A recent phishing scam Attack.Phishing is targeting businesses and consumers who use Office 365 email services . Fraudsters are gaining access Attack.Databreach to Office 365 accounts by stealing Attack.Databreach login credentials obtained Attack.Databreach using convincing fake login screens . Fraudster email attacks Attack.Phishing are becoming increasingly sophisticated – often appearing to be sent from Attack.Phishing a business , organization , or individual the victim normally emails or does business with . The fictitious emails contain malicious links or attachments that redirect Attack.Phishing the victim to a fake login page asking for their email username and password . Once the information is entered , fraudsters then use the stolen credentials to log into Office 365 and send Attack.Phishing fraudulent emails to the victim ’ s contact list , perpetuating the scam . If you use Office 365 for email , we encourage you to be extra vigilant . Emails containing hyperlinks or attachments that require additional actions by you should be carefully vetted before proceeding . If you are unsure if an email you received is legitimate , do not click on any links , attachments , or provide any information . We also encourage you to contact any of your email contacts via phone or a safe email address to inform them that your email account has been compromised Attack.Databreach and to let them know they may receive Attack.Phishing fraudulent emails appearing to be sent Attack.Phishing by you . While Office 365 is the most recent phishing target , these types of scams regularly impact other email applications and platforms as well . Always be cautious when opening any emails that were not expected , are coming from someone you do not know , and contain links or attachments you were not expecting . Take advantage of added security measures that your email provider offers .. If you ever feel information related to your financial accounts with us has been compromised Attack.Databreach , please notify us immediately so that we can assist you with protecting your accounts and notifying the appropriate authorities .

As thousands of freshmen move into their dorms for the first time , there are plenty of thoughts rushing through their minds : their first time away from home , what cringey nickname they 're gon na try to make a thing , if there are any parties before orientation kicks off . One thing that probably is n't on their minds is whether they 're going to get hacked . But that 's all Carnegie Mellon University 's IT department thinks about . Back-to-school season means hordes of vulnerable computers arriving on campus . The beginning of the semester is the most vulnerable time for a campus network , and every year , with new students coming in , schools have to make sure everything runs smoothly . Carnegie Mellon 's network gets hit with 1,000 attacks a minute -- and that 's on a normal day . Cybersecurity is an increasingly important aspect of our everyday lives , with technology playing a massive role in nearly everything we do . Universities have been vulnerable to attacks Attack.Databreach in the past , with cybercriminals stealing Attack.Databreach student and faculty databases and hackers vandalizing university websites . Students are often targets for hackers , even before they 're officially enrolled . Considering how much money flows into a university from tuition costs , along with paying for room and board , criminals are looking to cash in on weak campus cybersecurity . A bonus for hackers : Admissions offices often hold data with private information like student Social Security numbers and addresses , as well as their families ' data from financial aid applications . Phishing Attack.Phishing happens when hackers steal Attack.Databreach your passwords by sending Attack.Phishing you links to fake websites that look like Attack.Phishing the real deal . It 's how Russians hacked the Democratic National Committee during the presidential election , and it 's a popular attack to use on universities as well . The latest warning , sent Monday , called out malware hidden in a document pretending to be Attack.Phishing from Syracuse University 's chancellor . Digging through my old emails , I found about 20 phishing Attack.Phishing warnings that had gone out during the four years I 'd been there . Syracuse declined to comment on phishing attacks Attack.Phishing against the school , but in a 2016 blog post , it said the attacks were `` getting more frequent , cunning and malicious . '' The school is not alone . Duo Security , which protects more than 400 campuses , found that 70 percent of universities in the UK have fallen victim to phishing attacks Attack.Phishing . Syracuse , which uses Duo Security , fights phishing attacks Attack.Phishing with two-factor authentication , which requires a second form of identity verification , like a code sent to your phone . But it just rolled out the feature last year . Kendra Cooley , a security analyst at Duo Security , pointed out that students are more likely to fall for phishing attacks Attack.Phishing because they have n't been exposed to them as frequently as working adults have . Also , cybercriminals know how to target young minds . `` You see a lot of click-bait phishing messages like celebrity gossip or free travel , '' Cooley said . All students at Carnegie Mellon are required to take a tech literacy course , in which cybersecurity is a focus , said Mary Ann Blair , the school 's chief information security officer . The school also runs monthly phishing campaigns Attack.Phishing : If a student or faculty member falls Attack.Phishing for the