March 2022 - Page 4 of 4 - Cyber Security Minute

Russia-Ukraine: Threat of Local Cyber Operations Escalating Into Global Cyberwar

Issued by: Security Week

This could all change in a moment – but for now the Russia/Ukraine conflict is likely to redefine the relationship between kinetic and cyber warfare. It began as expected: an increase in military power at the border and an increase in cyber operations against Ukraine designed to prepare the battlefield. Those cyber operations have continued…

Network Security

U.S. Security Vendors Launch Critical Infrastructure Defense Project

Issued by: Security Week

Government warnings of heightened cyber risk to U.S. organizations as a by-product of the war in Ukraine are almost a daily occurrence. The government considers increased cyber activity aimed at U.S. and NATO organizations ‒ and particularly critical infrastructure organizations ‒ to be a serious threat. CISA has a ‘Shields Up’ page that states, “While…

Network Security

Russia Blocks Access to Facebook Over War

Issued by: Security Week

The agency, Roskomnadzor, said Friday it decided to cut access to Facebook over its alleged “discrimination” of the Russian media and state information resources. It said the restrictions introduced by Facebook owner Meta on the RT and other state-controlled media violate the Russian law. A week ago, the watchdog announced “partial restrictions” on access to…

Malware & Threats

Cyberattack Knocks Thousands Offline in Europe

Issued by: Security Week

According to Orange, “nearly 9,000 subscribers” of a satellite internet service provided by its subsidiary Nordnet in France are without internet following a “cyber event” on February 24 at Viasat, a US satellite operator of which it is a client. Eutelsat, the parent company of the bigblu satellite internet service, also confirmed to AFP on…

Malware & Threats

The Conti ransomware leaks

Issued by: Blog Malwarebytes

On February 27, an individual with insights into the Conti ransomware group started leaking a treasure trove of data beginning with internal chat messages. Conti is responsible for a number of high profile attacks, including one against the Irish Healthcare system which has cost more than $48 million and more importantly has had an unprecedented…

Malware & Threats

HermeticRansom used as a smokescreen for wiper attacks | Kaspersky official blog

Issued by: Kaspersky Blog

Our researchers analyzed the HermeticRansom malware also known as Elections GoRansom. By and large, this is a fairly simple cryptor. What is interesting in this case is the purpose for which attackers are using it. HermeticRansom goals HermeticRansom attacked computers at the same time as another malware known as HermeticWiper, and based on publicly available…