The World this Week

According to a Bloomberg Report on Friday, CNA Financials has paid a Ransom of 40 Million USD. They paid it in March after two weeks of loosing their data and getting locked out. CNA Financials is a Chicago based US Insurance Giant. CNA has refused to comment on the Ransom and said that their actions were in accordance with the …

Last week we reported the colonial pipeline Ransomware Attack which eventually disrupted the operations for around 6 days and made the pipeline cough up $5 Million in Ransom. Darkside Ransomware Service, responsible for the attack has reportedly announced the closure of their affiliate program. DarkSide also said, they are releasing decryption tools for all of the companies that have been …

Welcome to our weekly update blogs on key security news and issues oberved last week. Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack Colonial Pipeline, the operator of a major pipeline system that transports fuel from Texas to the East Coast said Saturday it had been victimized by a Ramsomware Attack and had halted all pipeline operations to deal with the attack. The company …

Microsoft Sharepoint Targeted with Phishing Attacks Researchers at Cofense, discovered a phishing campaign which seems to be successfully passing the email defence and Secure Email Gateways including Microsoft. This phish attack is targeting Office 365 users with a SharePoint document that claims to be urgently in need of an email signature.  Flubot is in the Air Malware Flubot (or Cabassous) …

The Internet was meant to make the world a smaller place. But it actually feels smaller without it — Transcendence – 2014 Above quote from character Max Waters feels more relevant today than ever. While the world is fighting Covid-19, the hackers and Cybercriminals are at work round the clock exploiting whatever they can. Apple Data Stolen from Manufacturer Quanta …