friendly trap Attack.Phishing , they 're redirected to a training opportunity . When your network is being hit with at least two phishing attempts Attack.Phishing a day , Blair said , it 's a crucial precaution to keep students on guard . `` It 's just constantly jiggling the doorknobs to see if they 're unlocked , '' Blair said . `` A lot of it is automated attacks . '' It 's not just the thousands of new students that have university IT departments bracing for impact , it 's also their gadgets . `` All these kids are coming on campus , and you do n't know the security level of their devices , and you ca n't manage it , because it 's theirs , '' said Dennis Borin , a senior solutions architect at security company EfficientIP . A lot of university IT teams have their hands tied because they ca n't individually go to every student and scan all their computers . Borin 's company protects up to 75 campuses across the United States , and it 's always crunch time at the beginning of the semester . `` If I was on campus , I would n't let anybody touch my device , '' Borin said . `` So if somebody has malware on their device , how do you protect against an issue like that ? '' Instead of going through every single student , Borin said , his company just casts a wide net over the web traffic . If there 's any suspicious activity coming from a specific device , they 're able to send warnings to the student and kick him or her off the network when necessary . Keeping school networks safe is important for ensuring student life runs smoothly . A university that had only two people on its team reached out to EfficientIP after it suffered an attack . All of the school 's web services were down for an entire week while recovering from the attack , Borin said . Scam artists love to take advantage of timing , and the back-to-school season is a great opportunity for them . There was an influx of fake ransomware protection apps when WannaCry hit Attack.Ransom , as well as a spike in phony Pokemon Go apps stuffed with malware during the height of the game 's popularity . If there 's a massive event going on , you can bet people are flooding the market with phony apps to trick Attack.Phishing victims into downloading viruses . A quick search for `` back to school apps '' in August found 1,182 apps that were blacklisted for containing malware or spyware , according to security firm RiskIQ . Researchers from the company scanned 120 mobile app stores , including the Google Play store , which had more than 300 blacklisted apps . They found apps for back-to-school tools ; themes and wallpapers for your device ; and some apps that promised to help you `` cheat on your exams . '' Though most of the blacklisted apps are poorly made games , others pretend to help you be a better student . Other warning signs to watch out for when it comes to sketchy apps are poorly written reviews and developers using public domain emails for contacts , Risk IQ said . For any educational apps , like Blackboard Learn , you should always check the sources and look for the official versions . New students coming to school have enough to worry about . Let 's hope a crash course in cybersecurity is enough to ensure they make it to graduation without getting hit by hacks .

Cloquet school district has been hit by a ransomware attack Attack.Ransom second time in the past three years . The ransomware is a virulent computer malware , which attacks by spreading from one computer to another and locking up the access to the network servers . The ransomware also encrypts the documents and then demands ransom Attack.Ransom for providing a key to unlock encrypted files . In March 2016 , the previous occasion when the ransomware attacked , the district cancelled the school for one day so as to let the technology staff have time for recovering from the malware . During that attack , the district servers as well as over 600 computers got infected badly . The current attack took place during the summer vacation , and was not as harmful as of last time . As per staff report from T.J. Smith , Cloquet School District Technology Director , the virus has encrypted files available on all the servers except one , this included the network shared drives . However , the attack Attack.Databreach does not indicate stealing Attack.Databreach of any information . The virus only encrypted the files , so that the users were not able to open them . Board members of Cloquet School were explained by Smith on 13 Aug , 2018 , that the district only was left with two options other than succumbing to the demands of ransom Attack.Ransom by the hacker - one , trying to recover data with a probability that the data may not be retrieved and then it would be a complete waste of money and time . The second option was to plan out the way of recreating the data and rebuilding the affected servers . Smith , however , advocated for second option as the data lost was not so important and the insurance will help in paying out for recovering the infected servers . Unanimously , the board members also voted for second option , which is recreating the data and rebuilding the affected servers . Besides , the board members suggested hiring a `` forensic '' company to investigate on the ransomware attack Attack.Ransom and determine the source from where the virus has entered . On a brighter side , Smith revealed that the technology staffs have been able to recover some of the lost data , and they are also capable of recreating the data that is unrecoverable . He also commented that the process of recovery will not at any cost affect the commencement of the school session in the month of September .

