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The Lazarus Group used two malware strains in recent attacks. (Source: Kaspersky) The Lazarus Group, a North Korean advanced persistent threat gang, apparently recently targeted a national ministry of health and a drug manufacturer involved in developing a COVID-19 vaccine in an attempt to steal information, according to the security firm Kaspersky. In its report, Kaspersky does not identify the two organizations that were targeted with malware. "While the group is mostly known for its financial activities, it is a good reminder that it can go after strategic research as well," says Seongsu...

Get Permission The FBI is warning that fraudsters are exploiting the recent news surrounding the availability of COVID-19 vaccines to launch schemes to steal personal information and money. The warning issued this week included input from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The alert notes that scams may involve offers for early access to vaccines by paying in advance, requests for cash to receive a vaccine or to get added to a waiting list as well as offers to ship doses of the vaccine in exchange o...

Get Permission Phishing email designed to look like a message from the New York State Department of Labor (Source: Abnormal Security) A recently uncovered phishing campaign is spoofing messages from the New York State Department of Labor, claiming to offer $600 as part of a COVID-19 relief program, according to researchers at Abnormal Security. The goal is to harvest personally identifiable information. This phishing campaign, which appears to have started earlier this month, may have targeted 100,000 Microsoft Office 365 accounts so far, the security firm reports. "The attackers are taking ...

BankInfoSecurity May 5, 2021 Compliance Compliance DougOlenick) • December 10, 2020     A map tracking outages resulting from the October 2016 DDoS attack on Dyn (Source: downdetector.com) One of those responsible for the massive Mirai-based DDoS attack launched in October 2016 that targeted domain name resolver Dyn and knocked Amazon, PayPal, Spotify, Twitter and others offline has pleaded guilty to federal charges, according to the U.S. Justice Department. The individual, who was not named due to being a juvenile...