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 :
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 ...
A look at the Russia-linked NotPetya cyberattack, which caused an estimated $10B+ in damages worldwide after initially targeting Ukrainian companies
Crippled ports. Paralyzed corporations. Frozen government agencies. How a single piece of code crashed the world. Tweets: @ericgeller , @wired , and @wired Tweets: Eric Geller / @ericgeller : Truly...
US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand officially attribute 2017 NotPetya attack that targeted Ukraine and some large businesses to Russia
Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek :
British officials say Russia was “almost certainly responsible” for 2017 NotPetya attack that targeted Ukraine and some large businesses
Ukraine bore the brunt of the June attack, in which the ‘Petya’ worm spread among corporate computer networks
New “Bad Rabbit” ransomware targets corp networks in Ukraine, Turkey, Germany, infects devices through hacked Russian media sites using NotPetya type methods
There is a connection between Bad Rabbit and Not Petya Waqas / HackRead : Bad Rabbit ransomware spreading like wildfire but there is a way out Dell Cameron / Gizmodo : ‘Bad Rabbit’ Ransomware Strikes ...