Windows TCO: Ransomware, Political Espionage, and Faking Azure Security (False Sense of It)
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Bruce Schneier ☛ The State of Ransomware
Palo Alto Networks published its semi-annual report on ransomware. From the Executive Summary:
Unit 42 monitors ransomware and extortion leak sites closely to keep tabs on threat activity. We reviewed compromise announcements from 53 dedicated leak sites in the first half of 2024 and found 1,762 new posts. This averages to approximately 294 posts a month and almost 68 posts a week. Of the 53 ransomware groups whose leak sites we monitored, six of the groups accounted for more than half of the compromises observed.
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New York Times ☛ Iran Is to Blame for Hacking Into Trump’s Campaign, Intelligence Officials Say
American intelligence agencies also confirmed that the effort extended to the Biden-Harris campaign, though that bid was unsuccessful.
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TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ US intelligence officials say Iran is to blame for hacks targeting Trump, Biden-Harris campaigns
They cast the cyber intrusion as part of effort by Tehran to interfere in American politics.
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Scoop News Group ☛ US intelligence agencies blame Iran for Trump campaign security incident
In a joint statement, agencies say both presidential parties have been targeted by Iran.
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Security Week ☛ US Intelligence Officials Say Iran is to Blame for Hacks Targeting Trump, Biden-Harris Campaigns
The assessment from agencies was the first time the U.S. government assigned blame for hacks that have raised anew the threat of foreign election interference.
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Silicon Angle ☛ US intelligence agencies confirm that Iran is targeting both Trump and Harris presidential campaigns
U.S. intelligence agencies, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said in the statement today that they believe that Iran is behind attempts to hack both the Trump and Harris presidential campaigns.
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Security Week ☛ Microsoft Announces Mandatory MFA for Azure [Ed: Fake security to mask the fact Azure is repeatedly breached entirely by nation states and MFA won't prevent it]
Microsoft is implementing automatic enforcement of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all Microsoft trap Azure users starting October.
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Bleeping Computer ☛ Microsoft shares temp fix for Outlook, Word crashes when typing
Microsoft has shared a temporary fix for a known issue that causes Abusive Monopolist Microsoft 365 apps like Outlook, Word, and OneNote to unexpectedly crash while typing or spell-checking a text.
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SANS ☛ Do you Like Donuts? Here is a Donut Shellcode Delivered Through PowerShell/Python, (Mon, Aug 19th)