Cyber Warfare, attacks on U.S. grow as elections approach
Microsoft cyber security experts: Foreign activity stepped up targeting the 2020 vote. It’s the work of well known actors as Strontium, Zirconium and Phosphorus.
Cybercrime boost attacks on the maritime industry
Sea News: aggressions increased by 900% over the last 3 years and in 2020 they will be more than 500. OT systems are the malware targets, but their breaches are not covered by insurances.
Cybercrime, RDP brute force attacks doubled on COVID-19 lockdown
Bleeping Computer: ESET cyber security experts found that they passed 100,000 on daily basis in April and May. When many countries declared national emergencies for the coronavirus.
Israel: We are in a new era of cyber warfare
National Cyber Security Directorate chief, Yigal Unna: The aggression against our water systems is a turning point. I fear cyber attacks will be aimed at humanitarian purposes.
Cybercrime leaked 8.4 billion documents in 2020 Q1
Atlas VPN cyber security experts: Most of the exposed data came from a single unprotected ElasticSearch server. Eleven data breaches exposed more than 100 million records each.
Cybercrime launched over 400 million malware attacks in the last 30 days
Atlas VPN cyber security experts: The major targets have been the educational institutions, especially in Central Asia.
Cyber Security, NSA and ASD declare war against web shell malware
The two agencies issued jointly the CSI to mitigate the risks on this issue. Cybercrime and threat actors increasingly deploy it on victim web servers to execute arbitrary system commands.
Cyber Security, UK declares war to coronavirus cybercrime
NCSC launched some dedicated services, as Suspicious Email Reporting Service, and a Cyber Aware campaign to help protecting people against COVID-19 scams, phishing and attacks.
Microsoft protects for free healthcare organizations against cybercrime
The company will offer AccountGuard threat notification service at no cost to providers who fight coronavirus. The cyber security experts: attacks have 2 things in common: a person and email.
NASA: Cyber Threats Significantly Grow Due To Coronavirus
The SOC is worried about the boom of cyber attacks against employees. From phishing to malware. The cyber security experts: The trend will likely increase during the pandemic.