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Fake Airbus emails were used as phishing lure. (Photo: Airbus) A spear-phishing campaign is targeting aviation companies, using malicious documents that deliver information-stealing malware, according to alerts from Microsoft Security Intelligence. In a series of alerts posted on Twitter, Microsoft says it has been tracking a dynamic campaign targeting the aerospace and travel sectors with spear-phishing emails that distribute an actively developed loader, which then delivers the remote access ...

Colonial Restarts Operations Following Ransomware Attack Compliance Twitter Source: Flickr Colonial Pipeline Co. announced Wednesday that the company had restarted its operations following a ransomware attack last Friday that had forced the firm to shut down its IT systems to keep the malware from spreading throughout its infrastructure. The company says it restarted its operations around 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday. Before the announcement, Colonial had set a goal of weeks end t...

Biden Signs Sweeping Executive Order on Cybersecurity Compliance Compliance DougOlenick) • May 12, 2021     President Joe Biden President Joe Biden signed an extensive executive order Wednesday detailing the governments plan to increase cybersecurity protection across the public and private sectors, as well as securing the nations digital infrastructure against that type of attack that targeted SolarWinds and its cus...

Colonial Pipeline Attack: Were Simply Unprepared Compliance SecurityEditor) • May 13, 2021     Bernie Cowens, EVP, CSO, Utility Technology Solutions As former CISO of Pacific Gas & Electric, Bernie Cowens knows plenty about cyber securing the nations critical infrastructure. He shares his informed opinion on the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and what public and private sector entities must do to shore up key d...

Colonial Pipeline Restarts Operations Following Attack Compliance Twitter Colonial Pipeline Co. announced Wednesday that it had restarted its operations following a ransomware attack last Friday that forced the company to shut down its IT systems to keep the malware from spreading throughout its infrastructure. The company says it restarted its operations around 5 p.m. EDT on Wednesday. Before the announcement, Colonial Pipeline had set a goal to bring some of its pipeline operations back onli...

Biden: Russian Government Not Behind Colonial Pipeline Attack Compliance DougOlenick) • May 13, 2021     President Joe Biden comments on the Colonial Pipeline attack Thursday. President Joe Biden says the Russian government was not behind the ransomware attack that struck Colonial Pipeline Co. on May 7. "We do not believe the Russian government was involved in this attack - but we do have strong reason to believe th...

Android Trojan Targets European Bank Customers Compliance Twitter VLC MediaPlayer app used to distribute TeaBot Trojan (Source: Cleafy) A newly uncovered Android Trojan called TeaBot is targeting bank customers in Europe to steal sensitive credentials and SMS texts for financial fraud, a report by security firm Cleafy notes. "At the beginning of January 2021, a new Android banking Trojan was discovered and analyzed by our Threat Intelligence and Incident Response team," Cleafy says. "We decid...

Bidens Cybersecurity Executive Order: 4 Key Takeaways Compliance Twitter Photo: Taken via Pixabay/CC By issuing a sweeping cybersecurity executive order on Wednesday, the Biden administration is attempting to take a critical step to address security issues that have come to light after recent cyberattacks. The 30-page Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity covers a host of cybersecurity issues. It describes how government agencies should evaluate the software they buy. It ma...

Colonial Pipeline Attack: All Monsters Are Human Compliance SecurityEditor) • May 12, 2021     Sam Curry, CSO, Cybereason In April, Cybereason published a blog describing its research into the DarkSide ransomware strain that infected Colonial Pipeline this past week. Sam Curry, CSO of Cybereason, shares insights on DarkSide and the tactics behind the new breed of ransomware attacks. The significance of this attack; W...

Colonial Pipeline Attack: All Monsters Are Human Compliance SecurityEditor) • May 12, 2021     Sam Curry, CSO, Cybereason In April, Cybereason published a blog describing its research into the DarkSide ransomware strain that infected Colonial Pipeline this past week. Sam Curry, CSO of Cybereason, shares insights on DarkSide and the tactics behind the new breed of ransomware attacks. The significance of this attack; W...