Dive into the chilling details of a real-life cyberattack in the latest episode of STRIVE, hosted by cybersecurity expert
Darren Thomson
. This episode unravels a complex spear phishing attack that compromised a major corporation, offering listeners a rare glimpse into the mechanics of modern cyber threats and the resilience strategies employed to combat them.
- Understanding spear phishing: Learn how attackers used deceptive emails disguised as HR communications to deploy a Remote Access Trojan on employees’ laptops.
- The role of malware: Discover the use of malware to extract credentials and gain administrative access, highlighting the importance of robust access controls.
- Network lateral movement: Explore how attackers exploited system vulnerabilities and dormant administrative accounts to move laterally across the network.
- Ransomware deployment: Gain insights into the deployment of ransomware that encrypted critical systems and backups, emphasizing the need for effective disaster recovery plans.?
- Response and recovery: Follow the organization’s response, from containment to recovery, learning how they managed the crisis without succumbing to ransom demands.
- Lessons on cyber resilience: Understand the financial and reputational impacts of the attack and how it ultimately strengthened the organization’s cyber defenses.
This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in cybersecurity, IT management, or organizational resilience.
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- Ransomware affected 44% of U.S. companies
(
Security Magazine
): According to a survey by GetApp, ransomware?attacks affected 44% of U.S. companies, with 43% of those paying a ransom. A bright spot: 36% of businesses were able to recover their data without payment. The question is what percentage of the remaining 54% just haven’t realized they’ve been attacked already?
- One-third of the US population’s background info is now public
(Paulina Okunyte,
Cybernews
): A data leak from MC2 Data, which runs background checks, exposing personal data of an estimated 100 million people. Pretty sure most of us are an open book now, whether we like it or not.
- Atrium Health alerts patients to phishing scheme, data breach
(
Jill McKeon
,
TechTarget News
): Atrium learned that an unauthorized third party had gained access to some employee mail accounts between April 29 and April 30, 2024. The unauthorized party gained access via a phishing scheme in which employees were coaxed into providing access to their login information.?
- Disney to ditch Slack following July data breach
(
Sarah Whitten
,
CNBC
): The Walt Disney Company will no longer use Slack for in-house company communication months after a hack that involved more than a terabyte of company data being leaked to the public.
