenging and time-consuming for security teams. When asked why, 42% of employees said they wouldn’t know if they had caused an incident in the first place, and 25% say they just don’t care enough about cyber security to mention it.

Virtually all IT and security leaders agreed that a strong security culture is important in maintaining a strong security posture. Yet, despite rating their organisation’s security 8 out 10, on average, three-quarters of organisations experienced a security incident in the last 12 months.

The report suggests this could stem from a reliance on traditional training programs: 48% of security leaders say training is one of the most important influences on building a positive security posture. But the reality is that employees aren’t engaged; just 28% of UK and US workers say security awareness training is engaging and only 36% say they’re paying full attention. Of those who are, only half say it’s helpful, while another 50% have had a negative experience with a phishing simulation. With recent headlines depicting how phishing simulations can go awry, negative experiences like these further alienate employees and decrease engagement.

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/07/28/employees-dont-understand-why-cybersecurity-is-important/

• As Companies Calculate Cyber Risk, the Right Data Makes a Big Difference

The proposed US Securities and Exchange Commission’s stronger rules for reporting cyber attacks will have ramifications beyond increased disclosure of attacks to the public. By requiring not just quick reporting of incidents, but also disclosure of cyber policies and risk management, such regulation will ultimately bring more accountability for cyber security to the highest levels of corporate leadership. Other jurisdictions will very likely follow the US in requiring more stringent cyber controls and governance.

This means that boards and executives everywhere will need to increase their understanding of cyber security, not only from a tech point of view, but from a risk and business exposure point of view. The CFO, CMO and the rest of the C-suite and board will want and need to know what financial exposure the business faces from a data breach, and how likely it is that breaches will happen. This is the only way they will be able to develop cyber policies and plans and react properly to the proposed regulations.

Companies will therefore need to be able to calculate and put a dollar value on their exposure to cyber risk. This is the starting point for the ability to make cyber security decisions not in a vacuum, but as part of overall business decisions. To accurately quantify cyber security exposure, companies need to understand what the threats are and which data and business assets are at risk, and they then need to multiply the cost of a breach by the probability that such an event will take place in order to put a dollar figure on their exposure.

While there are many automated tools, including those that use artificial intelligence (AI), that can help with this, the key to doing this well is to make sure calculations are rooted in real and relevant data – which is different for each company or organisation.

https://venturebeat.com/2022/07/22/as-companies-calculate-cyber-risk-the-right-data-makes-a-big-difference/

• Only 25% Of Organisations Consider Their Biggest Threat to Be from Inside the Business

A worrying 73.5% of organisations feel they have wasted the majority of their cyber security budget on failing to remediate threats, despite having an over-abundance of security tools at their disposal, according to Gurucul.

Only 25% of organisations consider their biggest threat to be from inside the business, despite insider threats increasing by 47% over the past two years. With only a quarter of businesses seeing their biggest threat emanating from inside their organisation, it seems over 70% saw the biggest cyber security challenges emanating from external threats such as ransomware. In fact, although external threats account for many security incidents, we must never forget to look beyond those external malicious and bad actors to insider threats to effectively secure corporate data and IP.

The survey also found 33% of respondents said they are able to detect threats within hours, while 27.07% even claimed they can detect threats in real-time. However, challenges persist with 33% of respondents stating that it still takes their organisation days and weeks to detect threats, with 6% not being able to detect them at all.

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/07/28/biggest-threat-inside-the-business/

• The Global Average Cost of a Data Breach Reaches an All-Time High of $4.35 Million

IBM Security released the 2022 Cost of a Data Breach Report, revealing costlier and higher-impact data breaches than ever before, with the global average cost of a data breach reaching an all-time high of $4.35 million for studied organisations.

With breach costs increasing nearly 13% over the last two years of the report, the findings suggest these incidents may also be contributing to rising costs of goods and services. In fact, 60% of studied organisations raised their product or services prices due to the breach, when the cost of goods is already soaring worldwide amid inflation and supply chain issues.

The perpetuality of cyber attacks is also shedding light on the “haunting effect” data breaches are having on businesses, with the IBM report finding 83% of studied organisations have experienced more than one data breach in their lifetime. Another factor rising over time is the after-effects of breaches on these organisations, which linger long after they occur, as nearly 50% of breach costs are incurred more than a year after the breach.

The 2022 Cost of a Data Breach Report is based on in-depth analysis of real-world data breaches experienced by 550 organisations globally between March 2021 and March 2022. The research, which was sponsored and analysed by IBM Security, was conducted by the Ponemon Institute.

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/07/27/2022-cost-of-a-data-breach-report/

• Race Against Time: Hackers Start Hunting for Victims Just 15 Minutes After a Bug Is Disclosed

Attackers are becoming faster at exploiting previously undisclosed zero-day flaws, according to Palo Alto Networks.  This means that the amount of time that system admins have to patch systems before exploitation happens is shrinking fast..

The company warns in its 2022 report covering 600 incident response (IR) cases that attackers typically start scanning for vulnerabilities within 15 minutes of one being announced.

Among this group are 2021's most significant flaws, including the Exchange Server ProxyShell and ProxyLogon sets of flaws, the persistent Apache Log4j flaws aka Log4Shell, the SonicWall zero-day flaws, and Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus.

While phishing remains the biggest method for initial access, accounting for 37% of IR cases, software vulnerabilities accounted of 31%. Brute-force credential attacks (like password spraying) accounted for 9%, while smaller categories included previously compromised credentials (6%), insider threat (5%), social engineering (5%), and abuse of trusted relationships/tools (4%).    

Over 87% of the flaws identified as the source of initial access fell into one of six vulnerability categories.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/race-against-time-hackers-start-hunting-for-victims-just-15-minutes-after-a-bug-is-disclosed/

• Ransomware-as-a-Service Groups Forced to Change Tack as Payments Decline

Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operators are evolving their tactics yet again in response to more aggressive law enforcement efforts, in a move that is reducing their profits but also making affiliates harder to track, according to Coveware.

The security vendor’s Q2 2022 ransomware report revealed that concerted efforts to crack down on groups like Conti and DarkSide have forced threat actors to adapt yet again.

It identified three characteristics of RaaS operations that used to be beneficial, but are increasingly seen as a hinderance.

The first is RaaS branding, which has helped to cement the reputation of some groups and improve the chances of victims paying, according to Coveware. However, branding also makes attribution easier and can draw the unwanted attention of law enforcement, it said.

“RaaS groups are keeping a lower profile and vetting affiliates and their victims more thoroughly,” Coveware explained.

“More RaaS groups have formed, resulting in less concentration among the top few variants. Affiliates are frequently shifting between RaaS variants on different attacks, making attribution beyond the variant more challenging.”

In some cases, affiliates are also using “unbranded” malware to make attribution more difficult, it added.

The second evolution in RaaS involves back-end infrastructure, which used to enable scale and increase profitability. However, it also means a larger attack surface and a digital footprint that’s more expensive and challenging to maintain.

As a result, RaaS developers are being forced to invest more in obfuscation and redundancy, which is hitting profits and reducing the amount of resources available for expansion, Coveware claimed.

Finally, RaaS shared services used to help affiliates with initial access, stolen data storage, negotiation management and leak site support.

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/raas-groups-forced-change-payments/

• Phishers Targeted Financial Services Most During H1 2022

Banks received the lion’s share of phishing attacks during the first half of 2022, according to figures published by cyber security company Vade.

The analysis also found that attackers were most likely to send their phishing emails on weekdays, with most arriving between Monday and Wednesday. Attacks tapered off towards the end of the week, Vade said.

While financial services scored highest on a per-sector basis, Microsoft was the most impersonated brand overall. The company’s Microsoft 365 cloud productivity services are a huge draw for cyber-criminals hoping to access accounts using phishing attacks.

Phishing attacks on Microsoft customers have become more creative, according to Vade, which identified several phone-based attacks. It highlighted a campaign impersonating Microsoft’s Defender anti-malware product, fraudulently warning that the company had debited a subscription fee. It encouraged victims to fix the problem by phone.

Facebook came a close second, followed by financial services company Crédit Agricole, WhatsApp and Orange.

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/phishers-financial-services-h1-2022/

• HR Emails Dupe Employees the Most – KnowBe4 research reveals

In phishing tests conducted on business emails, more than half of the subject lines clicked imitated Human Resources communications.

New research has revealed the top email subjects clicked on in phishing tests were those related to or from Human Resources, according to the latest ‘most clicked phishing tests‘ conducted by KnowBe4. In fact, half of those that were clicked on had subject lines related to Human Resources, including vacation policy updates, dress code changes, and upcoming performance reviews. The second most clicked category were those send from IT, which include requests or actions of password verifications that were needed immediately.

KnowBe4’s CEO commented “More than 80% of company data breaches globally come from human error, so security awareness training for your staff is one of the least costly and most effective methods to thwart social engineering attacks. Training gives employees the ability to rapidly recognise a suspicious email, even if it appears to come from an internal source, causing them to pause before clicking. That moment where they stop and question the email is a critical and often overlooked element of security culture that could significantly reduce your risk surface.”

