Professor CyberRisk

Let’s talk cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure

Episode 50 – www.sfgate.com: A hacker gained access to a Bay Area drinking water facility – thehackernews.com: North Korea Exploited VPN Flaw to Hack South’s Nuclear Research Institute – eclypsium.com: Eclypsium Discovers Multiple Vulnerabilities Affecting 129 Dell Models via Dell Remote OS Recovery and Firmware Update Capabilities – www.cyberscoop.com: A plan to label companies vulnerable…

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Ransomware Gives Up, CLOP gets arrested, and NATO willing to invoke Article 5 in Cyber Response

– www.govinfosecurity.com: Ukraine Arrests 6 Clop Ransomware Operation Suspects – www.theregister.com: Ryuk ransomware recovery cost us $8.1m and counting, says Baltimore school authority – www.bleepingcomputer.com: Network security firm COO charged with medical center cyberattack – www.zdnet.com: This data and password-stealing malware is spreading in an unusual way – www.govinfosecurity.com: NATO Endorses Cybersecurity Defense Policy –…

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The Spring Term is over, lets review

Talking about what we went over in the spring term, and how it related to the last 3 months! Share that link with your friends, or share this one, either helps this podcast grow! Follow me on twitter at: @attiliojr Feeling Generous and want to show your support? algorand: E3HYLC56IHAFXPPA2WZCLBYAVFX42GVFDC7BDAXAQWNI3BXGHF3KDILMSY bitcoin: bc1qls47sszwqxwpad66pn6awxr0ex9s4d33t3t2zw Cosmos: cosmos107ng80lsqhwqxeawajjt6cywmu5nhlt3drvddf BAT:…

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REvil took down one-fifth of US beef Production, The NYC MTA got hacked, Amazon wants your network

As 2021 goes on, the attack on critical infrastructure continues at a rapid pace. – www.zdnet.com: FBI attributes JBS ransomware attack to REvil – www.bleepingcomputer.com: FBI: REvil cybergang behind the JBS ransomware attack – www.cyberscoop.com: Meat chain JBS says US production is returning after ransomware attack – www.bleepingcomputer.com: Chinese threat actors hacked NYC MTA using…

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Cyber Insurance Market is Crazy and Hacked, and the FBI deals with an Insider Threat

– www.scmagazine.com: As market for cyber insurance booms, watchdog calls for better data – www.theregister.com: Doncaster insurance firm One Call hit by not-dead-at-all Darkside ransomware gang – www.theregister.com: Air India admits to data breach impacting 4.5m customers, sat on the news for five weeks – www.theregister.com: Toyota rear-ended by twin cyber attacks that left ransomware-shaped…

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Largest Ransomware payment Ever, Solarwinds and the DIB, and a Cyberinsurer get hacked

– www.bloomberg.com: CNA Financial Paid $40 Million in Ransom After March Cyberattack – www.zdnet.com: Cybercriminals scanned for vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers within five minutes of news going public – www.bleepingcomputer.com: Insurer AXA hit by ransomware after dropping support for ransom payments – threatpost.com: Fresh Loader Targets Aviation Victims with Spy RATs Share that link with…

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The Fallout from Colonial hack, and 85% of cyber breaches caused by human failure in 2020

The fallout from the colonial pipeline ransomware attack, may have a net positive for the cybersecurity landscape. Verizon published the 2021 Data breach investigations report, and 2020 was the year that showed we have so much more to do in making everyone have better cyber hygiene. – www.govinfosecurity.com: Biden: Russian Government Not Behind Colonial Pipeline…

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Jugular of US Fuel cut, 12 years of Dell insecurity, Warez Cause Problems, IIOT insecure Says Microsoft

– Ransomware attack: Major U.S. fuel pipeline halts operations – https://salinapost.com/posts/3930ba6b-803c-4415-a0d0-b57dd47fc4bf – www.darkreading.com: Hundreds of Millions of Dell Computers Potentially Vulnerable to Attack – www.bleepingcomputer.com: A student pirating software led to a full-blown Ryuk ransomware attack – threatpost.com: Massive DDoS Attack Disrupts Belgium Parliament – Threatpost: Microsoft Warns of 25 Critical Vulnerabilities in IoT, Industrial…

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The University of Minnesota apologies, Linux is vulnerable, an AG got hacked, the DC Police did too!

– www.bleepingcomputer.com: HashiCorp is the latest victim of Codecov supply-chain attack – www.zdnet.com: University of Minnesota responds to Linux security patch requests – threatpost.com: Linux Kernel Bug Opens Door to Wider Cyberattacks – www.bleepingcomputer.com: DC Police confirms cyberattack after ransomware gang leaks data – threatpost.com: DoppelPaymer Gang Leaks Files from Illinois AG After Ransom Negotiations…

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Pulse Secure VPNs get bypassed, REvil takes on Apple, Ethernet/IP Stack problems in Industrial Systems, and 10 years for a guru

– www.fireeye.com: Check Your Pulse: Suspected APT Actors Leverage Authentication Bypass Techniques and Pulse Secure Zero-Day – www.darkreading.com: University Suspends Project After Researchers Submitted Vulnerable Linux Patches – www.bleepingcomputer.com: REvil gang tries to extort Apple, threatens to sell stolen blueprints – www.cyberscoop.com: Codecov dev tool hit in another supply chain hack – thehackernews.com: Severe Bugs…

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