Cybercrime

Multiple systems are offline at the University of Hertfordshire following a cyber attack

University of Hertfordshire is latest academic cyber attack victim (computerweekly.com)

US president imposes new sanctions on Russia following malicious cyber attacks against the US and allies

Biden sanctions Russia over SolarWinds cyber attacks (computerweekly.com)

Microsoft patches more critical vulnerabilities in Exchange Server a month after the ProxyLogon incident, after being warned by the US National Security Agency

NSA unearths more MS Exchange vulnerabilities (computerweekly.com)

A long-disclosed vulnerability in Fortinet’s Fortigate VPN servers is being exploited to distribute Cring ransomware

Cring ransomware hits ICS through two-year-old bug (computerweekly.com)

If your email password is still Rex, Rover or Mr Fluffles, it’s probably best to change it, the NCSC has said

NCSC: Using your pet’s name as a password is very stupid (computerweekly.com)

Research shows that many people have been seeking cyber crime-related work on the dark web, but why?

Why some jobseekers have turned to cyber crime during the pandemic (computerweekly.com)

With lockdown restrictions easing in the UK, cyber criminals are tailoring their phishing lures to new areas of interest

Vaccine passports and travel plans race up Covid threat charts (computerweekly.com)

Cyber attacks backed by nation states are becoming more frequent and varied, moving the world closer to a point of ‘advanced cyber-conflict’, according to a University of Surrey research project

Nation-state cyber attacks double in three years (computerweekly.com)

As ransomware continues to surge, companies are faced with decisions to report the attacks, pay the ransom or both. Experts weigh in on the options and best choices.

Best practices for reporting ransomware attacks (techtarget.com)

Even with full backups and no permanent data loss, recovering from ransomware can be expensive and painful, as evidenced in this ransomware attack case study.

Ransomware attack case study: Recovery can be painful (techtarget.com)