This research comes hot off the heels of the recent KnowBe4 industry benchmarking report which found one in three untrained employees will click on a phishing link. The worst performing industries were Energy & Utilities, Insurance and Consulting, with all labelled the most at risk for social engineering in the large enterprise category.

https://www.itsecurityguru.org/2022/07/27/hr-emails-dupe-employees-the-most-knowbe4-research-reveals/

• 84% Of Organisations Experienced an Identity-Related Breach in the Past 18 Months

60% of IT security decision makers believe their overall security strategy does not keep pace with the threat landscape, and that they are either lagging behind (20%), treading water (13%), or merely running to keep up (27%), according to a survey by Sapio Research.

The report also highlights differences between the perceived and actual effectiveness of security strategies. While 40% of respondents believe they have the right strategy in place, 84% of organisations reported that they have experienced an identity-related breach or an attack using stolen credentials during the previous year and a half.

Promisingly, many organisations are hungry to make a change, particularly when it comes to protecting identities. In fact, 90% of respondents state that their organisations fully recognise the importance of identity security in enabling them to achieve their business goals, and 87% say that it is one of the most important security priorities for the next 12 months.

However, 75% of IT and security professionals also believe that they’ll fall short of protecting privileged identities because they won’t get the support they need. This is largely due to a lack of budget and executive alignment, with 63% of respondents saying that their company’s board still doesn’t fully understand identity security and the role it plays in enabling better business operations.

While the importance of identity security is acknowledged by business leaders, most security teams will not receive the backing and budget they need to put vital security controls and solutions in place to reduce major risks. This means that the majority of organisations will continue to fall short of protecting privileges, leaving them vulnerable to cyber criminals looking to discover privileged accounts and abuse them.

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/07/28/identity-related-breach/

• Economic Downturn Raises Risk of Insiders Going Rogue

Declining economic conditions could make insiders more susceptible to recruitment offers from threat actors looking for allies to assist them in carrying out various attacks.

Enterprise security teams need to be aware of the heightened risk and strengthen measures for protecting against, detecting, and responding to insider threats, researchers from Palo Alto Network's Unit 42 threat intelligence team recommended in a report this week.

The security vendor's report highlighted several other important takeaways for security operations teams, including the fact that ransomware and business email compromise attacks continue to dominate incident response cases and vulnerability exploits — accounting for nearly one-third of all breaches.

Unit 42 researchers analysed data from a sampling of over 600 incident response engagements between April 2021 and May 2022 and determined that difficult economic times could lure more actors to cyber crime. This could include both people with technical skills looking to make a fast buck, as well as financially stressed insiders with legitimate access to valuable enterprise data and IT assets. The prevalence of remote and hybrid work models has created an environment where it's easier for workers to steal intellectual property or carry out other malicious activity, the researchers found.

https://www.darkreading.com/risk/economic-downturn-raises-the-risk-of-insiders-going-rogue

• 5 Trends Making Cyber Security Threats Riskier and More Expensive

Since the pandemic the cyber world has become a far riskier place. According to the Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report 2022, almost half (48%) of organisations across the US and Europe experienced a cyber attack in the past 12 months. Even more alarming is that these attacks are happening despite businesses doubling down on their cyber security spend.

Cyber security is at a critical inflection point where five megatrends are making the threat landscape riskier, more complicated, and costlier to manage than previously reported. To better understand the evolution of this threat landscape, let’s examine these trends in more detail.

1. Everything becomes digital

2. Organisations become ecosystems

3. Physical and digital worlds collide

4. New technologies bring new risks

5. Regulations become more complex

Organisations can follow these best practices to elevate cyber security performance:

• Identify, prioritise, and implement controls around risks.

• Adopt a framework such as ISO 27001 or NIST Cyber Security Framework.

• Develop human-layered cyber security.

• Fortify your supply chain.

• Avoid using too many tools.

• Prioritise protection of critical assets.

• Automate where you can.

• Monitor security metrics regularly to help business leaders get insight into security effectiveness, regulatory compliance, and levels of security awareness in the organisation.

Cyber security will always be a work in progress. The key to effective risk management is having proactive visibility and context across the entire attack surface. This helps to understand which vulnerabilities, if exploited, can cause the greatest harm to the business. Not all risks can be mitigated; some risks will have to be accepted and trade-offs will have to be negotiated.

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3667442/5-trends-making-cybersecurity-threats-riskier-and-more-expensive.html#tk.rss_news

• Ransomware: Publicly Reported Incidents Are Only the Tip of the Iceberg

The threat landscape report on ransomware attacks published this week by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) uncovers the shortcomings of the current reporting mechanisms across the EU.

As one of the most devastating types of cyber security attacks over the last decade, ransomware, has grown to impact organisations of all sizes across the globe.

This threat landscape report analysed a total of 623 ransomware incidents across the EU, the United Kingdom and the United States for a reporting period from May 2021 to June 2022. The data was gathered from governments' and security companies' reports, from the press, verified blogs and in some cases using related sources from the dark web.

Between May 2021 and June 2022 about 10 terabytes of data were stolen each month by ransomware threat actors. 58.2% of the data stolen included employees' personal data.

At least 47 unique ransomware threat actors were found.

For 94.2% of incidents, we do not know whether the company paid the ransom or not. However, when the negotiation fails, the attackers usually expose and make the data available on their webpages. This is what happens in general and is a reality for 37.88% of incidents.

We can therefore conclude that the remaining 62.12% of companies either came to an agreement with the attackers or found another solution.

The study also shows that companies of every size and from all sectors are affected.

The figures in the report can however only portray a part of the overall picture. In reality, the study reveals that the total number of ransomware attacks is much larger. At present this total is impossible to capture since too many organisations still do not make their incidents public or do not report on them to the relevant authorities.

https://www.enisa.europa.eu/news/ransomware-publicly-reported-incidents-are-only-the-tip-of-the-iceberg

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Threats

Ransomware

• LockBit 3.0: Significantly Improved Ransomware Helps the Gang Stay on Top (darkreading.com)

• Ransomware looms large over the cyber insurance industry - Help Net Security

• 800,000 businesses fall victim to ransomware each year (komando.com)

• Business services top target of ransomware attacks (securitybrief.co.nz)

• How Crypto is Driving the Ransomware Epidemic | Cryptoland Roundtable - YouTube

• On security researcher's newsletter, exposing cyber criminals behind ransomware - CyberScoop

• LockBit ransomware abuses Windows Defender to load Cobalt Strike (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Mailing List Provider WordFly Scrambling to Recover Following Ransomware Attack | SecurityWeek.Com

• No More Ransom helps millions of ransomware victims in 6 years (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have breached the Italian Revenue Agency - Security Affairs

• Lockbit Ramps Up Attacks on Public Sector - Infosecurity Magazine (infosecurity-magazine.com)

• A ‘Top Tier’ Hacking Gang Is Likely To Be Behind Entrust Ransomware (informationsecuritybuzz.com)

• No More Ransom Helped More Than 1.5 Million People Decrypt Their Devices (darkreading.com)

• Ransomware caused American Dental Association outage, led to stolen data (scmagazine.com)

• The road to ransomware recovery starts before an attack • The Register

• LockBit Ransomware Group Augments Its Latest Variant, LockBit 3.0, With BlackMatter Capabilities (trendmicro.com)

BEC – Business Email Compromise

• Crackdown on BEC Schemes: 100 Arrested in Europe, Man Charged in US | SecurityWeek.Com

• European Police Arrest 100 Suspects in BEC Crackdown - Infosecurity Magazine (infosecurity-magazine.com)

Phishing & Email Based Attacks

• Phishing Attacks Skyrocket with Microsoft and Facebook as Most Abused Brands | Threatpost

• Three of the world's most expensive phishing attacks and how they could have been prevented (betanews.com)

• Threat Actors Respond To Microsoft Blocking Macros with New Email Tactics (informationsecuritybuzz.com)

• Phishing scam targeting Bank of America, Citi and Wells Fargo customers (komando.com)

• APT-Like Phishing Threat Mirrors Landing Pages (darkreading.com)

• New Callback Malware Campaign Impersonates Legitimate Cyber Security Providers - MSSP Alert

• Microsoft Tops Brands Phishers Prefer (darkreading.com)

• Phishing Attacks: Microsoft Leads Top 25 of Impersonated Brands - MSSP Alert

• Researchers Warns of Increase in Phishing Attacks Using Decentralized IPFS Network (thehackernews.com)

• 1,000s of Phishing Attacks Blast Off From InterPlanetary File System (darkreading.com)

• New ‘Robin Banks’ phishing service targets BofA, Citi, and Wells Fargo (bleepingcomputer.com)

Other Social Engineering; SMishing, Vishing, etc

• US govt warns Americans of escalating SMS phishing attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

Malware

• Cisco Incident Response Report: Commodity Malware Top Threat in Q2 - MSSP Alert

