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Critical Infrastructure Security

House Oversight Committee Probing JBS Ransomware Payment

Scott Ferguson  •  June 11, 2021

The House Oversight and Reform Committee is now probing the $11 million payment that meat-producer JBS paid to a cybercriminal gang following a ransomware attack in May. Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney also asked for documents related to ransom payments made by Colonial Pipeline and CNA.

Cybercrime

DOJ Shut Down Slilpp Marketplace for Stolen Credentials

Akshaya Asokan  •  June 11, 2021

The U.S. Justice Department has shut down the Slilpp cybercrime marketplace, which sold stolen credentials related to bank accounts and other payment mechanisms, in a multinational operation.

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3rd Party Risk Management

ISMG Editors' Panel: The FBI's Global Cryptophone Sting

Anna Delaney  •  June 11, 2021

Criminals tricked into using an FBI-run encrypted messaging app, Verizon's 2021 Breach Investigations Report and overcoming the challenges of recruiting cybersecurity professionals are among the latest cybersecurity topics to be featured for analysis by a panel of Information Security Media Group editors.

3rd Party Risk Management

Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Fallout: Congress Grills CEO

Anna Delaney  •  June 11, 2021

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of lawmakers' grilling of Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount over his handling of the DarkSide ransomware attack. Also featured: How the FBI helped trick criminals into using an encrypted communications service that it was able to monitor.

Breach Notification

Ransomware Gang Goes Nuclear, Hitting US Weapons Contractor

Mathew J. Schwartz  •  June 11, 2021

A small U.S. nuclear weapons contractor has confirmed that it suffered a ransomware attack, resulting in the theft of data. Credit for the attack has been taken by the ransomware-as-a-service operation known as REvil, aka Sodinokibi, which the FBI recently tied to the attack against meatpacking giant JBS.

3rd Party Risk Management

Biden's Nominees Face Questions Over Cybersecurity Concerns

Scott Ferguson  •  June 10, 2021

President Joe Biden's nominees for White House cyber director and CISA director faced questions from senators during their confirmation hearing Thursday, including how the federal government should respond to a recent spate of ransomware attacks and other cyberthreats.

Fraud Management & Cybercrime

RSA Spins Off Fraud and Risk Business

Doug Olenick  •  June 10, 2021

RSA Security LLC has spun off its fraud and risk intelligence business into a stand-alone company named Outseer. The new company will be led by Reed Taussig as CEO, and it will serve a worldwide customer and partner community.

Cybercrime

Botnet Data Leak: 26 Million Passwords Exposed

Jeremy Kirk  •  June 10, 2021

Some 26 million passwords were exposed in a 1.2 terabyte batch of data found by NordLocker, a security company. It's workaday botnet data, but it highlights a hostile malware landscape, particularly for people still inclined to download pirated software.

Application Security

Microsoft Patches 6 Vulnerabilities Currently Under Attack

Doug Olenick  •  June 9, 2021

Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday contained patches for six zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild, including two flaws detected by Kaspersky that were being exploited by a new threat group named PuzzleMaker.

Application Security

Not So Fastly: Global Outage Highlights Cloud Challenges

Mathew J. Schwartz  •  June 9, 2021

Content delivery network Fastly says its global outage on Tuesday was caused by an unanticipated software bug, which it has now patched. IT experts caution that content delivery networks and other cloud services can become single points of failure if they go down, unless users have resiliency plans.

Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks

Biden Rescinds Executive Orders Banning TikTok, WeChat

Scott Ferguson  •  June 9, 2021

The Biden administration has rescinded a number of Trump-era executive orders that banned social media apps such as TikTok and WeChat from the U.S. over national security concerns. Instead, the Commerce Department will conduct a security review of all Chinese-made apps and the data they collect.

Critical Infrastructure Security

Colonial CEO at Senate Hearing Details Ransomware Attack

Doug Olenick  •  June 8, 2021

Colonial Pipeline Co. CEO Joseph Blount defended his actions during the opening hours of the May 7 DarkSide ransomware attack against his company as several lawmakers on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee grilled the executive for over two hours on Tuesday.