A profile of CrowdStrike, founded in 2011 and used by 300 companies in the Fortune 500; Gartner: CrowdStrike has ~15% of the global security software market
The little-known company is very popular in Corporate America, contributing to the severity of the global IT outage
BSODs hit thousands of Windows PCs due to “a defect” in an update from CrowdStrike, taking banks, airlines, and more businesses offline; Microsoft is aware
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BSODs hit thousands of Windows PCs due to “a defect” in an update from CrowdStrike, taking banks, airlines, and more businesses offline; Microsoft is aware
Thousands of Windows machines are experiencing a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) issue at boot today, impacting banks …
Sources: China has hacked a payroll system used by the UK's Ministry of Defence, targeting service personnel; names and bank details have been exposed
MPs will be told on Tuesday of a massive data breach involving the Ministry of Defence, targeting service personnel.
Sources: China has hacked a payroll system used by the UK's Ministry of Defence, targeting service personnel; names and bank details have been exposed
MPs will be told on Tuesday of a massive data breach involving the Ministry of Defence, targeting service personnel.
Cybersecurity experts say that global law enforcement agencies dealt Russia-linked LockBit a major blow, but history shows that ransomware gangs regroup quickly
- Disruption of LockBit praised as major blow against gang — History has shown that hackers regroup quickly, experts say
Law enforcement agencies from 11 countries, including the FBI and UK National Crime Agency, disrupt the LockBit group and seize 11K domains used for ransomware
- Law enforcement from 11 countries joined in cyber operation — Extortion sites used by scammers seized to thwart attacks
Law enforcement agencies arrest two LockBit operators in Poland and Ukraine, issue three arrest warrants, offer a decryption tool, and seize 200+ crypto wallets
Law enforcement arrested two operators of the LockBit ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine, created a decryption tool …
Law enforcement agencies arrest two LockBit operators in Poland and Ukraine, issue three arrest warrants, offer a decryption tool, and seize 200+ crypto wallets
Law enforcement arrested two operators of the LockBit ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine, created a decryption tool …
Law enforcement agencies arrest two LockBit operators in Poland and Ukraine, issue three arrest warrants, offer a decryption tool, and seize 200+ crypto wallets
Law enforcement arrested two operators of the LockBit ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine, created a decryption tool …
The UK's parliament passes the Online Safety Bill, in the works since 2019, paving the way for Royal Assent and the bill becoming law in the coming days
Controversial UK legislation that brings in a new regime of content moderation rules for online platforms and services …
How privacy campaigners and tech executives, like Signal president Meredith Whittaker, teamed up to challenge the UK's Online Safety Bill encryption crackdown
LONDON — Deep in the recesses of Britain's Hogwarts-like houses of parliament, a Facebook lobbyist-turned-lord is trying to foment a rebellion.
Sources: Revolut's US system let criminals steal $20M+ over several months in 2022 before Revolut shut the loophole, equivalent to ~66% of its 2021 net profit
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Microsoft attributes recent attacks on Progress' MOVEit Transfer tool to the Clop ransomware gang; incident responders: the gang can take weeks to issue demands
British Airways, the BBC, and others warn staff that their data may have been stolen in Progress' MOVEit tool hack; thousands of companies could be vulnerable
William Turton / Bloomberg :
CISA Director Jen Easterly and Executive Assistant Director Eric Goldstein say incentives for developing and selling tech should not eclipse customer safety
> - Secure products not just security products - Security built in not bolted on - Raise everyone's baseline by reducing the [total] cost of control @CISAJen https://www.foreignaff...
The FBI, US DOJ, Secret Service, Europol, and others seize ransomware gang Hive's site and decryption keys; the FBI had access to Hive's network since July 2022
using lawful means, we hacked the hackers.” Tonya Riley / @tonyajoriley : Since infiltrating the network the FBI in July it was able to help 1,300 victims with decryption keys, pre...
The CISA announces its first international Attaché Office, which it plans to open in London later in July 2022, for collaboration between CISA and UK officials
Martin Matishak / The Record :
[Thread] the Russia/Ukraine cyberwar reportedly opened with a Russian cyberattack on Viasat's satellite ISP KA-SAT, but Ukraine dominates the information space
per a BSI letter cited below. https://twitter.com/... @hatr : Spiegel now also reporting Viasat was likely hacked, in german gov assessment. Lines up with our reporting that router...
[Thread] the Russia/Ukraine cyberwar reportedly opened with a Russian cyberattack on Viasat's satellite ISP KA-SAT, but Ukraine dominates the information space
per a BSI letter cited below. https://twitter.com/... @hatr : Spiegel now also reporting Viasat was likely hacked, in german gov assessment. Lines up with our reporting that router...