• Discovery of new UEFI rootkit exposes an ugly truth: The attacks are invisible to us | Ars Technica

• As Microsoft blocks Office macros, hackers find new attack vectors (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Microsoft Links Raspberry Robin USB Worm to Russian Evil Corp Hackers (thehackernews.com)

• Microsoft links Raspberry Robin malware to Evil Corp attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Malware-laced npm packages used to target Discord users - Security Affairs

• CosmicStrand UEFI malware found in Gigabyte, ASUS motherboards (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Sophisticated UEFI rootkit of Chinese origin shows up again in the wild after 3 years | CSO Online

• Attackers are slowly abandoning malicious macros - Help Net Security

• One of the most beloved Windows tools could actually be a huge security risk | TechRadar

• QBot phishing uses Windows Calculator DLL hijacking to infect devices (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Gootkit Loader’s Updated Tactics and Fileless Delivery of Cobalt Strike (trendmicro.com)

• Microsoft: Austrian company DSIRF selling Subzero malware (techtarget.com)

• Threat actors leverages DLL-SideLoading to spread Qakbot - Security Affairs

• Rare 'CosmicStrand' UEFI Rootkit Swings into Cyber crime Orbit (darkreading.com)

Mobile

• Here are the top phone security threats in 2022 and how to avoid them | ZDNet

• New Android malware apps installed 10 million times from Google Play (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Roaming Mantis Financial Hackers Targeting Android and iPhone Users in France (thehackernews.com)

• Facebook ads push Android adware with 7 million installs on Google Play (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Millions of Android devices infected with wallet-draining malware | TechRadar

• Over a Dozen Android Apps on Google Play Store Caught Dropping Banking Malware (thehackernews.com)

• These 28+ Android Apps with 10 Million Downloads from the Play Store Contain Malware (thehackernews.com)

Internet of Things – IoT

• IoT Botnets Fuels DDoS Attacks – Are You Prepared? | Threatpost

• Dahua IP Camera Vulnerability Could Let Attackers Take Full Control Over Devices (thehackernews.com)

Data Breaches/Leaks

• US court system suffered ‘incredibly significant attack’ • The Register

• Congress Warns of US Court Records System Breach - Infosecurity Magazine (infosecurity-magazine.com)

• Uber admits covering up massive 2016 data breach in settlement with US prosecutors - The Verge

• T-Mobile to pay $500M for one of the largest data breaches in US history [Updated] | Ars Technica

• Data Stolen in Breach at Security Company Entrust | SecurityWeek.Com

• Fallout from massive Shanghai Police data breach reverberates on dark web - CyberScoop

• Big Questions Remain Around Massive Shanghai Police Data Breach (darkreading.com)

Organised Crime & Criminal Actors

• Cyber-mercenaries represent shifting criminal business model • The Register

• Messaging Apps Tapped as Platform for Cyber Criminal Activity | Threatpost

• Teenager Jailed for Snapchat Blackmail Cyber Crimes- IT Security Guru

• DUCKTAIL operation targets Facebook’s Business and Ad accounts - Security Affairs

Cryptocurrency/Cryptomining/Cryptojacking/NFTs/Blockchain

• Crypto fraud on the rise as consumers fall for fake celebrity endorsements | Cybernews

• Hackers Increasingly Using WebAssembly Coded Cryptominers to Evade Detection (thehackernews.com)

• NFT Hacking Group Attacks On The Rise, Report Finds- IT Security Guru

• Hackers steal $6 million from blockchain music platform Audius (bleepingcomputer.com)

 Fraud, Scams & Financial Crime

• Major shifts and the growing risk of identity fraud - Help Net Security

• Uber's former head of security faces fraud charges after allegedly covering up data breach (bitdefender.com)

• JPMorgan, UBS accused of shoddy identity theft protection • The Register

• Euro Police Bust €3m Internet Fraud Gang - Infosecurity Magazine (infosecurity-magazine.com)

• Romance scammers jailed after tricking Irish OAP out of €250k (bitdefender.com)

• Get a family safeword to make sure you don’t fall for the Mum and Dad scam | Money | The Sunday Times (thetimes.co.uk)

• What the Titanic Can Teach Us About Fraud? | SecurityWeek.Com

AML/CFT/Sanctions

• Russia declares Guernsey an 'unfriendly state' - BBC News

• Crypto exchange Kraken reportedly probed over Iran sanctions • The Register

Insurance

• Ransomware looms large over the cyber insurance industry - Help Net Security

Dark Web

• Cyber crime goods and services are cheap and plentiful - Help Net Security

• Hackers Selling Malware on Dark Web Underground Market (cybersecuritynews.com)

Supply Chain and Third Parties

• Experts warn of hacker claiming access to 50 US companies through breached MSP - The Record by Recorded Future

• Crook calls for help extorting service provider's clients • The Register

• Getting Ahead of Supply Chain Attacks (darkreading.com)

Software Supply Chain

• 8 top SBOM tools to consider | CSO Online

Denial of Service DoS/DDoS

• Akamai blocked the largest DDoS attack ever on its European customers - Security Affairs

• DDoS Attack Trends in 2022: Ultrashort, Powerful, Multivector Attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

Cloud/SaaS

• Kansas MSP shuts down cloud services to fend off cyber attack (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Organisations are struggling with SaaS security. Why? - Help Net Security

Attack Surface Management

• 4 Steps the Financial Industry Can Take to Cope With Their Growing Attack Surface (thehackernews.com)

Identity and Access Management

• Why firms need to harness identity management before it spirals into an identity crisis - Help Net Security

• Benefits of modern PAM: Efficiency, security, compliance - Help Net Security

Encryption

• Transport Layer Security (TLS): Issues & Protocol (trendmicro.com)

• SSH2 vs. SSH1 and why SSH versions still matter (techtarget.com)

Passwords, Credential Stuffing & Brute Force Attacks

• Inadequate password and authentication requirements found in popular business web apps - Help Net Security

• Using Account Lockout policies to block Windows Brute Force Attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Stop Putting Your Accounts At Risk, and Start Using a Password Manager (thehackernews.com)

Social Media

• Facebook security cracked by Malware made in Vietnam • The Register

• Cyber-Criminal Offers 5.4m Twitter Users’ Data - Infosecurity Magazine (infosecurity-magazine.com)

• Social Media Accounts Hijacked to Post Indecent Images - Infosecurity Magazine (infosecurity-magazine.com)

Training, Education and Awareness

• Poor Training and Communications Hindering Cyber security Efforts - Infosecurity Magazine (infosecurity-magazine.com)

Privacy

• US, UK law enforcement to implement data sharing law, troubling privacy advocates - CyberScoop

Law Enforcement Action and Take Downs

• UK Seizes Nearly $27m in Crypto-Assets - Infosecurity Magazine (infosecurity-magazine.com)

• European Cops Helped 1.5 Million People Decrypt Their Ransomwared Computers (vice.com)

Spyware, Cyber Espionage & Cyber Warfare, including Russian Invasion of Ukraine

• World entering 'dangerous new age' of threats, says UK's top national security adviser | World News | Sky News

• Cyberspies use Google Chrome extension to steal emails undetected (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Microsoft says it caught an Austrian spyware group using Windows 0-day exploits - The Verge

• Pegasus spyware: Just 'tip of the iceberg' seen so far • The Register

• Cyber attacks by Iran and Israel now target critical infrastructure. - The Washington Post

• Ukraine Cyber War Fall-out and Ransomware Trends Areas of Focus in New CyberCube Research | Business Wire

• US and Ukraine Sign Agreement to Deepen Cyber security Operational Collaboration - MSSP Alert

• CISA, Ukrainian cyber agency deepen partnership to combat Russian threat - CyberScoop

• How is Anonymous attacking Russia? The top six ways ranked (cnbc.com)

• European Lawmaker Targeted With Cytrox Predator Surveillance Spyware | SecurityWeek.Com

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Nation State Actors

Nation State Actors – Russia

• Russia is quietly ramping up its Internet censorship machine | Ars Technica

• Apple network traffic takes mysterious detour through Russia • The Register

• 'Crippling' Western sanctions are hitting Russia much harder than Putin is letting on, say Yale economists (inews.co.uk)

Nation State Actors – China

• Chinese APTs: Interlinked networks and side hustles – Intrusion Truth (wordpress.com)

• OneWeb sale risks giving China a stake in ‘Five Eyes’ spying tech (telegraph.co.uk)

Nation State Actors – North Korea

• North Korean Hackers Using Malicious Browser Extension to Spy on Email Accounts (thehackernews.com)

• North Korean hackers attack EU targets with Konni RAT malware (bleepingcomputer.com)

• US puts $10 million bounty on North Korean threat groups • The Register

• Is APT28 behind the STIFF#BIZON attacks attributed to North Korea-linked APT37? Security Affairs

Nation State Actors – Iran

• Cyber attacks by Iran and Israel now target critical infrastructure. - The Washington Post