Onapsis discovered Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability several high risk vulnerabilities affecting Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability SAP HANA platforms . If exploited Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability , these vulnerabilities would allow an attacker , whether inside or outside the organization , to take full control of the SAP HANA platform remotely , without the need of a username and password . “ This level of access would allow an attacker to perform any action Attack.Databreach over the business information and processes supported by HANA , including creating , stealing Attack.Databreach , altering , and/or deleting sensitive information . If these vulnerabilities are exploited Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability , organizations may face severe business consequences , ” said Sebastian Bortnik , Head of Research , Onapsis . The vulnerabilities affect Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability a specific SAP HANA component named SAP HANA User Self Service , which is not enabled by default . The following list details the affected HANA 2 and HANA versions : “ We hope organizations will use this threat intelligence to assess their systems and confirm that they are not currently using this component , and therefore are not affected by these risks . Even if the service is not enabled , we still recommend that these organizations apply Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the patches in case a change is made to the system in the future , ” continued Bortnik . Onapsis Research Labs originally discovered Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability the vulnerabilities on the newly released SAP HANA 2 platform , but after additional analysis realized that several older versions were vulnerable Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability as well . Based on this assessment , it was identified Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability that the vulnerabilities had been present Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability in HANA for almost two and a half years , when the User Self Service component was first released . This greatly increases the likelihood that these vulnerabilities have been discovered Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability by attackers to break into organization ’ s SAP systems . Onapsis worked closely with SAP ’ s Product Security & Engineering teams to help them develop Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the security patches . SAP is releasing the first ever patch for SAP HANA 2 . In this case , default installations are affected and an attacker can elevate privileges if exploited

In total , ESET security researcher Lukas Stefanko discovered 13 apps that appear to have been written by a Turkish developer . While seven of the 13 apps obviously focused on Turkish-speaking users , the rest targeted users from across the world . Stefanko says he reported all 13 apps to Google 's security team , who removed them from the Play Store last week . The modus operandi of all these apps was the same . The app would then collect Attack.Databreach the user 's login details , send them to a remote server , and show a login error . The error would appear every time the user tried to authenticate , and after a certain number of login attempts , the error would change , and ask the user to visit the official Instagram site instead and authorize the app from there . When the user visited the Instagram homepage , he would see a notification from Instagram letting him know that someone has accessed his account . From this point on , if victims do n't change their passwords , the crook would use the victim 's Instagram account to like images or follow other accounts . Stefanko believes these apps power online services that offer Instagram likes and followers for money . Back in January , the researcher discovered a similar app that stole Attack.Databreach Instagram credentials and targeted Turkish users . That app , as well , was hosted on the official Google Play Store . Other ways in which hackers could use the stolen Instagram credentials is to post image ads on people 's profiles and to extort some kind of payment from the owners of accounts with a large follower base . Overall , there have been many cases of apps that stole Attack.Databreach Instagram credentials in the past few years . In November 2015 , Apple removed an app named `` Who Viewed Your Profile - InstaAgent '' from the App Store because of the same behavior . Six months later , Google faced a similar incident and was forced to remove two apps named `` Who Viewed Me on Instagram '' and `` InstaCare - Who cares with me ? , '' also caught stealing Attack.Databreach Instagram credentials

Several developments this week recentered the security spotlight on some of the enterprise 's most critical business systems as cybersecurity experts deal with the reality that enterprise resource planning ( ERP ) software needs heightened attention . On the vulnerability front , SAP this week patched Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a new , highly critical vulnerability for SAP HANA with one of the highest severity ratings available . Meanwhile , a new survey report shows that security professionals are finally waking up to the fact that attackers are looking to leverage vulnerabilities like these , with indicated expectations of increased ERP attacks in the near future . SAP HANA is an in-memory data platform used by enterprises to crunch data from across their business software stacks . Organizations use it to perform advanced analytics that inform critical business processes and fuel innovative applications , and as such it contains some of the most sensitive data pertaining to customers , business processes and intellectual property . The major vulnerability was discovered Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability by ERP security firm Onapsis in SAP HANA 's User Self-Service component and scored a CVSS vulnerability rating of 9.8 , garnering a Hot News designation in this month 's SAP Security Notes . If exploited , it would allow full remote compromise without access to any credentials . `` This level of access would allow an attacker to perform any action Attack.Databreach over the business information and processes supported by HANA , including creating , stealing Attack.Databreach , altering , and/or deleting sensitive information , '' says Sebastian Bortnik , head of research for Onapsis . SAP patched Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the problem in this month 's round of SAP Security Notes , which included 35 vulnerabilities across its portfolio . Among them there were eight vulnerabilities with a high priority rating . Last year , the threats posed Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability by these vulnerabilities tipped over from the theoretical realm to one of documented reality when US-CERT released a report that warned of at least 36 organizations worldwide impacted by attacks that leveraged a vulnerability in SAP 's Invoker Servlet functionality running on SAP Java platforms . This week , a new report from Crowd Research Partners found that 89 % of security experts anticipate more attacks against ERP systems . Approximately 1 in 3 experts expect a significant increase in these attacks . As things stand , most enterprises are still dreadfully unprepared for any attacks , let alone an increased volume of them . A report last year from Ponemon Institute showed that more than half of enterprises admit it would take their firm a year or longer to detect a breach in the SAP platform .

