Windows TCO: Russia, Clownstrike, and Ransomware
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Futurism ☛ Trump Cheered When Russia Hacked Hillary Clinton's Emails. Now His Embarrassing Documents Have Been Stolen by Iranian Hackers
Eight years ago, Donald Trump begged Russia to hack his then-opponent Hillary Clinton — and cheered when they actually did. Now, he's at the receiving end of such a breach.
As journalist Judd Legum reports on his website Popular Information, it appears that Iran is still in the midst of an ongoing attack on Trump's campaign that's been going on for at least ten days.
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The Register UK ☛ Russia clings to malware as attacks on Ukraine persist
Ukraine's State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP) published its half-year report on Russia's cyber activity in the war this week, noting a 90 percent increase in incidents involving malware infections.
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Security Week ☛ Kansas Water Facility Switches to Manual Operations Following Cyberattack
Switching to manual operations suggests that systems were shut down to contain the attack, which is the typical response to incidents involving ransomware.
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New York Times ☛ CrowdStrike Executive Questioned by Lawmakers Over Global Tech Outage
Lawmakers on Tuesday grilled an executive from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike about a widespread technology outage this summer that crippled global travel, hobbled government agencies and sent major companies scrambling to get their operations back online.
The outage was caused by a faulty update sent to CrowdStrike software running on Microsoft’s Windows operating system. Devices went spiraling, unable to properly restart unless someone removed the flawed file from their systems.
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The Washington Post ☛ Congress grills CrowdStrike about multibillion-dollar July outage
Members of Congress grilled a senior executive of security company CrowdStrike on Tuesday, demanding to know why it triggered a cascading, multibillion-dollar tech failure in July that shut down 911 call centers, handicapped hospitals and stranded airplane passengers around the world.
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) faulted chief executive George Kurtz for ducking his request to testify and sending a threat intelligence expert instead to face questioning on one of the most catastrophic failures in tech history.
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India Times ☛ CrowdStrike exec to apologise for faulty update that caused global IT outage
A senior executive at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike will apologise at an appearance before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Tuesday for the company's faulty software update that caused a global IT outage in July.
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Tripwire ☛ Warnings After New Valencia Ransomware Group Strikes Businesses and Leaks Data
A new ransomware operation has started to leak information it claims has been stolen from organisations it has compromised around the world.