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Vulnerability Management

• Hackers scan for vulnerabilities within 15 minutes of disclosure (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Attackers Have 'Favourite' Vulnerabilities to Exploit (darkreading.com)

• Taking the Risk-Based Approach to Vulnerability Patching (thehackernews.com)

• Organisations struggle to manage devices and stay ahead of vulnerabilities - Help Net Security

• 2022 Unit 42 Incident Response Report: How Attackers Exploit Zero-Days (paloaltonetworks.com)

• Security Teams Overwhelmed With Bugs, Bitten by Patch Prioritization (darkreading.com)

• Time between vuln disclosures, exploits is getting smaller • The Register

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Vulnerabilities

• Critical Samba bug could let anyone become Domain Admin – patch now! – Naked Security (sophos.com)

• Multiple Windows, Adobe Zero-Days Anchor Knotweed Commercial Spyware (darkreading.com)

• How to Fix CVE-2022-30190 vulnerability using Microsoft Intune - CloudInfra

• CISA releases IOCs for attacks exploiting Log4Shell in VMware Horizon and UAG | CSO Online

• Critical FileWave MDM Flaws Open Organisation-Managed Devices to Remote Hackers (thehackernews.com)

• Hackers are abusing IIS extensions to establish covert backdoors - Security Affairs

• FileWave fixes bugs that left 1,000+ orgs open to ransomware • The Register

• Google Chrome Zero-day Vulnerability Discovered By Avast (informationsecuritybuzz.com)

• LibreOffice fixed 3 flaws, including a code execution issue - Security Affairs

• Critical security vulnerability in Grails could lead to remote code execution | The Daily Swig (portswigger.net)

• Drupal developers fixed a code execution flaw in the popular CMS - Security Affairs

• LibreOffice Releases Software Update to Patch 3 New Vulnerabilities (thehackernews.com)

• Hackers Exploit PrestaShop Zero-Day to Steal Payment Data from Online Stores (thehackernews.com)

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·       Manufacturing

·       Maritime

·       Oil, Gas & Mining

·       OT, ICS, IIoT, SCADA & Cyber-Physical Systems

·       Retail & eCommerce

·       Small and Medium Sized Businesses (SMBs)

·       Startups

·       Telecoms

·       Third Sector & Charities

·       Transport & Aviation

·       Web3

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Reports Published in the Last Week

• Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report 2022

• ENISA Threat Landscape for Ransomware Attacks — ENISA (europa.eu)

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Other News

• A Retrospective on the 2015 Ashley Madison Breach – Krebs on Security

• The Great BizApp Hack: Cyber-Risks in Your Everyday Business Applications (darkreading.com)

• Threat Actors Pivot Around Microsoft’s Macro-Blocking in Office | Threatpost

• Strong Authentication - Robust Identity and Access Management Is a Strategic Choice - Security Affairs

• You Pay More When Companies Get Hacked | WIRED

• Microsoft again reverses course, will block macros by default (scmagazine.com)

• Is Your Home or Small Business Built on Secure Foundations? Think Again… (darkreading.com)

• Untangling KNOTWEED: European private-sector offensive actor using 0-day exploits - Microsoft Security Blog

• Infosec pros want more industry cooperation and support for open standards - Help Net Security

• We pass cyber attack costs onto customers, businesses admit • The Register

• How to Combat the Biggest Security Risks Posed by Machine Identities (thehackernews.com)

• Discord, Telegram Services Hijacked to Launch Array of Cyber Attacks (darkreading.com)

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 18 March 2022

Welcome to this week’s Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing – a weekly digest, collated and curated by our cyber experts to provide senior and middle management with an easy to digest round up of the most notable threats, vulnerabilities, and cyber related news from the last week.

Top Cyber Stories of the Last Week

Guernsey Cyber Security Warning for Islanders and Businesses

There has been a rise in cyber-attacks since the war in Ukraine began, according to the States of Guernsey and a cyber-security firm.

The States said: "We have seen a noticeable increase in the number of phishing emails since the war began."

The Channel Islands see more than 10 million cyber attacks every month, according to research by Guernsey firm Black Arrow Cyber Consulting.

It encouraged vigilance, as the islands are not immune to these attacks.

A States spokesman said: "The whole community needs to remain vigilant against such emails, which are designed to appear to be from reputable sources in order to dupe people into providing personal information or access to their device via the clicking of a link."

Bruce McDougall, from Black Arrow Cyber Consulting, said: "Criminals don't let a good opportunity go to waste. So they're conducting scams encouraging people to make false payments in the belief they're collecting for charities."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-60763398

CISOs Face 'Perfect Storm' Of Ransomware and State-Supported Cyber Crime

As some nations turn a blind eye, defence becomes life-or-death matter

With ransomware gangs raiding network after network, and nation states consciously turning a blind eye to it, today's chief information security officers are caught in a "perfect storm," says Cybereason CSO Sam Curry.

"There's this marriage right now of financially motivated cyber crime that can have a critical infrastructure and economic impact," Curry said during a CISO roundtable hosted by his endpoint security shop. "And there are some nation states that do what we call state-ignored sanctioning," he continued, using Russia-based REvil and Conti ransomware groups as examples of criminal operations that benefit from their home governments looking the other way. 

"You get the umbrella of sovereignty, and you get the free license to be a privateer in essence," Curry said. "It's not just an economic threat. It's not just a geopolitical threat. It's a perfect storm."

It's probably not a huge surprise to anyone that destructive cyber attacks keep CISOs awake at night. But as chief information security officers across industries — in addition to Curry, the four others on the roundtable spanned retail, biopharmaceuticals, electronics manufacturing, and a cruise line — have watched threats evolve and criminal gangs mature, it becomes a battle to see who can innovate faster; the attackers or the defenders.

https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/18/ciso_security_storm/

Four Key Risks Exacerbated by Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has altered the emerging risk landscape, and it requires enterprise risk management (ERM) leaders to reassess previously established organisational risk profiles in at least four key areas, according to Gartner.

“Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has increased the velocity of many risks we have tracked on a quarterly basis in our Emerging Risks survey,” said Matt Shinkman, VP with the Gartner Risk and Audit Practice.

“As ERM leaders reassess their organisational risk models, they must also ensure a high frequency of communication with the C-Suite as to the critical changes that require attention now.”

There are four major areas of risk that ERM leaders should continually monitor and examine their mitigation strategies as part of a broader aligned assurance approach as the war continues: Talent Risk, Cyber Security Risk, Financial Risk and Supply Chain Risk

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/03/17/erm-leaders-risk/

These Four Types of Ransomware Make Up Nearly Three-Quarters of Reported Incidents

Any ransomware is a cyber security issue, but some strains are having more of an impact than others.

Ransomware causes problems no matter what brand it is, but some forms are noticeably more prolific than others, with four strains of the malware accounting for a combined total of almost 70% of all attacks.

According to analysis by cyber security company Intel 471, the most prevalent ransomware threat towards the end of 2021 was LockBit 2.0, which accounted for 29.7% of all reported incidents. Recent victims of LockBit have included Accenture and the French Ministry of Justice. 

Almost one in five reported incidents involved Conti ransomware, famous for several incidents over the past year, including an attack against the Irish Healthcare Executive. The group recently had chat logs leaked, providing insights into how a ransomware gang works. PYSA and Hive account for one in 10 reported ransomware attacks each.

"The most prevalent ransomware strain in the fourth quarter of 2021 was LockBit 2.0, which was responsible for 29.7% of all reported incidents, followed by Conti at 19%, PYSA at 10.5% and Hive at 10.1%," said the researchers.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/these-four-types-of-ransomware-make-up-nearly-three-quarters-of-reported-incidents/

Critical Infrastructure Threat as Ransomware Groups Target 'Enemies of Russia'

The cyber crime underground has fractured into pro-Ukraine and pro-Russia camps, with the latter increasingly focused on critical national infrastructure (CNI) targets in the West, according to a new report from Accenture.

The consulting giant’s Accenture Cyber Threat Intelligence (ACTI) arm warned that the ideological schism could spell mounting risk for Western organisations as pro-Kremlin criminal groups adopt quasi-hacktivist tactics to choose their next victims.

Organisations in the government, media, finance, insurance, utilities and resources sectors should be braced for more attacks, said ACTI.

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/critical-infrastructure-threat/

Cyber Insurance War Exclusions Loom Amid Ukraine Crisis

An expanding threat landscape is testing the limits of cyber insurance coverage.

The industry experienced a rapid maturation over the past three years as enterprises required a broader umbrella of insurance coverage to combat increasing cyber risks. While demands and premiums continue to rise, one recent area of contention involves war and hostile acts, an exclusion that's becoming harder to categorize.

A judgment in December, coupled with the Russian invasion last month that posed potential cyber retaliations to Ukraine allies, highlighted shortcomings in insurance policies when it comes to cyber conflicts.

https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252514592/Cyber-insurance-war-exclusions-loom-amid-Ukraine-crisis

Zelenskyy Deepfake Crude, But Still Might Be a Harbinger of Dangers Ahead

Several deepfake video experts called a doctored video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that went viral this week before social media platforms removed it a poorly executed example of the form, but nonetheless damaging.