Hackers made hay of the sorry state of credential security in 2016 . They stole Attack.Databreach millions of username and password combinations from online services of all shapes and sizes . Blogs and discussion forums were hit particularly hard . Exploiting credentials is an old attack vector that still works wonders for hackers . In its 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report ( DBIR ) , Verizon added a section about credentials , revealing that 63 % of data breaches Attack.Databreach involved weak , default or stolen passwords . “ This statistic drives our recommendation that this is a bar worth raising , ” reads the report . Why is it so easy for cybercriminals to plunder Attack.Databreach login credentials ? End users , despite constant warnings , continue re-using passwords , allowing hackers to conveniently break into multiple accounts after stealing Attack.Databreach someone 's credentials once . It 's like having one key for your bike lock , front door , office building , car and bank box . Meanwhile , more software vendors should provide advanced hashing , salting and other scrambling technologies for protecting credential information in case it 's stolen Attack.Databreach . For example , attackers hacked Clash of Kings ' forum after exploiting a known vulnerability in an outdated version of the vBulletin software . The thieves stole Attack.Databreach personal information from 1.6 million user accounts , including scrambled passwords . In one case , an attacker used misplaced install files to gain admin privileges . In another case , hackers stole Attack.Databreach one moderator 's credentials and used the account to post a malicious message in the forum . After viewing the message , the forum 's administrator had his account compromised , leading to a massive breach . Notable vulnerabilities exploited Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability in recent years include CVE-2016-6483 , CVE-2016-6195 , CVE-2016-6635 , CVE-2015-1431 , CVE-2015-7808 , CVE-2014-9574 and CVE-2013-6129 .

It ’ s safe to say that 2016 was the year of ransomware . More specifically , the year of crypto-ransomware , that nefarious variant that encrypts files and holds them captive until a ransom is paid Attack.Ransom . Since the release of Cryptolocker in late 2013 , crypto-ransomware has exploded , and 2016 was a banner year . As a matter of fact , according to the FBI , cyber criminals used ransomware to steal Attack.Ransom more than $ 209 million from U.S. businesses in just the first quarter of 2016 . And according to a recent report from Kaspersky Labs , from January to September of 2016 , ransomware attacks targeting companies increased by a whopping 300 percent . With threat actors realizing ransomware ’ s lucrative potential , they bombarded the industry with new attacks in 2016 . This variant hit the wild in early 2016 , infecting systems using AES encryption . It not only infects mapped file shares , but any networked share , so remote drives are at risk . This attack was so potent experts estimate it infected more than 100,000 victims per day at its peak . More recently , hackers went after the beloved San Francisco Municipal Transport Agency ( MUNI ) . If you were in the area in late November , you may have gotten the message “ You Hacked ” at public transit ticket kiosks . The city ’ s light rail was hit by ransomware that forced them to offer Attack.Ransom free rides for two days while they recovered the files . Or , what about Popcorn , the ingenious little in-development ransomware variant in December that turned victims into attackers by incentivizing them with a pyramid scheme-style discount . Send the infection to two of your friends , and you get your files back for free . Ransomware perhaps hit Attack.Ransom healthcare the hardest in 2016 , with some reports claiming 88 percent of all ransomware affected hospitals . Whether large or small , no provider could hide from hackers looking to nab and encrypt patient data , disrupting care until the provider paid up Attack.Ransom or recovered files . The New Jersey Spine Center and Marin Healthcare District were attacked Attack.Ransom by Cryptowall , which encrypted electronic health records , backup files and the phone system . MedStar , which operates 10 hospitals in the D.C and Baltimore area , was forced to shut down its entire IT system and revert to paper records . And the list goes on and on with names like California ’ s Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center , The University of Southern California ’ s Keck and Norris Hospital , Kansas Heart Hospital , Alvarado Medical Center , King ’ s Daughter ’ s Health , Chino Valley Medical Center and Desert Valley Hospital , and more . Criminals have obviously realized the awesome money-making potential of ransomware , and you should expect them to double-down in 2017 . That said , how can they make an already effective threat even more widespread ? Every year I try to predict changes and evolutions to the threat and security landscape . In this year ’ s predictions , I forecast that you ’ ll see the first ever , wide-spread ransomworm . This new variant will dramatically accelerate the spread of ransomware . Years ago , network worms like CodeRed , SQL Slammer , and more recently , Conficker were pretty common . As you probably know , a worm is a type of malware that automatically spreads itself over a network , using either legitimate network file sharing features , or network software