Incident Response - Security Boulevard https://securityboulevard.com/category/blogs/incident-response/ The Home of the Security Bloggers Network Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:57:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://securityboulevard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/android-chrome-256x256-1-32x32.png Incident Response - Security Boulevard https://securityboulevard.com/category/blogs/incident-response/ 32 32 133346385 China Cyberwar Coming? Versa’s Vice: Volt Typhoon’s Target https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/china-cyberwar-coming-versas-vice-volt-typhoons-target/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:57:30 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2029126 A Chinese flag flies on a high pole

Xi whiz: Versa Networks criticized for swerving the blame.

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‘Terrorgram’ Telegram Terrorists Trash Transformers — Grid in Peril https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/telegram-terrorgram-grid-richixbw/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:19:11 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028965 Sign reads, “Danger: High Voltage!”

Should’ve listened to Edison: After the arrest of Pavel Durov—the Telegram CEO—comes news of domestic extremists using the chat app to organize.

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Pig Butchering at Heart of Bank Failure — CEO Gets 24 Years in Jail https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/shan-hanes-htsb-ceo-pig-butchering-richixbw/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 16:54:40 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028729 A pig in a muddy farm field

Oink, oink, FAIL—you’re in jail: Kansas bank chief exec Shan Hanes stole money from investors, a church and others to buy cryptocurrency to feed a scam.

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Patch Tuesday not Done ’til LINUX Won’t Run? https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/microsoft-linux-duel-boot-fail-richixbw/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 14:34:47 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028427 A pair of work boots

Redmond reboot redux: “Something has gone seriously wrong.” You can say that again, Microsoft.

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Extortion Group Exploits Cloud Misconfigurations, Targets 110,000 Domains https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/extortion-group-exploits-cloud-misconfigurations-targets-110000-domains/ Mon, 19 Aug 2024 18:30:39 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028114 cloud security, extortion, Palo Alto, AWS

An unknown threat group leveraged publicly exposed environment variables in organizations' AWS accounts to exfiltrate sensitive data and demand ransoms in a wide-ranging extortion campaign that targeted 110,000 domains.

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Survey: Senior Executives Being Held More Accountable for Cybersecurity https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/survey-senior-executives-being-held-more-accountable-for-cybersecurity/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:53:04 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2027992 cyberattack, cybersecurity, AI, AI-powered attacks, AI, defense, cybersecurity,

A global survey of 1,850 IT and cybersecurity decision-makers finds more than half (51%) reporting that directors or executives have faced fines, jail time, loss of position, or loss of employment following a cyberattack.

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Don’t Mess With Texas Privacy: AG Sues GM for $18 BILLION https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/texas-sues-gm-privacy-richixbw/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 15:41:35 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2027824 DonkeyHotey (cc:by-sa)

KP♡TX PII: “General Motors has engaged in egregious business practices that violated Texans’ pri­vacy … in unthinkable ways,” rants state attorney general Ken Paxton (pictured).

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August Patch Pileup: Microsoft’s Zero-Day Doozy Dump https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/august-2024-patch-tuesday-richixbw/ Wed, 14 Aug 2024 17:32:13 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2027632 The word “Tuesday” in cutout paper letters on a textured background

See These CVEs: Patch Tuesday—ten zero-days, seven Critical vulns, zero time to waste.

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WTH? DPRK WFH Ransomware Redux: 3rd Person Charged https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/dprk-it-workers-knoot-richixbw/ Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:55:00 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2027467 North Korea

North Korean army of remote IT workers enabled by Matthew Isaac Knoot, alleges DoJ.

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HPE Infuses AI Into Network Detection and Response Platform https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/hpe-infuses-ai-into-network-detection-and-response-platform/ Fri, 09 Aug 2024 17:45:00 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2027260 HPE, NDR, Androxgh0st macOS malware cracked software trojan

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) this week at the Black Hat USA 2024 conference extended its network detection and response (NDR) capabilities that make use of artificial intelligence (AI) models to enable behavioral analytics.

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