Elements of the Zelenskyy deepfake — which purported to show him calling for surrender — made it easy to debunk, they said. But that won’t always be the case.

https://www.cyberscoop.com/zelenskyy-deepfake-troubles-experts/

Cyber Crooks’ Political In-Fighting Threatens the West

They’re choosing sides in the Russia-Ukraine war, beckoning previously shunned ransomware groups and thereby reinvigorating those groups’ once-diminished power.

A rift has formed in the cyber crime underground: one that could strengthen, rather than cripple, the cyber-onslaught of ransomware.

According to a report, ever since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, “previously coexisting, financially motivated threat actors divided along ideological factions.”

“Pro-Ukrainian actors are refusing to sell, buy, or collaborate with Russian-aligned actors, and are increasingly attempting to target Russian entities in support of Ukraine,” wrote researchers from Accenture’s Cyber Threat Intelligence (ACTI). “However, pro-Russian actors are increasingly aligning with hacktivist-like activity targeting ‘enemies of Russia,’ especially Western entities due to their claims of Western warmongering.”

What might otherwise seem like a good thing – bad guys fighting bad guys – may in fact pose an increased threat to the West.

https://threatpost.com/cybercrooks-political-in-fighting-threatens-the-west/178899/

Cloud-Based Email Threats Surge 50% in 2021

There was a 50% year-on-year surge in cloud-based email threats in 2021, but a drop in ransomware and business email compromise (BEC) detections as attacks became more targeted, according to Trend Micro.

The security vendor’s 2021 roundup report, Navigating New Frontiers, was compiled from data collected by customer-installed products and cloud-based threat intelligence.

It revealed that Trend Micro blocked 25.7 million email threats targeting Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 users last year, versus 16.7 million in 2020.

The number of phishing attempts almost doubled during the period, as threat actors continued to target home workers. Of these, 38% were focused on stealing credentials, the report claimed.

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cloudbased-email-threats-surge-2021/

Millions of New Mobile Malware Strains Blitzed Enterprise in 2021

Researchers uncovered more than two million new mobile malware samples in the wild last year, Zimperium said in a new report.

Those threats spanned some 10 million mobile devices in at least 214 countries, the Dallas, Texas-based solution provider said in its newly released 2022 Global Mobile Threat Report. Indeed, mobile malware proved in 2021 to be the most prevalent security threat to enterprises, encountered by nearly 25 percent mobile endpoints among Zimperium’s customers worldwide. The 2.3 million new mobile strains Zimperium’s researchers located amount to nearly 36,000 new strains of malware weekly and roughly 5,000 each day.

https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-services-and-products/mobile/millions-of-new-mobile-malware-strains-blitzed-enterprises-in-2021/

UK Criminal Defence Lawyer Hadn't Patched When Ransomware Hit

Criminal defence law firm Tuckers Solicitors is facing a fine from the UK's data watchdog for failing to properly secure data that included information on case proceedings which was scooped up in a ransomware attack in 2020.

The London-based business was handed a £98,000 penalty notice by the Information Commissioner's Office under Article 83 of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation 2018.

The breach was first noted by Tuckers on August 23 2020 when part of its IT system became unavailable. On closer inspection, resident techies found a note from the attackers confirming they had compromised part of the infrastructure. The Microsoft Exchange server was out of action and two days' worth of emails were lost, as detailed by the company blog at the time.

https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/15/brit_solicitor_fined_for_failing/

Russian Ransomware Gang Retool Custom Hacking Tools of Other APT Groups

A Russian-speaking ransomware outfit likely targeted an unnamed entity in the gambling and gaming sector in Europe and Central America by repurposing custom tools developed by other APT groups like Iran's MuddyWater, new research has found.

The unusual attack chain involved the abuse of stolen credentials to gain unauthorized access to the victim network, ultimately leading to the deployment of Cobalt Strike payloads on compromised assets, said Felipe Duarte and Ido Naor, researchers at Israeli incident response firm Security Joes, in a report published last week.

Although the infection was contained at this stage, the researchers characterized the compromise as a case of a suspected ransomware attack.

The intrusion is said to have taken place in February 2022, with the attackers making use of post-exploitation tools such as ADFind, NetScan, SoftPerfect, and LaZagne. Also employed is an AccountRestore executable to brute-force administrator credentials and a forked version of a reverse tunneling tool called Ligolo.

https://thehackernews.com/2022/03/russian-ransomware-gang-retool-custom.html

The Massive Impact of Vulnerabilities in Critical Infrastructure

Recent cyber events have shown how extremely vulnerable critical infrastructure is. What are the biggest security concerns?

In any world conflict, one of the primary threats posed is cyber actors disabling or destroying the core infrastructure of the adversary. Based on the global reaction to the current world conflict, countries fear reprisals. The worry is that there will be collateral damage to the critical infrastructure of other countries not directly involved in the current conflict.

Today, services such as healthcare systems, power grids, transportation and other critical industries are increasingly integrating their operational technology with traditional IT systems in order to modernize their infrastructure, and this has opened up a new wave of cyber attacks. Though businesses are ramping up their security initiatives and investments to defend and protect, their efforts have largely been siloed, reactive, and lack business context. Lack of visibility of risk across the estate is a huge problem for this sector.

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/03/15/critical-infrastructure-security/

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Threats

Ransomware

• Nearly 34 Ransomware Variants Observed in Hundreds of Cyber Attacks in Q4 2021 (thehackernews.com)

• Franchises, Partnerships Emerge in Ransomware-as-a-Service Operations | ZDNet

• Dozens of Ransomware Variants Used In 722 Attacks Over 3 Months (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Conti Leak: A Ransomware Gang's Chats Expose Its Crypto Plans | WIRED

• 6 Reasons Not to Pay Ransomware Attackers (darkreading.com)

• Google Blows Lid Off Conti, Diavol Ransomware Access-Broker Ops | Threatpost

• SEC Filings Show Hidden Ransomware Costs And Losses | CSO Online

• Exotic Lily Sells Ransomware Groups Access To Targets • The Register

• New "Initial Access Broker" Working with Conti gang - IT Security Guru

• Google Exposes Tactics Of A Conti Ransomware Access Broker (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Avoslocker Ransomware Gang Targets US Critical Infrastructure - Security Affairs

• How Prepared Are Organisations To Face A Ransomware Attack On Kubernetes? - Help Net Security

• Experts Find Some Affiliates of BlackMatter Now Spreading BlackCat Ransomware (thehackernews.com)

• The Lapsus$ Hacking Group Is Off to a Chaotic Start | WIRED

• Bridgestone Cyber Attack Timeline and Ransomware Recovery Details - MSSP Alert

• Automotive Giant Denso Confirms Hack, Pandora Ransomware Group Takes Credit | ZDNet

Phishing & Email

• Massive Phishing Campaign Uses 500+ Domains To Steal Credentials (bleepingcomputer.com)

• How CAPTCHA Puzzles Cloak Phishing Page URLs In Emails • The Register

• Microsoft the No. 1 Most-Spoofed Brand in Phishing Attacks (darkreading.com)

• 76,000 Scams Taken Down Through Email Reporting - IT Security Guru

• Phony Instagram ‘Support Staff’ Emails Hit Insurance Company | Threatpost

• NCSC Catches 10 Million Phishes (computerweekly.com)

• This Browser-In-The-Browser Attack Is Perfect For Phishing • The Register

Malware

• New "B1txor20" Linux Botnet Uses DNS Tunnel and Exploits Log4J Flaw (thehackernews.com)

• Attacker Uses Websites' Contact Forms To Spread BazarLoader Malware | TechRepublic

• Gh0stCringe RAT Targeting Database Servers in Recent Attacks | SecurityWeek.Com

• Cyclops Blink Malware Sets Up Shop in ASUS Routers • The Register

• DirtyMoe Botnet Gains New Exploits in Wormable Module to Spread Rapidly (thehackernews.com)

• Linux Botnet Exploits Log4j Flaw To Hijack Arm, x86 Systems • The Register

• New Threat: B1txor20, A Linux Backdoor Using DNS Tunnel (360.com)

• Russian Cyclops Blink Botnet Launches Assault Against Asus Routers | ZDNet

• Uncovering Trickbot’s Use of IoT Devices In Command-And-Control Infrastructure - Microsoft Security Blog

• TrickBot Malware Abusing MikroTik Routers as Proxies for Command-and-Control (thehackernews.com)

Mobile

• Mobile Threats Skyrocket (darkreading.com)

• 2021 Mobile Security: Android More Vulnerabilities, iOS More Zero-Days (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Mobile Devices See 466% Annual Increase in Zero-Day Attacks - Infosecurity Magazine (infosecurity-magazine.com)

• 'Escobar' Android malware steals your 2FA codes — and takes over your phone | Tom's Guide (tomsguide.com)