vulnerabilities . In the past , the fastest spreading worms – like the examples mentioned above – exploited Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability network software flaws to automatically propagate through networks ( whether the Internet or just your internal network ) . Although we haven ’ t seen many wildly successful network worms lately , they ’ re still a threat . All it takes is for one black hat to find Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability a new zero-day networking software flaw and wide-spread ransomworm becomes a real possibility . In fact , attackers may not even need to know a new networking flaw to create a successful ransomware . By stealing Attack.Databreach a computer ’ s local credentials , attackers can use normal Windows networking , or tools like Powershell to spread through an internal Windows network without leveraging any vulnerability at all . Now , imagine ransomware attached to such a network worm . After infecting one victim , it could tirelessly copy itself to every computer it could reach on your local network . Whether or not you want to imagine such a scenario , criminals have already added network-scanning capabilities to some ransomware variants , and there ’ s a high likelihood they will more aggressively merge ransomware and worm capabilities next year . In 2017 , I suspect you ’ ll see a ransomworm that automatically spreads very quickly and successfully , at least on local networks , if not the Internet . Since falling victim to ransomware can be a costly and time-consuming affair , how can you prepare to combat these evolving threats ? Backup – Sure , I know most people just want to prevent ransomware , but you ’ ll never have 100 percent assurances of that in information security . Backing up your data is an important part of security for reasons far beyond just recovering from a ransomware attack . If you don ’ t already backup your important data , ransomware is the best reason yet to do so . Patch your software – There are many ways ransomware might get on your systems , including just users manually doing foolish things . However , in order to forcefully or automatically install malware on your system , attackers must exploit software flaws . That said , vendors have already fixed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability a huge percent of the vulnerabilities hackers use to spread malware . If you simply keep your patches up to date Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability , you won ’ t succumb to many of these forced or automated attacks , which could even help against ransomworms , assuming the network flaw they used was also patched Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability . Implement Killchain Defense – You won ’ t find one security technology that can protect you from 100 percent of ransomware by itself . However , there are many security controls that help protect you from various stages of a ransomware attack . For instance , Intrusion Prevention Systems ( IPS ) can prevent some of the exploits criminals use to spread ransomware . AntiVirus can catch some of the most common ransomware variants , and more modern advanced threat protection solutions can even identify and block new zero-day ransomware samples . However , none of these defenses are fool proof alone . The best way to protect your computer or organization is to combine all of them . Unified Threat Management ( UTM ) solutions often offer the easiest option for placing all these protections under one pane of glass

Buzz60 A view of the Kremlin in Moscow on Jan. 6 , 2017 . Russia 's alleged use of computer hacking to interfere with the U.S. presidential election fits a pattern of similar incidents across Europe for at least a decade . Cyberattacks in Ukraine , Bulgaria , Estonia , Germany , France and Austria that investigators attributed to suspected Russian hackers appeared aimed at influencing election results , sowing discord and undermining faith in public institutions that included government agencies , the media and elected officials . Those investigations bolster U.S. intelligence findings of Russian meddling to help elect Donald Trump , a conclusion the president-elect has disputed — although he conceded Friday after a private intelligence briefing that Russia was among the possible hacking culprits . “ They ’ ve been very good at using the West ’ s weaknesses against itself , the open Internet to hack , the free media to sow discord , and to cause people to question the underpinnings of the systems under which they live , ” said Hannah Thoburn , a research fellow at the Hudson Institute , a Washington think tank . U.S. National Intelligence Director James Clapper told a Senate committee Thursday that Russian intelligence hackers , masquerading as third parties , have conducted attacks abroad that targeted critical infrastructure networks . “ Russia also has used cyber tactics and techniques to seek to influence public opinion across Europe and Eurasia , ” Clapper said . A declassified intelligence report on the Russian hacking released Friday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of ordering the effort to help elect Trump . It warned that Russia would use lessons learned from the effort to disrupt elections of U.S. allies . USA TODAY Intel chiefs : We 're certain that Russia tried to influence U.S. election In 2007 , Putin told the Munich Security Conference that the United States ’ effort to spread its form of democracy