Another
‘low hanging fruit’ identified. Should not come as a surprise.
China's
Secret Out: BlackBerry Says Govt Hackers Stole World's Sensitive Data
For 10 Years
BlackBerry
Ltd. has come up with a sensational report that indicates that
Chinese state sponsored hackers have been stealing data from
computers across the globe for almost around a decade. A major
reason for this unnoticed attack is its target, Linux operating
systems.
Blackberry
makes
the claim in a new 44-page long report.
It claims advanced hackers from China camouflaged their software
tools posing a low level security risk in the form of advertisements.
The approach made it possible for them to extract information out of
their targeted systems.
Not
a new record.
115
million Pakistani mobile users data found up for sale on dark web
Rewterz, a pioneer of specialized cybersecurity services in Pakistan, has discovered a data dump of 115 million Pakistani mobile users data that have shown up for sale on the dark web today. The cyber criminal behind this data breach is demanding 300 BTC ($2.1 million USD) for the data.
This indicates that financially motivated threat actors are active in Pakistan and organizations are becoming a victim of these cyber attacks.
Read
more on Rewterz.
Travelex
paid $2.3M in Bitcoin to get its systems back from hackers
Hackers
controled its networks for more than a month
Travelex
paid hackers $2.3 million worth of Bitcoin to regain access to its
computer systems after a devastating ransomware attack on New Year’s
Eve, reports the
Wall Street Journal.
Seems
light to me.
U.S.
SEC settles with two traders over EDGAR filing system hack
… The
traders were among several defendants charged by the agency last year
for a 2016 hack that the Securities and Exchange Commission said
reaped $4.1 million from illegal trades, and that exposed a security
weakness in test filings sent to the system’s servers.
The
two traders, David Kwon and Igor Sabodakha, have consented to final
judgments and to disgorge their profits as well as pay prejudgment
interest in a settlement yet to be approved by a court, the SEC
I
wonder if Boeing et al. were involved in this decision?
Ransomware
scumbags leak Boeing, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX documents after
contractor refuses to pay
… The
data was pilfered and dumped on the internet by the criminals behind
the DoppelPaymer Windows ransomware, in retaliation for an unpaid
extortion demand. The sensitive documents include details of
Lockheed-Martin-designed military equipment – such as the
specifications for an antenna in an anti-mortar defense system –
according to a Register source who alerted us to the blueprints.
Other
documents in the cache include billing and payment forms, supplier
information, data analysis reports, and legal paperwork. There are
also documents outlining SpaceX's manufacturing partner program.
The
files were siphoned from Visser Precision by the DoppelPaymer crew,
which infected the contractor's PCs and scrambled its files. When
the company failed to pay the ransom by their March deadline, the
gang – which tends to demand hundreds of thousands to millions of
dollars to restore encrypted files – uploaded
a selection of the documents [Suggesting there is more? Bob]
to a website that remains
online and publicly accessible.
Watch
the words you use.
A
Hacker’s Scheme is “Forthright;” Thus, No Computer Fraud
Coverage for Ransomware Attacks
A
computer hacker may engage in malicious and criminal conduct, but
that doesn’t mean that the conduct is “fraudulent.” In G&G
Oil Company v. Continental Western Ins. Co.,
2020 Ind. App. LEXIS 126 (Ind. Ct. App. Mr. 31, 2020), the Court of
Appeals of Indiana addressed the launch of a ransomware attack on an
insured and whether the resulting loss fits within computer fraud
coverage. (Hint:
it doesn’t.)
Read
more on White
and Williams, LLP
[From
the article:
The
insurer denied coverage in part because the loss had not resulted
directly from the use of a computer to “fraudulently cause” the
transfer of G&G’s funds, as required under the computer fraud
provisions
Yes,
it could happen here.
Drones
Take Italians' Temperature and Issue Fines
The
hovering drone emits a mechanical buzz reminiscent of a wasp and
shouts down instructions in a tinny voice.
"Attention! You are in a prohibited area. Get out immediately," commands the drone, about the size of a loaf of bread.
A
heat sensor takes the offender's temperature and sends the
information to a drone operator, who stares at a thermal map on his
hand-held screen -- shining orange and purple blobs.
"Violations of the regulations result in administrative and criminal penalties," the drone says.
Italy's
coronavirus epicentre in the northern province of Bergamo, in
Lombardy region, has had enough of people spreading COVID-19.
"Once
a person's temperature is read by the drone, you must still stop that
person and measure their temperature with a normal thermometer,"
Matteo Copia, police commander in Treviolo, near Bergamo, told AFP.
"But
drones are useful for controlling the territory."
Were
any facts involved?
Lawsuit
Against Fox News Over Coronavirus Coverage: Can It Succeed? Should
It?
Fox
News is
nervous. This is what Gabriel Sherman, author of a New
York Times-bestselling
book about the cable news giant, recently told
MSNBC.
Sherman said Fox
News insiders
are expressing concern that the network’s “early downplaying”
of COVID-19 might open it up to “legal action by viewers who maybe
were misled and actually have died from this.”
Days
later, the possibility of a lawsuit was realized. On April 2, a
nonprofit called the Washington League for Increased Transparency and
Ethics sued Fox
News in
Washington state court.
The suit contains claims for violation of the Washington Consumer
Protection Act and the tort of “outrage” (otherwise known as
“intentional infliction of emotional distress”). It alleges that
the country’s most-watched
cable news network “knowingly
disseminated false, erroneous, and incomplete information” to the
public about COVID-19. By labeling the virus a “hoax” and
“conspiracy,” the suit says, Fox
News hurt
efforts to contain it and to “forestall mass death.”
Worth
reading.
How
Machine Learning Impacts National Security
Perspective.
Consider the strategy that enabled (guaranteed?) this.
The
pandemic is playing to almost every one of Amazon's strengths
As
the coronavirus
pandemic has
forced people to stay inside, few companies have proven themselves as
essential as Amazon. From groceries
to
cleaning supplies, shipments from Amazon have become lifelines for
many who are steering clear of supermarkets and other physical retail
stores. Company executives have likened the surge in demand to the
annual holiday shopping crush.
But
e-commerce isn't the only sector where Amazon is booming. Analysts
say its cloud business, Amazon Web Services, faces higher demand as
people turn to some of its biggest clients – from Zoom to Netflix
-- for work and play. Amazon sells access to audiobooks and original
television programs that
are helping to entertain reluctant shut-ins. And with more people
staying home, that's more time they have to engage with Amazon's
AI-powered smart
speakers.
The
breadth of Amazon's sprawling business interests, and its
increasingly central place in America's fragile supply chain,
underscores the company's hold on consumers — and its potential to
solidify its dominance in the coming months. The longer this crisis
goes on, the more formidable Amazon will become, according to James
Bailey, a management professor at George Washington University's
business school.
News apps &
websites.
Cord-cutters
have more free TV news options than ever
TechHive:
“…In 2020, there are more ways than ever to watch the news
wtihout paying for a bloated TV bundle. While you’ll still need a
big pay TV package to watch cable news channels such as CNN, Fox
News, and MSNBC, there are plenty of free alternatives. Here are all
the ways you can stay informed even after you’ve cut the cable TV
cord…”
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