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- The person behind the “Devin Nunes’ cow” #Twitter account should remain anonymous, the ACLU asserted in a friend-of-the-court brief filed in response to a defamation lawsuit. scmagazine.com/home/security-…
- .@C_C_Krebs on his time at @DHSgov: "We were really focused on state actors and the exquisite threats posed by the Chinese MSS, the Russian GRU and SVR...But what I was seeing was American communities functionally disrupted by ransomware on a daily basis." scmagazine.com/home/security-…
- .@Microsoft reported that domain controllers were breached in more than 78% of human-operated cyberattacks, while the primary device used to spread #ransomware at scale was a domain controller in over 35% of cases. #cybersecurity #infosec #ITsecurity
- The Meow bot has wiped out more than 1,000 open-source databases, mostly on #ElasticSearch and #MongoDB. The bot clears out a database, only leaving the word “Meow” in the file. Here are 5 steps to secure your data from this strange threat. #Meowbot ow.ly/uIpm50ATsJX
- The @Google Threat Intelligence Group said that it’s now aware of “multiple” intrusions into the insurance industry in the U.S. that bear all the hallmarks of the Scattered Spider ransomware group. #cybersecurity #infosec #ITsecurity
- Backdoor placed in popular Ukrainian software enabled NotPetya attack ow.ly/mcnU30dpidG
- WordPress hit with keylogger, 5,400 sites infected ow.ly/XIvh30h6ksF
- See what @brysonbort , @DragosInc @RobertMLee and others from industry have to say about @CISA Chris Krebs, who just got fired by @realDonaldTrump. Says Lee: “folks should be thankful for his time there" scmagazine.com/home/security-…
- Islamic State site hacked to spread malware ow.ly/25Kr30asj3A
- SC Media Women in IT Security 2021: ADVOCATES | .@redcanary’s Katie Nickels: Keeping calm to carry on #cybersecurity ow.ly/IVzp50Gdo6R
- Giuliani and top Trump White House officials hacked, passwords leaked ow.ly/8RwI308arkx
- WikiLeaks makes FinFisher surveillance software available to public | ow.ly/BIpR2