was an insidious threat to Russia and other nations and that his government would push back . Russian sabotage of Western computer systems started that same year . In 2007 , Estonia accused hackers using Russian IP addresses of a wide-scale denial of service attack that shut down the Internet in the former Soviet republic and one of NATO ’ s newest members . According to The Guardian newspaper , the attacks came in waves that coincided with riots on May 3 , 2007 , over the statue , whose removal drew objections from Russia and Russian-speaking Estonians , and on May 8 and 9 , when Russia celebrated its victory over Nazi Germany . They blamed the attacks on a pro-Russia group called CyberBerkut . Hudson analyst Thoburn , who was working as an election observer in Ukraine at the time , said the Ukrainians were able to get around it by deleting their entire system and restoring it from a backup that was not contaminated . Ukrainian officials have also accused Russia of being behind a power grid attack in December 2015 that cut power to 80,000 in western Ukraine . In overt actions against Ukraine , Russia seized the province of Crimea in 2014 and helped armed separatists launch a rebellion in eastern Ukraine . German intelligence in 2015 accused Russia of hacking Attack.Databreach at least 15 computers belonging to members of Germany ’ s lower house of parliament , the Bundestag , and stealing data Attack.Databreach . Germany ’ s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution ( BfV ) said the attack Attack.Databreach was conducted by a group called Sofacy , which “ is being steered by the Russian state . '' BfV chief Hans-Georg Maassen told Reuters in November that Moscow has tried to manipulate the media and public opinion through various means , including planting false stories . One in 2015 by Russian media was about a German-Russian girl kidnapped and raped by migrants in Berlin . German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she could not rule out Russian interference in Germany 's 2017 federal election through Internet attacks and disinformation campaigns . The country 's Central Election Commission had been hacked during a referendum and local elections in 2015 that was almost certainly linked to Russia and a group that had hacked NATO headquarters in Brussels in 2013 , then-President Rosen Plevneliev told the BBC in November . `` The same organization that has attacked Attack.Databreach the ( German Parliament ) — stealing Attack.Databreach all the emails of German members of Parliament — the same institution that has attacked Attack.Databreach NATO headquarters , and that is the same even that has tried to influence American elections lately and so in a very high probability you could point east from us ” ( to Moscow ) , Plevneliev said . A pro-Russian political novice was elected in November to replace Plevneliev . The Vienna-based Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe , whose tasks include monitoring elections across Europe and the conflict in eastern Ukraine , was attacked in “ a major information security incident ” in November , spokeswoman Mersiha Causevic Podzic said . The incident “ compromised the confidentiality ” of the organization ’ s IT networks , Podzic said . The French daily Le Monde , which first reported the incident , cited a Western intelligence agency attributing the attack to the Russia-linked group APT28 , aka Fancy Bear , and Sofacy . Russia , a member of the OSCE , has objected to the group ’ s criticism of Russian-backed forces battling the Ukrainian government in eastern Ukraine . Russian hackers posing as the “ Cyber Caliphate ” were suspected of attacking France ’ s TV5Monde television channel in 2014 , causing extensive damage to the company ’ s computer systems , FireEye , a cyber security firm that examined the attack , told BuzzFeed . The attack involved posting of Islamic State propaganda , but appeared to use the same servers and have other similarities with Russian-linked APT28 , the group that is a suspect in attacks on the Democratic National Committee , the OSCE and several other European countries . “ APT28 focuses on collecting intelligence that would be most useful to a government , ” FireEye said . “ Specifically , since at least 2007 , APT28 has been targeting privileged information related to governments , militaries and security organizations that would likely benefit the Russian government ” . The security chief of France 's ruling Socialist Party recently warned that the country 's presidential election this spring is at risk of being hacked . Hackers in 2014 attacked Attack.Databreach the Warsaw Stock Exchange and at least 36 other Polish sites , stealing data Attack.Databreach and posting graphic images from the Holocaust . The group that claimed responsibility , CyberBerkut , is the same Russian-linked group that attacked Ukrainian sites . The group , posing as Islamic radicals , stole Attack.Databreach data and released Attack.Databreach dozens of client log-in data , causing mayhem for the exchange , according to Bloomberg News . Dan Wallach , a computer scientist at Rice University who testified about election computer security on Capitol Hill in September , said definitive proof of who conducted an attack would reveal methods and sources who would be lost or killed if exposed . “ You ’ re never going to have definitive attribution , ” Wallach said in an interview . “ The proof is some crazy top secret thing and not for public dissemination ” .

