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Triton got into a petrochemical plant In the summer of 2017, a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia experienced a worrisome security incident that cybersecurity experts consider to be the first-ever cyber attack carried out with a blatant, flat-out intent to hurt people. The attack involved a highly sophisticated new malware strain called Triton, which was capable of remotely disabling safety systems inside the plant with potentially catastrophic consequences. [ 209 more words ] https://cybersafetynet.net/watch-out-for-triton-the-worlds/

New Ransomware Surges as Insurance Companies Now Pay Off Ransoms https://cybersafetynet.net/new-ransomware-surges-insurance/

Ransomware Authors Agreed to $400,000 Officials in Jackson County, Georgia, paid $400,000 to cybercriminals last month. That was the extortion fee to get an encryption key for a ransomware infection and regain access to their IT systems. The County hired a cyber-security consultant to negotiate a ransom fee with the hacker group. Jackson County officials have not yet confirmed how hackers breached their network. [ 575 more words ] https://cybersafetynet.net/ransomware-hits-georgia-county-/

Phishing and File Sharing Internet thieves have long used file sharing sites and services to host their malicious files. When they do this, they typically use the underlying service to generate download links that anyone can click without logging in to the hosting service. Over the past month we started noticing apparently legitimate Dropbox emails pushing links to files with names suspiciously similar to those routinely used by the bad guys. [ 699 more words ] https://cybersafetynet.net/wall-of-shame-internet-thieves/

Ransomware knocked most systems offline Officials in Jackson County, Georgia, paid $400,000 to cyber-criminals this week to get rid of a ransomware infection and regain access to their IT systems. The County hired cyber-security consultant to negotiate ransom fee with hacker group. Jackson County officials have not yet confirmed how hackers breached their network. The infection forced most of the local government's IT systems offline, with the exception of its website and 911 emergency system. [ 540 more words ] https://cybersafetynet.net/georgia-county-pays-400000-to-g/

Extortionists demand money even though no agreement made Anyone who depends upon good public opinion can be vulnerable to orchestrated bad word-of-mouth, especially in the form of online reviews. Podcasters are being targeted by extortionists who threaten to swamp their shows with negative reviews, according to Mark Asquith at Rebel Base Media. Asquith cites one recent case in which a scammer reached out to a podcaster on social media and offered to promote their show. [ 286 more words ] https://cybersafetynet.net/extortionists-threaten-podcaste/

Office Depot $300 scam - yes, it really happened I'm sure you've heard something about the Office Depot $300 fraud. For a thorough explanation, see Basically, Office Depot's malware scan reported malware on computers that did not have malware. Office Depot then sold an unnecessary $300 service. Today I am writing about how that would look in other industries. [ 401 more words ] https://cybersafetynet.net/office-depot-fraud-other-indust/

New Cybersecurity best practices In December 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published the Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices (HICP): Managing Threats and Protecting Patients publication. This new directive offers cybersecurity best practices that healthcare organizations of any size can implement. Originally posted by Fred Langston CISSP, CCSK at CI.Security. I’ve been doing health industry cybersecurity for a long time, which has led to my involvement in helping to craft cybersecurity policy for the healthcare industry. [ 1,219 more word ] https://cybersafetynet.net/new-hhs-directive-recommends-de/

Water utilities are popular targets It wasn't the first time the Fort Collins-Loveland Water District and its wastewater counterpart had been hit by "ransomware," a type of malware that encrypts victims' computer files and demands online payment to unlock them.While operations weren't harmed, the infection prompted the water district to switch out its information technology service provider and call in the FBI. [ 1,709 more word ] https://cybersafetynet.net/hackers-water-utilities-sink-or/

Social engineering led to potential kidnapping Social engineering and impersonation attacks can lead to far more dangerous consequences than monetary losses, according to Matt Devost from OODA LLC. Devost appeared on the CyberWire’s Hacking Humans Podcast last week, where he described the attacks he’s seen involving cybercriminals with fraudulent personas. Devost described one case in which an attacker impersonated a broker and an investor to target a successful entrepreneur who was looking for funding for a new startup. [ 296 more words ] https://cybersafetynet.net/kidnappers-social-engineering-k/

Malicious links on otherwise honest web pages Webroot revealed the results of their 2019 Threat Report, showing that tried-and-true attack methods are still going strong, but new threats emerge daily, and cybercrime is highly innovative. This includes adding malicious URLs (web page addresses) as links on legitimate sites. Hal Lonas, Webroot's CTO said: We wax poetic about innovation in the cybersecurity field, but you only have to take one look at the stats in this year’s report to know that the true innovators are the cybercriminals. [ 536 more words ] https://cybersafetynet.net/malicious-urls-found-on-honest-/

Is this the best Facebook phishing scam ever? Scams seeking to harvest online credentials have long tried to replicate known logon pages. But this newly found instance is just about perfect. In every scam that uses social engineering, the key is to be believable. If it looks right, feels right, has the timing right, etc., the victim is more likely to fall for it. [ 257 more words ] https://cybersafetynet.net/new-facebook-phishing-scam-is-s/

A phishing attack will strike you. It is not a question of IF, but a question of WHEN With the massive rise in phishing attacks, 2019 is the year for organizations to realize the concept of becoming a victim is an issue of when and no longer if. According to Malwarebyte’s 2019 State of Malware report, there is pretty much no industry that is unaffected by malware. [ 326 more words ] https://cybersafetynet.net/you-need-a-plan-to-stop-phishin/