• Thousands of Secret Keys Found in Leaked Samsung Source Code | SecurityWeek.Com

• Scammers Have 2 Clever New Ways To Install Malicious Apps on iOS Devices | Ars Technica

• Threat Intel Report: Who Is Behind Staggering 190GB Samsung Galaxy Hack? (forbes.com)

• Android Trojan Persists On The Google Play Store Since January (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Mobile App Data Found Exposing API’s & Data In 1,000’s Of Cloud Databases - Information Security Buzz

IoT

• Smart Devices Spy On You – 2 Computer Scientists Explain How The Internet Of Things Can Violate Your Privacy (theconversation.com)

Organised Crime & Criminal Actors

• Who's Who In The Cyber Criminal Underground | CSO Online

• Financially Motivated Threat Actors Willing To Go After Russian Targets - Help Net Security

• A Third of Malicious Logins Originate in Nigeria - Infosecurity Magazine

• Phishers Exploit Ukraine Conflict To Solicit Crypto - IT Security Guru

Insider Risk and Insider Threats

• MITRE and Partners Build Insider Threat Knowledge Base | CSO Online

Fraud, Scams & Financial Crime

• UK Shoppers Face More Identity Checks When Buying Online | Consumer affairs | The Guardian

Supply Chain

• Container Vulnerability Opens Door For Supply Chain Attacks (techtarget.com)

DoS/DDoS

• Israeli Govt Sites Hit By Huge DDoS Attack • The Register

Cloud

• How Cloud Services Become Weapons In Russia-Ukraine Cyber Conflict | ZDNet

• The Next Big Cyber Security Threat Is Connected SaaS Platforms (thenextweb.com)

Privacy

• Smart Devices Are Spying on You Everywhere, And That's a Problem (sciencealert.com)

Passwords & Credential Stuffing

• NVIDIA Staff Shouldn’t Have Chosen Passwords Like These… • Graham Cluley

• Attackers Using Default Credentials To Target Businesses, Raspberry Pi And Linux Top Targets - Help Net Security

Regulations, Fines and Legislation

• CafePress Fined For Covering Up Customer Info Leak • The Register

• Meta Fined €17 Million by Irish Regulator for GDPR Violations | CSO Online

Spyware, Espionage & Cyber Warfare

• Would 'Cyber Geneva Conventions' Defuse Online Aggression? (darkreading.com)

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Nation State Actors

Nation State Actors – Russia

• Conti Leaks Reveal the Ransomware Group’s Links to Russia | WIRED

• How The Cyber World Can Support Ukraine | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)

• Russia's Disinformation Uses Deepfake Video Of Zelenskyy Telling People To Lay Down Arms - Security Affairs

• FBI Warns of MFA Flaw Used By State Hackers For Lateral Movement (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Ukraine Secret Service Arrests Hacker Helping Russian Invaders (thehackernews.com)

• Open Source Maintainer Sabotages Code to Wipe Russian, Belarusian Computers (vice.com)

• German Government Advises Against Using Kaspersky Antivirus (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Russia Could Use Kaspersky Antivirus Software In Cyber Attacks In Europe, German Agency Warns | Euronews

• ‘It’s The Right Thing To Do’: The 300,000 Volunteer Hackers Coming Together To Fight Russia | Ukraine | The Guardian

• Ukraine's "IT Army" Hit With Info-Stealing Malware- IT Security Guru

• Viasat, Rosneft Hit By Cyber Attacks • The Register

• Mozilla Firefox Removes Russian Search Providers Over Misinformation Concerns (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Fake Antivirus Updates Used To Deploy Cobalt Strike in Ukraine (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Ukrainian Hacktivists Allegedly Dumps Kaspersky Product Source Code Online (Updated) - Lowyat.NET

• New CaddyWiper Data Wiping Malware Hits Ukrainian Networks (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Top Ukrainian Cyber Official Praises Volunteer Hacks On Russian Targets, Offers Updates - CyberScoop

• Anonymous Sent A Message To Russians: "Remove Putin" - Security Affairs

• Cyber Attacks Cripple Russian Websites After Ukraine Invasion (gizmodo.com)

• Russia Faces IT Crisis With Just Two Months Of Data Storage Left (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Russia Labels Meta 'Extremist Organisation, Bans Instagram • The Register

Nation State Actors – China

• China-Linked Threat Actors Are Targeting The Government Of Ukraine - Security Affairs

• China Claims It Captured NSA Spy Tool That Already Leaked • The Register

Nation State Actors – Iran

• Researchers Find New Evidence Linking Kwampirs Malware to Shamoon APT Hackers (thehackernews.com)

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Vulnerabilities

• CISA Adds 15 Vulnerabilities To List Of Flaws Exploited In Attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

• New Linux Bug in Netfilter Firewall Module Lets Attackers Gain Root Access (thehackernews.com)

• Apple Patch Day: Gaping Security Holes in iOS, macOS, iPadOS | SecurityWeek.Com

• OpenSSL Patches Denial-Of-Service Certificate Flaw • The Register

• OpenSSL Patches Infinite-Loop DoS Bug In Certificate Verification – Naked Security (sophos.com)

• Nasty Linux Netfilter Firewall Security Hole Found | ZDNet

• SolarWinds Warns Of Attacks Targeting Web Help Desk Instances (bleepingcomputer.com)

• High-Severity Vulnerabilities Patched in BIND Server | SecurityWeek.Com

• QNAP Warns Severe Linux Bug Affects Most Of Its NAS Devices (bleepingcomputer.com)

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Sector Specific

Financial Services Sector

• Top Threats For The Financial Sector - Help Net Security

• Hackers Target Bank Networks with new Rootkit to Steal Money from ATM Machines (thehackernews.com)

• Banks on Alert For Russian Reprisal Cyber Attacks on Swift | Ars Technica

• Fraudsters Use Intelligent Bots To Attack Financial Institutions (scmagazine.com)

• 70% of Financial Service Providers Are Implementing API Security - Help Net Security

• Report: Payment Fraud Attacks Against Fintech Companies Soar By 70% In 2021 - Information Security Buzz

Health/Medical/Pharma Sector

• Healthcare Cyber Security Trends: Organisations Not Quite Ready To Deal With Threats - Help Net Security

• Hospitals Warned Of 'Phone Calls And Emails From Hackers' As Russia-Ukraine War Rages - Manchester Evening News

• Nearly 300k Heart Patients’ Data Exposed - Infosecurity Magazine

Transport and Aviation

• Aircraft Disrupted by Satellite Jamming Following Russian Invasion - Infosecurity Magazine

• EU & US Agencies Warn That Russia Could Attack Satellite Communications - Security Affairs

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Reports Published in the Last Week

• 2022 Global Mobile Threat Report: Key Insights on the State of Mobile Security - Zimperium Mobile Security Blog

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Other News

• Does the Free World Need a Global Cyber Alliance? | SecurityWeek.Com

• Why EDR Is Not Sufficient To Protect Your Organisation - Help Net Security

• Public and Private Sector Security: Better Protection by Collaboration | SecurityWeek.Com

• The Importance Of Building In Security During Software Development - Help Net Security

• How Fast Can Organisations Respond To A Cyber Security Crisis? - Help Net Security

• Researcher Uses 379-Year-Old Algorithm To Crack Crypto Keys Found In The Wild | Ars Technica

• How Pen Testing Gains Critical Security Buy-in and Defence Insight (darkreading.com)

• DarkHotel APT Targets Wynn, Macao Hotels to Rip Off Guest Data | Threatpost

• When IT Spending Plans Don't Reflect Security Priorities (darkreading.com)

• Half of People Accept All Cookies Despite The Security Risk | TechRadar

• Business Is At Last Collaborating On Cyber Security | Financial Times (ft.com)

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Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing 11 February 2022

Welcome to this week’s Black Arrow Cyber Threat Briefing – a weekly digest, collated and curated by our cyber experts to provide senior and middle management with an easy to digest round up of the most notable threats, vulnerabilities, and cyber related news from the last week.

Top Cyber Stories of the Last Week

 UK, US, Australia Issue Joint Advisory: Ransomware on the Loose, Critical National Infrastructure Affected

Firms shelled out $5bn in Bitcoin in 6 months

Ransomware attacks are proliferating as criminals turn to gangs providing turnkey post-compromise services, Britain's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned.

In a joint UK-US-Australia advisory issued this week, the three countries said they had "observed an increase in sophisticated, high-impact ransomware incidents against critical infrastructure organisations globally."

The warning comes hot on the heels of several high-profile attacks against oil distribution companies and also businesses that operate ports in the West – though today's note insists there was a move by criminals away from "big game hunting" against US targets.

