Merck settles its cyberattack insurance dispute with insurers over denying coverage for NotPetya losses due to “Warlike Action”; the amount was not disclosed
Alex Ebert / Bloomberg Law :
Insurance giant Zurich's $100M+ settlement to cover losses suffered by Mondelez International from NotPetya may reshape the entire cyber insurance marketplace
Suzanne Smalley / CyberScoop :
US court rules in favor of pharma giant Merck in a $1.4B legal dispute with insurers who claimed an “Act of War” exclusion to deny coverage for NotPetya losses
Bloomberg Law :
Microsoft identifies a destructive malware operation targeting Ukrainian organizations; the malware looks like ransomware but lacks a ransom recovery mechanism
European Union simulated a cyber attack on a fictitious Finnish power company Vilius Petkauskas / cybernews.com : Belarus state hackers suspected behind Ukraine cyberattack Grugq / grugq's domain : Uk...
Source: Treasury's hackers used a flaw in a SolarWinds product; SolarWinds, which touts 300K+ customers, says the flaw was the result of a “supply chain attack”
and it has the Kremlin's fingerprints all over it. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Thomas Brewster / @iblametom : New - A review of contract records shows DOD, FBI, DHS, Veterans Affairs and many other ...
DOJ charges six Russian GRU officers who were allegedly behind NotPetya, BlackEnergy blackouts in Ukraine, cyberattacks on Olympics and French election, more
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
EU imposes its first ever cyber sanctions, hitting six people and three organizations including GRU, for involvement in WannaCry, NotPetya, and other attacks
Place of birth: Shandong Province, China Federal Computer Week : FCW Insider: July 31 Francesco Guarascio / Reuters : EU sanctions Russian intelligence, North Korean, Chinese firms over alleged cybera...
Google reveals new details about Russia-linked “Sandworm” hacking group behind NotPetya, the attacks on Winter Olympics, French election, and more
and compromised — the Macron campaign: https://www.wired.com/... pic.twitter.com/P2SzFdBEqR
Experts say ransomware victims like Baltimore have not taken sufficient measures to protect against the EternalBlue exploit two years after it first leaked
Nominations are now open for 2019 Rising Star Awards. Dave Aitel / CyberSecPolitics : Baltimore is not EternalBlue Daniel Uria / UPI : Baltimore seeks answers, help for crippling cyberattack linked to...
Some companies attacked in 2017's NotPetya ransomware plague have been denied insurance coverage over “war exclusion” clauses
New York Times : Tweets: @jckichen , @nytimesbusiness , @nicoleperlroth , @nytimesbusiness , and @puiwingtam Tweets: @jckichen : This is why the language we use to talk about what seem like abstract ...