Raising Cyber awareness outside of the immediate [cyber] community (19.1.24)
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Raising Cyber awareness outside of the immediate [cyber] community (19.1.24)

1. 3 months after October's attack by Russian ransomware gang, The Kansas state court system is finally readying for a full recovery having resorted to using paper for the past 3 months

2. It's now become public that April's ransomware attack on US Navy shipbuilder Fincantieri Marine Group led to the information leak of nearly 17,000 people

3. Charities are far from immune as witnessed by the recent breach of 'Water for People' hit by ransomware-as-a-service gang Medusa demanding a $300,000 extortion fee to not publish stolen information

4. Old equipment presents vulnerabilities as end-of-life Cisco routers in the US, UK & AU targeted by China’s Volt Typhoon group

5. Is the past holding us back when it comes to setting adequate [future] cyber security budgets?

6. Ransomware Tracker: Gangs posted 356 victims to their extortion sites in December — down from the 369 victims in the previous month, but well above the 241 victims posted in December 2022

7. Ransomware gang demands €10 million after attacking Spanish council of Calvià, a municipality on the Spanish island of Majorca

8. Crypto trading firm Genesis Global Trading Inc closes shop after $8 million NY state fine over security issues - should this be the way forward for wider cyber security management?

9. Bosch Smart Thermostat Feels the Heat From Firmware Bug enabling attackers to take over the device, pivot into the user's network, or brick the device entirely, rendering HVAC unusable demonstrating the amplified risk of cyber physical damage

10. Indian Air Force potentially targeted with info-stealing malware

11. SEC X Account Hack Draws Senate Outrage as Senators from both parties called the Securities and Exchange Commission's lack of MFA "inexcusable" and demand investigation into the regulator's cybersecurity lapse

12. Chinese State-sponsored APT Volt Typhoon Ramps Up Malicious Activity Against Critical Infrastructure compromising as many as 30% of Cisco legacy routers on a SOHO botnet that multiple threat groups use

13. War or Cost of Doing Business? The debate on cyber insurance war exclusions rolls on following a settlement over Merck's $700Mn NotPetya claim

14. Russian state hackers deploying malware in espionage attacks around Europe attempting to deploy backdoors on the devices of targets in NATO countries and Ukraine, according to new research from Google’s Threat Analysis Group


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