Among the main threats facing Western organisations were the use of "cybercriminal services-for-hire". These, as detailed in the advisory, include "independent services to negotiate payments, assist victims with making payments, and arbitrate payment disputes between themselves and other cyber criminals."

https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/09/uk_us_au_ransomware_warning/

Ransomware Groups and APT Actors Laser-Focused on Financial Services

Trellix released a report, examining cybercriminal behaviour and activity related to cyber threats in the third quarter (Q3) of 2021. Among its findings, the research reports that despite a community reckoning to ban ransomware activity from online forums, hacker groups used alternate personas to continue to proliferate the use of ransomware against an increasing spectrum of sectors – hitting the financial, utilities and retail sectors most often, accounting for nearly 60% of ransomware detections.

“While we ended 2021 focused on a resurgent pandemic and the revelations around the Log4j vulnerability, our third-quarter deep dive into cyber threat activity found notable new tools and tactics among ransomware groups and advanced global threat actors,” said Trellix.

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/02/07/cyber-threats-q3-2021/

Why the C-Suite Should Focus on Understanding Cyber Security and Investing Appropriately

Trend Micro has published a research revealing that persistently low IT/C-suite engagement may imperil investments and expose organisations to increased cyber risk. Over 90% of the IT and business decision makers surveyed expressed particular concern about ransomware attacks.

Despite widespread concern over spiralling threats, the study found that only 57% of responding IT teams discuss cyber risks with the C-suite at least weekly.

Vulnerabilities used to go months or even years before being exploited after their discovery.

“Now it can be hours, or even sooner. More executives than ever understand that they have a responsibility to be informed, but they often feel overwhelmed by how rapidly the cyber security landscape evolves. IT leaders need to communicate with their board in such a way that they can understand where the organisation’s risk is and how they can best manage it.”

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/02/10/c-suite-engagement/

Almost $1.3bn Paid to Ransomware Actors Since 2020

Cryptocurrency experts have identified $602m of ransomware payments made in 2021, but warned the real figure will likely surpass the $692m paid to cybercrime groups in 2020.

The findings come from the Ransomware Crypto Crime Report produced by blockchain investigations and analytics company Chainalysis. It reveals some fascinating insight into current industry trends.

Average payment size has soared over recent years, from $25,000 in 2019 to $88,000 a year later and $118,000 in 2021. That’s due in part to a surge in targeted attacks on major organisations, known as “big-game hunting,” which can net threat actors tens of millions in a single compromise.

“This big-game hunting strategy is enabled in part by ransomware attackers’ usage of tools provided by third-party providers to make their attacks more effective,” the report explained. “Usage of these services by ransomware operators spiked to its highest ever levels in 2021.”

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/almost-13bn-paid-to-ransomware/

Cyber Crooks Frame Targets by Planting Fabricated Digital Evidence

The ‘ModifiedElephant’ threat actors are technically unimpressive, but they’ve evaded detection for a decade, hacking human rights advocates’ systems with dusty old keyloggers and off-the-shelf RATs.

Threat actors are hijacking the devices of India’s human rights lawyers, activists and defenders, planting incriminating evidence to set them up for arrest, researchers warn.

The actor, dubbed ModifiedElephant, has been at it for at least 10 years, and it’s still active. It’s been shafting targets since 2012, if not sooner, going after hundreds of groups and individuals – some repeatedly – according to SentinelLabs researchers.

The operators aren’t what you’d call technical prodigies, but that doesn’t matter. Threat researchers at SentinelOne, said that the advanced persistent threat (APT) group – which may be tied to the commercial surveillance industry – has been muddling along just fine using rudimentary hacking tools such as commercially available remote-access trojans (RATs)

https://threatpost.com/cybercrooks-frame-targets-plant-incriminating-evidence/178384/

Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats (HEAT) Bypassing Traditional Security Defences

Menlo Security announced it has identified a surge in cyberthreats, termed Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats (HEAT), that bypass traditional security defences.

HEAT attacks are a class of cyber threats targeting web browsers as the attack vector and employs techniques to evade detection by multiple layers in current security stacks including firewalls, Secure Web Gateways, sandbox analysis, URL Reputation, and phishing detection. HEAT attacks are used to deliver malware or to compromise credentials, that in many cases leads to ransomware attacks.

In an analysis of almost 500,000 malicious domains, the research team discovered that 69% of these websites used HEAT tactics to deliver malware. These attacks allow bad actors to deliver malicious content to the endpoint by adapting to the targeted environment. Since July 2021, there was a 224% increase in HEAT attacks.

“With the abrupt move to remote working in 2020, every organisation had to pivot to a work from an anywhere model and accelerate their migration to cloud-based applications. An industry report found that 75% of the working day is spent in a web browser, which has quickly become the primary attack surface for threat actors, ransomware and other attacks. The industry has seen an explosion in the number and sophistication of these highly evasive attacks and most businesses are unprepared and lack the resources to prevent them,” said Menlo Security.

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/02/08/cyberthreats-bypass-security-defences/

LockBit, BlackCat, Swissport, Oh My! Ransomware Activity Stays Strong

However, groups are rebranding and recalibrating their profiles and tactics to respond to law enforcement and the security community’s focus on stopping ransomware attacks.

Law enforcement, C-suite executives and the cyber security community at-large have been laser-focused on stopping the expensive and disruptive barrage of ransomware attacks — and it appears to be working, at least to some extent. Nonetheless, recent moves from the LockBit 2.0 and BlackCat gangs, plus this weekend’s hit on the Swissport airport ground-logistics company, shows the scourge is far from over.

It’s more expensive and riskier than ever to launch ransomware attacks, and ransomware groups have responded by mounting fewer attacks with higher ransomware demands, Coveware has reported, finding that the average ransomware payment in the fourth quarter of last year climbed by 130 percent to reach $322,168. Likewise, Coveware found a 63 percent jump in the median ransom payment, up to $117,116.

“Average and median ransom payments increased dramatically during Q4, but we believe this change was driven by a subtle tactical shift by ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations that reflected the increasing costs and risks previously described,” Coveware analysts said. “The tactical shift involves a deliberate attempt to extort companies that are large enough to pay a ‘big game’ ransom amount but small enough to keep attack operating costs and resulting media and law enforcement attention low.”

https://threatpost.com/lockbit-blackcat-swissport-ransomware-activity/178261/

2021 Was The Most Prolific Year On Record For Data Breaches

Spirion released a guide which provides a detailed look at sensitive data breaches in 2021 derived from analysis conducted against the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) database of publicly reported data breaches in the United States.

The guide is based on the analysis of more than 1,500 data incidents that occurred in the United States during 2021 that specifically involved sensitive data, including personally identifiable information (PII). The report identifies the top sensitive data breaches by the number of individuals impacted, number of records compromised, threat actor, exposure vector, and types of sensitive data exposed by industry sector.

2021 was the most prolific year on record for data breaches, surpassing 2017’s all-time high. Last year a total of 1,862 data compromises were reported by US organisations—a 68 percent increase over 2020. ITRC data revealed that 83% of the year’s incidents exposed 889 million sensitive data records that impacted more than 150 million individuals.

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/02/09/2021-sensitive-data-breaches/

$1.3 Billion Lost to Romance Scams in the Past Five Years

Romance scams are reaching record-highs, regulators warn.

Netflix's new documentary, The Tinder Swindler, is a wild ride.

The show examines how an alleged fraudster impacted the lives of multiple women, matching with them on Tinder and treating them to expensive dates to gain their trust -- and eventually asking for huge sums of money.

While you may watch the show and wonder how someone -- no matter their gender -- could allow themselves to be swindled out of their savings, romance scams are common, breaking hearts and wiping bank balances around the world every day. 

We've moved on from the days of "lonely hearts" columns to dating apps, and they're popular channels to conduct fraud.

Fake profiles, stolen photos and videos, and sob stories from fraudsters (their car has broken down, they can't afford to meet a match, or, in The Tinder Swindler's case, their "enemies" are after them) are all weapons designed to secure interest and sympathy.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/1-3-billion-lost-to-romance-scams-in-the-past-five-years-ftc/

Cyber Security Compliance Still Not A Priority For Many

IBM survey suggests that cyber security still isn't a priority for many companies

The most consistent data point in the IBM i Marketplace Survey Results over recent years has been the ever-present cyber security threat. This year is no exception. The study shows that 62% of organisations consider cyber security a number one concern as they plan their IT infrastructure. 22% cite regulations and compliance in their top five. While companies that prioritise security seem to be implementing multiple solutions, it’s still alarming that nearly half of them do not plan to implement them.

The complexity of cyber security often leaves industry leaders confused and overwhelmed, unable to produce the sound, proactive stance that is so essential.

Cyber security standards can be confusing, but they are necessary. Tighter security can be encouraged with an understanding of cyber security guidelines

For many organisations, cyber security standards are just too complex to wrap their hands around, but that doesn’t mean it’s not necessary. Understanding how cyber security guidelines affect companies’ legal standing can help encourage tighter security.

https://www.itsecurityguru.org/2022/02/07/cybersecurity-compliance-still-not-a-priority-for-many/

The World is Falling Victim to the Growing Trickbot Attacks in 2022

The malware goons are back again. The cybercrime operators behind the notorious TrickBot malware have once again upped the ante by fine-tuning its techniques by adding multiple layers of defence to slip past antimalware products.

