Cyber Bites

The video communications company have added an extra layer added to their user's authentication process, requiring a one-time code received via text or phone call, as well as the account's password, before allowing you to sign in to the Zoom site. This safety measure will make it much more difficult for hackers to take over accounts by password guessing or using compromised credentials, allowing users to feel safer on the site.

For the last two months, Joe Biden's campaign has been under attack by Russian state hackers. These attackers have been trying to infiltrate the firm that is behind Biden's and other Democrate's campaigns - SKDKnickerbocker. Luckily, these hackers have not been successful in gaining access to the system. Expert Insight: Tarik Saleh, senior security engineer and malware researcher at DomainTools: "As we approach November it is very likely that we will see an uptick in...

As the Coronavirus pandemic has normalized remote working and more meetings have had to take place on sites like Zoom and Microsoft team, attacks of this kind have worsened. Not only is this affecting companies, the attacks have also been targeted towards schools, with teachers in Singapore having to delete Zoom after pornographic images appeared on their classes’ screens.

A report from https://www.swift.com/sites/default/files/files/swift_bae_report_Follow-The%20Money.pdf, who handles infra-bank financial transactions, found that criminals prefer to use established methods like "money mules" and drug trafficking when laundering money from bank hacks instead of more modern options like cryptocurrency transactions.

Superintendent of Hartford public schools explained that they were able to restore the student-information system late last night, however the transportation system, which was also impacted is still being recovered. The Hartford district has just over 18,000 students and nearly 1,600 teachers, therefore it is essential that the attack is dealt with quickly.

Although many of us are aware of the threats to our computers, we still don't take the necessary precautions to ensure that our systems aren't hacked into. A new study done by Kaspersky has found that of the 35% of British workers that are given company computers, only 77% have anti-virus software installed. This leaves the remaining 23% of employee desktops vulnerable to cyber attacks.

Pakistan's largest private power supplier, K-Electric, which is the sole electricity supplier for the Karachi district, faced a Netwalker ransomware attack resulting in disruptions to both their billing and online services. K-Electric supplies power to 2.5 million customers, with over 10 thousand employees, making it Pakistan's largest power supplier, and this an impactful attack.

The plugin, which was installed on more than 700,000 sites, allowed the attacker to take over the victim's site by uploading a web shell disguised inside an image file on the victim's server. It is unclear how the zero-day vulnerability was discovered by hackers, however the File Manager developers responded quickly, creating and releasing a patch for the zero-day to combat the attacks.      

A recent report from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has outlined a potentially devastating attack on the country's electrical grid system. The report outlines the current efforts in place to defend the national grid as well as how to plan and prepare for an attack. If the grid was attacked, it could result in a blackout across all 50 states, putting the lives of many American's at risk. Such an attack could come in...

A Netwalker ransomware attack targetted Argentina's official immigration agency, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, which resulted in Argentina's border crossing being halted for 4 hours. Ransomware attacks against local agencies are becoming more frequent, but this may be the first attack to affect a countries operations. The Argentinian government first noticed the attack after border checkpoints made tech support calls at 7AM on Agust 27th according to a criminal complaint published by Unidad Fiscal Especializada en...