Cybercrime

A series of Sophos reports on the ransomware threat landscape shows how security professionals can sniff out a potential ransomware attack before it happens

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252487147/Five-signs-youre-about-to-get-hit-with-ransomware

A GCHQ research fellowship based at its Manchester office will explore various national security priorities such as deep fakes, fake news and the impact of AI

Qualcomm has patched multiple vulnerabilities in its chip hardware that left hundreds of millions of smartphones open to compromise by malicious actors

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252487274/Qualcomm-chip-vulnerability-puts-millions-of-phones-at-risk

An INTERPOL assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on cybercrime has shown a significant target shift from individuals and small businesses to major corporations, governments and critical infrastructure.

The EU is applying restrictive measure to six individuals and three entities accused of conducting disruptive cyber attacks in Europe, including the Russian GRU

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252486952/EU-sanctions-China-and-Russia-over-cyber-attacks

Investigation into 15 July 2020 hack of a number of high-profile accounts by cryptocurrency scammers has found evidence of a targeted spearphishing incident

The ransomware attack that targeted Blackbaud, among the world's largest providers of alumni database software, impacted at least 125 organisations in the UK, including a large number of schools, universities, and non-profits.

The EU has imposed sanctions (asset freeze and travel ban) on 6 people and 3 entities for their involvement in the “Wannacry”, “NotPetra”, “Operation Cloud Hopper” cyber-attacks, and attempted attack on the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). These are the first designations under the EU’s cyber sanctions regime. Those listed are said to be responsible for or involved in cyber-attacks originating outside the EU with significant or potentially significant effect, which constitute an external threat to the EU or its member states, third states or international organisations.

Chaos and disorder caused by coronavirus has created the perfect climate for cybercrime

Network security firm Cloudflare Inc. today denied a report that it suffered a data leak after the records of some 3 million customers were found on the shady corner of the internet called the dark web.