Unscripted: 3 Security Leaders Dissect Today's Top Trends

Tom Field • April 16, 2021

No script, no filter: Just Microsoft’s Edna Conway and Cisco’s Wendy Nather gathering with privacy leader Michelle Dennedy to discuss the impact of the SolarWinds supply chain attack and to play Buzzword Mystery Date with SASE, CIAM and "passwordless" authentication - are these trends dreamboats or duds?

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Application Security

Buying Breached Data: When Is It Ethical?

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Breach Notification

ISMG Editors’ Panel: The Facebook Breach and More

Anna Delaney • April 16, 2021

Four editors at Information Security Media Group discuss important cybersecurity issues, including Facebook’s latest data leak and how adversaries continue to innovate and evolve.

3rd Party Risk Management

Does FBI Exchange Remediation Action Set a Precedent?

Anna Delaney • April 16, 2021

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of whether the FBI removing malicious web shells from hundreds of compromised Microsoft Exchange Servers could set a precedent. Also featured is a description of an unusual fraud scam plus an update on security product development trends.

Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks

US Sanctions Russia Over SolarWinds Attack, Election Meddling

Scott Ferguson • April 15, 2021

The Biden administration has formally sanctioned Russia over the cyber operation that targeted SolarWinds and its customers as well as the disinformation campaign against the 2020 U.S. elections. The NSA and other agencies also attributed the SolarWinds attack to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, or SVR.

Cryptocurrency Fraud

Lazarus E-Commerce Attackers Also Targeted Cryptocurrency

Mathew J. Schwartz • April 15, 2021

Hackers with apparent ties to North Korea who hit e-commerce shops via Magecart-style attacks to steal payment card data also tested malicious tools for stealing cryptocurrency, reports cybersecurity firm Group-IB. Such functionality could trick customers into paying with cryptocurrency.

COVID-19

Phishing Campaign Targeting COVID Vaccine 'Cold Chain' Expands

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • April 14, 2021

Cybercriminals, likely backed by nation-states, are expanding global spear-phishing campaigns targeting the COVID-19 vaccine "cold chain" in an attempt to steal credentials so they can gain "privileged insight" into sensitive information, the IBM Security X-Force says in an updated report.

Advanced SOC Operations / CSOC

SOC Automation: The Road Ahead

Suparna Goswami • April 14, 2021

To ensure adequate protection against emerging threat, organizations should automate more functions within their SOCs, says Huzefa Motiwala, director, system engineering, India and SARRC at Palo Alto Networks.

Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP)

Developing an Effective Incident Response Plan

Suparna Goswami • April 14, 2021

An incidence response plan is worthless unless it's customized to meet an organization's needs and tested on a regular basis, says Mark Goudie, regional director services, APJ, at CrowdStrike.

Governance & Risk Management

FBI Removing Web Shells From Infected Exchange Servers

Jeremy Kirk • April 14, 2021

In an unprecedented action, the FBI is removing web shells from on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers at organizations in at least eight states that were infected in a wave of attacks earlier this year. Security experts offer an analysis of the bold move that the FBI took without notifying the organizations.

Application Security

Microsoft Patches 4 Additional Exchange Flaws

Doug Olenick • April 13, 2021

Microsoft issued patches for its on-premises Exchange Server software, addressing four new critical vulnerabilities discovered by the National Security Agency. A zero-day vulnerability in Desktop Window Manager was also disclosed and patched.

Cybercrime

Initial Access Brokers: Credential Glut Weakening Prices?

Mathew J. Schwartz • April 13, 2021

Initial access brokers continue to ply their trade, selling immediate access to hacked sites to make it easier for gangs to steal data and crypto-lock systems. But researchers say an overabundant supply of access credentials appears to be driving down the prices being commanded on cybercrime forums and markets.

3rd Party Risk Management

Modern Bank Heists: Attackers Go Beyond Account Takeover

Tom Field • April 13, 2021

Brokerage account takeover, supply chain attacks, destructive attacks and those that seek to manipulate time or time stamps are among the latest threats uncovered in the new Modern Bank Heists report authored by Tom Kellermann at VMware Carbon Black.

DDoS Protection

Millions of Devices Potentially Vulnerable to DNS Flaws

Doug Olenick • April 13, 2021

Forescout Research Labs and the Israeli security firm JSOF have found nine Domain Name System vulnerabilities affecting four TCP/IP stacks that, if exploited, could lead to remote code execution or denial-of-service attacks - potentially on millions of devices.