The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its annual overview of insights from the Cyber Coordination Groups (CCG). Firms face an increasing threat of cyber attacks, particularly since the Covid-19 pandemic and...more
Anti-Cheat, Code-Signed Driver Abused to Bypass Privileges and Deploy Ransomware - Trend Micro researchers observed a ransomware infection in late July 2022 that involved a code-signed driver called "mhyprot2.sys", which...more
On July 19, 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigations issued a Private Industry Notification to service providers and “entities associated with the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics that cyber actors who wish to disrupt the event...more
Recent industry feedback published by the UK Financial Conduct Authority shares insights on the identification and management of cybersecurity challenges and mitigation strategies for financial services firms. The feedback...more
At the end of January, the U.S. Securities and Exchange’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released its “Observations on Cybersecurity and Resiliency Practices” (Observations)....more
It is commonly said that cyberspace is the “Wild West,” a realm where there are no laws and no sheriff in sight. Even acknowledging that this view contains a degree of hyperbole, it is unfortunately no less true after last...more
The recent ransomware attack on the City of Atlanta highlights the fact that the threat of ransomware affects all organizations, regardless of the nature of their industry, business, or operations, and that political...more
Industry publication Data Breach Today reports hackers are increasingly exploiting weak Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) credentials to launch ransomware attacks. “Many enterprises use remote desktop protocol to remotely...more