In what's a case of hacking the hackers, the darknet infrastructure associated with the Hive ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation has been seized as part of a coordinated law enforcement effort involving 13 countries. "Law enforcement identified the decryption keys and shared them with many of the victims, helping them regain access to their data without paying the … [Read more...] about Hive Ransomware Infrastructure Seized in Joint International Law Enforcement Effort
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Russian Turla Hackers Hijack Decade-Old Malware Infrastructure to Deploy New Backdoors
Jan 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyberespionage / Threat Analysis The Russian cyberespionage group known as Turla has been observed piggybacking on attack infrastructure used by a decade-old malware to deliver its own reconnaissance and backdoor tools to targets in Ukraine. Google-owned Mandiant, which is tracking the operation under the uncategorized cluster moniker UNC4210, said … [Read more...] about Russian Turla Hackers Hijack Decade-Old Malware Infrastructure to Deploy New Backdoors
Going Beyond Infrastructure Observability: Meta’s Approach
What’s the ultimate goal of bringing observability into an organization? Is it just to chase down things when they’re broken and not working? Or can it be used to truly enable developers to innovate faster?That’s a topic I recently discussed with David Ostrovsky, a software engineer at Meta, the parent company of social media networks Facebook and Instagram among others. He was … [Read more...] about Going Beyond Infrastructure Observability: Meta’s Approach
Indian Energy Company Tata Power’s IT Infrastructure Hit By Cyber Attack
Tata Power Company Limited, India's largest integrated power company, on Friday confirmed it was targeted by a cyberattack. The intrusion on IT infrastructure impacted "some of its IT systems," the company said in a filing with the National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India. It further said it has taken steps to retrieve and restore the affected machines, adding it put in place … [Read more...] about Indian Energy Company Tata Power’s IT Infrastructure Hit By Cyber Attack
How the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Delivers on Cyber Resiliency
Attacks and intrusions on our nation’s vital infrastructure — our electrical grid, water systems, ports and oil supply — are on the rise. For example, as reported by the Pew Charitable Trust in March 2021, hackers changed the chemical mixture of the water supply in Oldsmar, Fla., increasing by 100 times the level of sodium hydroxide (lye) in the water supply. In June 2021, … [Read more...] about How the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Delivers on Cyber Resiliency
U.S. Charges 4 Russian Govt. Employees Over Hacking Critical Infrastructure Worldwide
The U.S. government on Thursday released a cybersecurity advisory outlining multiple intrusion campaigns conducted by state-sponsored Russian cyber actors from 2011 to 2018 that targeted the energy sector in the U.S. and beyond. "The [Federal Security Service] conducted a multi-stage campaign in which they gained remote access to U.S. and international Energy Sector networks, … [Read more...] about U.S. Charges 4 Russian Govt. Employees Over Hacking Critical Infrastructure Worldwide
How to Monitor Streaming Data Infrastructure at Scale
Virtually every aspect of a modern business depends on having a reliable, secure, real-time, high-quality data stream. So how do organizations design, build and maintain a data processing pipeline that delivers? In creating a comprehensive monitoring strategy for CrowdStrike’s data processing pipelines, we found it helpful to consider four main attributes: observability, … [Read more...] about How to Monitor Streaming Data Infrastructure at Scale
How To Update Your Security Infrastructure and Recover from a Cyberattack
Manufacturing company Megablok was experiencing frequent network outages that were halting business productivity and forcing employees to work from home. Like most, it blamed its current network and decided to recheck all network cables and expand its broadband to help resolve the issue. Frustratingly, the outages continued to happen. The company learned shortly after that the … [Read more...] about How To Update Your Security Infrastructure and Recover from a Cyberattack
Building a scalable RAVPN architecture in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure using Cisco Secure Firewall
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) provides a wide range of cloud-computing services, workloads, and applications to organizations globally. With Cisco Secure Firewall, organizations are able to build a scalable RAVPN architecture on OCI, providing employees secure remote access to their organization’s resources from any location or endpoint. This scalable architecture brings … [Read more...] about Building a scalable RAVPN architecture in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure using Cisco Secure Firewall
Preparing for Critical Infrastructure Changes in Australia
In light of the recent May 2021 Federal Budget, which puts focus on Cybersecurity, the Australian Government’s increased emphasis on protecting critical infrastructure from cyberattacks is an important step in strengthening our ability to defend the Australian economy and society at large. The Australian Government’s Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill … [Read more...] about Preparing for Critical Infrastructure Changes in Australia