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US Tracking Brute-Force Attacks Linked to Russia July 21, 2021 Compliance Twitter Get Permission The National Security Agency, the FBI and other agencies are tracking an ongoing Russian cyberespionage campaign in which attackers are using brute-force methods to access Microsoft Office 365 and other cloud-based services, according to an alert published Thursday. The campaign, which started in 2019, has targeted "hundreds" of businesses, government agencies and organizations worldwide, mainly in the U.S. and Europe, the NSA reports. The victims include several U.S. Department of Defense units...

CISA Tool Helps Measure Readiness to Thwart Ransomware July 21, 2021 dangun127) • July 1, 2021     Get Permission The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a Ransomware Readiness Assessment audit tool to help organizations size up their ability to defend against and recover from attacks. The tool expands the agency's broader Cyber Security Evaluation Tool, which guides network defenders through the process of evaluating their security practices. That platform enables users to perform a...

Get Permission Federal prosecutors have filed seven new criminal charges against Paige A. Thompson, the woman accused of breaching Capital One bank in 2019, which compromised the personal data of 100 million Americans, including exposing hundreds of thousands of Social Security numbers, according to a superceding indictment filed in the case. Thompson, who is free while awaiting trial and has pleaded not guilty, now faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted of the federal charges, according to court documents filed this week by the U.S. Department of Justice. Besides the new charge...

GAO: HHS Needs to Improve Cybersecurity Info-Sharing Efforts HealthInfoSec) • June 29, 2021     Get Permission The Department of Health and Human Services must improve collaboration among several of its key internal entities, as well as with external partners, in order to bolster cybersecurity threat intelligence sharing in the healthcare and public health sector, says a watchdog agency report. The Government Accountability Office, in a report issued Monday, says it conducted its study because HHS and the healthca...

Microsoft Edge Vulnerabilities Let Hackers Steal Data Compliance @prajeetspeaks) • June 29, 2021     Get Permission Microsoft recently released updates for the Edge browser, including a fix for a bypass vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions. In a UXSS attack, vulnerabilities in the browser itself or in the browser plug-ins are exploited. Researchers say that an attacker can trick victims into visiting a specially crafted website and bypass implemented security...