TrickBot, which started out as a banking trojan, has evolved into a multi-purpose crimeware-as-a-service (CaaS) that’s employed by a variety of actors to deliver additional payloads such as ransomware. Over 100 variations of TrickBot have been identified to date, one of which is a “Trickboot” module that can modify the UEFI firmware of a compromised device. In the fall of 2020, Microsoft along with a handful of U.S. government agencies and private security companies teamed up to tackle the TrickBot botnet, taking down much of its infrastructure across the world in a bid to stymie its operations. But TrickBot has proven to be impervious to takedown attempts, what with the operators quickly adjusting their techniques to propagate multi-stage malware through phishing and malspam attacks, not to mention expanding their distribution channels by partnering with other affiliates like Shathak (aka TA551) to increase scale and drive profits.

Russian-based criminals behind the notorious malware known as Trickbot appear to be working overtime to upgrade the threat’s capabilities. Researchers announced last week the discovery of new malware components that enable monitoring and intelligence gathering on victims. The research findings include the detection of a VNC module that uses a custom communications protocol to obfuscate any data being transmitted between the command-and-control (C2) servers and the victims, making the attacks harder to find. The module is in active development and is being updated by criminals at a rapid pace.

https://www.analyticsinsight.net/the-world-is-falling-victim-to-the-growing-trickbot-attacks-in-2022/

“We Absolutely Do Not Care About You”: Sugar Ransomware Targets Individuals

Ransomware tends to target organisations. Corporations not only house a trove of valuable data they can’t function without, but they are also expected to cough up a considerable amount of ransom money in exchange for their encrypted files. And while corporations struggle to keep up with attacks, ransomware groups have left the average consumer relatively untouched—until now.

Sugar ransomware, a new strain recently discovered by the Walmart Security Team, is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) that targets single computers and (likely) small businesses, too. Sugar, also known to many as Encoded01, has been in operation since November 2021.

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/ransomware/2022/02/we-absolutely-do-not-care-about-you-sugar-ransomware-targets-individuals/

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Threats

Ransomware

• NCSC Joins US and Australian Partners to Reveal Latest Ransomware Trends - NCSC.GOV.UK

• Russian Ransomware Attacks Increased During 2021, Joint Review Finds | Cybercrime | The Guardian

• You've Still Not Patched It? Hackers Are Using These Old Software Flaws To Deliver Ransomware | ZDNet

• FBI: Watch Out For LockBit 2.0 Ransomware, Here's How To Reduce The Risk To Your Network | ZDNet

• Law Enforcement Action Push Ransomware Gangs To Surgical Attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Europe's Biggest Car Dealer Hit With Ransomware Attack | ZDNet

• Swissport Ransomware Incident Delayed Flights - Infosecurity Magazine

• How a Texas Hack Changed the Ransomware Business Forever - The Record by Recorded Future

• Puma Hit By Data Breach After Kronos Ransomware Attack (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Vodafone Portugal Hit By A Massive Cyber Attack - Security Affairs

• Fortune 500 Service Provider Says Ransomware Attack Led To Leak Of More Than 500k SSNs | ZDNet

Phishing

• Hackers Using Fake Job Offers in Latest Catfishing Scheme - ClearanceJobs

• Threat Actors Revive 20-Year-Old Tactic in Microsoft 365 Phishing Attacks (darkreading.com)

• ICO Hit by 2650% Rise in Email Attacks - Infosecurity Magazine

Other Social Engineering

• Roaming Mantis SMSishing Campaign Now Targets Europe - Security Affairs

• FBI: SIM Swapping Attacks Have Surged Five-Fold - Infosecurity Magazine

Malware

• Qbot Needs Only 30 Minutes To Steal Your Credentials, Emails (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Linux Malware Attacks Are On The Rise, And Businesses Aren't Ready For It | ZDNet

• This Password-Stealing Malware Posed As A Windows 11 Download | ZDNet

• Several Malware Families Using Pay-Per-Install Service to Expand Their Targets (thehackernews.com)

• Qbot, Lokibot Malware Switch Back To Windows Regsvr32 Delivery (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Data Highlights Growing Threat From Intelligent Bots Operated at Scale by Cybercriminals | SecurityWeek.Com

Mobile

• Medusa Malware Joins Flubot's Android Distribution Network | Threatpost

• Critical Android 12 Bug Fixed In February Security Patches • The Register

Data Breaches/Leaks

• Croatian Phone Carrier Data Breach Impacts 200,000 Clients (bleepingcomputer.com)

Organised Crime & Criminal Actors

• Russian Government Continues Crackdown On Cyber Criminals - CyberScoop

Cryptocurrency/Cryptomining/Cryptojacking

• More Than $400 Million Drained From Hacked Blockchain Bridges In Little More Than A Week • Graham Cluley

• Wife of Couple Accused of $4.5 billion Bitcoin Swindle Gave Cyber Security Advice (theblockcrypto.com)

Insider Risk and Insider Threats

• Chinese Telecom Hytera Charged For Allegedly Recruiting Motorola Employees To Steal Trade Secrets | ZDNet

Fraud, Scams & Financial Crime

• Midlifers Bled Dry By Scam That Takes Two Months To Spot (telegraph.co.uk)

Supply Chain

• The Most Common Cyber Gaps Threatening Supply Chain Security - Help Net Security

DoS/DDoS

• DDoS Attacks Hit All-time High - Infosecurity Magazine

Nation State Actors

• Russian APT Steps Up Malicious Cyber Activity in Ukraine (darkreading.com)

• Iran Malware in HPE Server Stuns Cyber Security Experts - Bloomberg

• Iranian Hackers Using New Marlin Backdoor in 'Out to Sea' Espionage Campaign (thehackernews.com)

Cloud

• Organisations And The Cloud: How They Use It And How They Secure It - Help Net Security

Privacy

• Meta Threatens to Shut Down Facebook and Instagram in Europe | The Independent

• Facebook Exposes 'God Mode' Token Miscreants Could Use • The Register

Spyware, Espionage & Cyber Warfare

• MoleRats APT Flaunts New Trojan in Latest Cyber Espionage Campaign | Threatpost

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Vulnerabilities

• Microsoft, Oracle, Apache and Apple vulnerabilities added to CISA catalog | ZDNet

• CISA Says 'HiveNightmare' Windows Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks | SecurityWeek.Com

• Microsoft Fixes Defender Flaw Letting Hackers Bypass Antivirus Scans (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Microsoft and Other Major Software Firms Release February 2022 Patch Updates (thehackernews.com)

• Apple Patches New Zero-Day Exploited To Hack iPhones, iPads, Macs (bleepingcomputer.com)

• CISA Urges Orgs To Patch Actively Exploited Windows SeriousSAM Bug (bleepingcomputer.com)

• CISA Warns Admins To Patch Maximum Severity SAP Vulnerability (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Adobe Patches 13 Vulnerabilities in Illustrator | SecurityWeek.Com

• PHP Everywhere RCE Flaws Threaten Thousands of WordPress Sites (bleepingcomputer.com)

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Sector Specific

Financial Services Sector

• Ransomware Groups and APT Actors Laser-Focused On Financial Services - Help Net Security

Defence

• Defence Contractors Need to Check Their Six (darkreading.com)

Health/Medical/Pharma Sector

• FritzFrog P2P Botnet Attacking Healthcare, Education and Government Sectors (thehackernews.com)

Retail/eCommerce

• Wave of MageCart Attacks Target Hundreds Of Outdated Magento Sites (bleepingcomputer.com)

• Threat Actors Compromised +500 Magento-Based E-Stores With E-Skimmers - Security Affairs

Transport and Aviation

• Swissport Ransomware Incident Delayed Flights - Infosecurity Magazine

Education and Academia

• FritzFrog P2P Botnet Attacking Healthcare, Education and Government Sectors (thehackernews.com)

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Other News

• A "light" February 2022 Patch Tuesday That Should Not Be Ignored - Help Net Security

• Organisations Still Struggling To Use APIs Effectively - Help Net Security

• Threat Hunting: Your Best Defence Against Unknown Threats - MSSP Alert

• UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Suffered Serious Cyber Attack Earlier This Year | Reuters

• European Police Flag 500+ Pieces of “Terrorist” Content - Infosecurity Magazine

• A Quarter of New Online Accounts Are Fake – Report - Infosecurity Magazine

• Microsoft To Make Enabling 'Untrusted' Office Macros Tougher In The Name Of Security | ZDNet

• Cyber Terrorism Is a Growing Threat & Governments Must Take Action (darkreading.com)

• Hackers Have Begun Adapting To Wider Use Of Multi-Factor Authentication | TechRepublic

• The Race To Save The Internet From Quantum Hackers (nature.com)

• Disaster Recovery Is Critical For Business Continuity - Help Net Security

• CISOs Are Burned Out And Falling Behind | CSO Online

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