Accenture Hit By Ransomware Attack, Latest Victim Of Cyber-Pandemic
Accenture on Wednesday confirmed that it was hit by a ransomware attack, with a hacker group using the LockBit ransomware reportedly threatening to release the company’s data and sell insider information.
CNBC reporter Eamon Javers Wednesday first broke the news about the attack in a tweet, writing that the hacker group in a post on the Dark Web wrote, “These people are beyond privacy and security. I really hope that their services are better than what I saw as an insider. If you’re interested in buying some databases, reach us.”
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Amazon, Google and other tech companies join government effort to fight ransomware
The Department of Homeland Security’s new Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) will coordinate national cyber defense planning across agencies and with the private sector, according to prepared remarks from Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly at Thursday’s Black Hat cybersecurity conference.
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The State Department and 3 other US agencies earn a D for cybersecurity
The report, issued by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, comes two years after a separate report found systemic failures by the same eight federal agencies in complying with federal cybersecurity standards. The earlier report found that during the decade spanning 2008 to 2018, the agencies failed to properly protect personally identifiable information, maintain a list of all hardware and software used on agency networks, and install vendor-supplied security patches in a timely manner.
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Senate report slams federal agencies over cybersecurity failures
A Senate report out Tuesday called several federal agencies to the carpet for weak cybersecurity practices. Among other things, the 47-page report from the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said seven of the eight federal agencies reviewed had failed to implement baseline cybersecurity practices to protect personally identifiable information, creating a significant privacy and security risk for Americans' data.
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Russian Federal Agencies Were Attacked With Chinese Webdav-O Virus
"Chinese APTs are one of the most numerous and aggressive hacker communities," researchers Anastasia Tikhonova and Dmitry Kupin said. "Hackers mostly target state agencies, industrial facilities, military contractors, and research institutes. The main objective is espionage: attackers gain access to confidential data and attempt to hide their presence for as long as possible."
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A Wide Range of Cyber Attacks Leveraging Prometheus TDS Malware Service
Multiple cybercriminal groups are leveraging a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) solution to distribute a wide range of malicious software distribution campaigns that result in the deployment of payloads such as Campo Loader, Hancitor, IcedID, QBot, Buer Loader, and SocGholish against individuals in Belgium as well as government agencies, companies, and corporations in the U.S.
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