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Nation-state actors target critical sectors by exploiting the CVE-2021-40539 flaw

Security Affairs

Experts warn of an ongoing hacking campaign that already compromised at least nine organizations worldwide from critical sectors by exploiting CVE-2021-40539. In the middle of September, the FBI, CISA, and the Coast Guard Cyber Command (CGCYBER) warned that nation-state APT groups were actively exploiting the CVE-2021-40539 flaw.

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FBI’s Vetted Info Sharing Network ‘InfraGard’ Hacked

Krebs on Security

“InfraGard connects critical infrastructure owners, operators, and stakeholders with the FBI to provide education, networking, and information-sharing on security threats and risks,” the FBI’s InfraGard fact sheet reads. Department of Justice in April.

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New York Department of Financial Services Issues First Guidance by a U.S. Regulator Concerning Cyber Insurance

Data Matters

On February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued Circular Letter No. Educate Insureds and Insurance Producers. The post New York Department of Financial Services Issues First Guidance by a U.S. regulator concerning the increasingly critical issue of cyberinsurance.

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GUEST ESSAY: Few consumers read privacy policies — tools can now do this for them

The Last Watchdog

Related: What happened to privacy in 2021. Financial services, health, home security, governance and all other mission critical services are now provided online. The right tool should: •Educate users about the importance of online privacy protection and data protection. COVID crisis has forced us to work remotely.

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Cloudflare: Mirai Botnet Launched Record-Breaking DDoS Attack

eSecurity Planet

Cloudflare last month fought off a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by a botnet that was bombarding 17.2 million requests per second (rps) at one of the internet infrastructure company’s customers in the financial services space. That prediction proved correct. Mirai Still on the Loose.

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GUEST ESSAY: The drivers behind persistent ransomware — and defense tactics to deploy

The Last Watchdog

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 3,729 ransomware complaints in 2021, representing $49.2 Healthcare and public health, financial services, and IT organizations are frequent targets, although businesses of all sizes can fall victim to these schemes. Prevalence. million in adjusted losses.

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Remcos RAT campaign targets US accounting and tax return preparation firms

Security Affairs

In 2021, CISA added Remcos to the list of top malware strains due to its use in mass phishing attacks using COVID-19 pandemic themes targeting businesses and individuals. Remcos is a legitimate remote monitoring and surveillance software developed by the company BreakingSecurity.