The NJCCIC assesses with high confidence that fileless and “ non-malware ” intrusion tactics pose high risk to organizations , both public and private , and will be increasingly employed by capable threat actors intent on stealing Attack.Databreach data or establishing persistence on networks to support ongoing espionage objectives or to enable future acts of sabotage . Furthermore , we assess most organizations are not currently equipped to defend against these tactics . The NJCCIC recommends all organizations reevaluate the capabilities and efficacy of their current cybersecurity technologies and processes , as well as their staffs , to ensure they are effectively managing and reducing the risk of data breaches Attack.Databreach and disruptive or destructive attacks conducted using fileless methods . To address the risk posed by fileless and non-malware tactics , organizations must first adopt a comprehensive cyber risk management framework and implement robust cybersecurity best practices and defensive measures , including , but not limited to , the bulleted items below . Additionally , organizations will need to employ enhanced logging , monitoring , and analysis of all network , host , and user activity to identify fileless tactics . To do so , enterprises may need to procure third-party products and managed services that include capabilities such as full system endpoint protection with memory and registry monitoring , behavioral analytics , next-generation firewalls , and email content inspection

Research conducted by both cyber security firm shows that the attacks first appeared in July 2015 and since then , cybercriminals behind these attacks have targeted hundreds of organizations within the region . According to the research , hackers were using KasperAgent and Micropsia malware to target Windows operating system while SecureUpdate and Vamp malware were being used to target Android OS . The cybercriminals behind these attacks used two different techniques to achieve their goal . One technique involved using an URL shortener service Bit.ly to disguise Attack.Phishing the original malicious links . The motive behind these attacks Attack.Databreach was to steal Attack.Databreach credentials and spy Attack.Databreach on the victims . As per the research , hackers were targeting Educational institutes , Military organization and media companies from Palestine , Israel , Egypt , and the US . SecureUpdate , a malware disguised as Attack.Phishing an Android update was designed to download malicious payloads into the victim ’ s device while the Vamp was focused on stealing Attack.Databreach data from victims ’ smartphones including call recordings , contact information , and stealing Attack.Databreach other important documents . The malware designed to target Windows operating systemsKasperAgent and Micropsia were capable of downloading other payloads , executing arbitrary commands , stealing Attack.Databreach files , capturing Attack.Databreach a screenshot , logging Attack.Databreach keystrokes and much more . Essentially the hackers were interested in stealing Attack.Databreach credentials of the infected devices . At first , no connection was established between the attacks since all the malware were different from each other . On close inspection , however , the security firms found a link . The Same email address was used to register infectious domains which eventually revealed that the attacks were linked after all . Researchers revealed that more than 200 samples of the Windows malware and at least 17 samples of Android malware were discovered which means that potential victims of this malware could be numerous . The researchers at Palo Alto firm stated “ Through this campaign , there is little doubt that the attackers have been able to gain Attack.Databreach a great deal of information from their targets , ” The campaign also illustrates that for some targets old tricks remain sufficient to run a successful espionage campaign , including the use of URL shortening services , classic phishing techniques as well as using archive files to bypass some simple file checks . This is not the first time when a sophisticated malware attack was aimed at the Middle Eastern countries . Just last month StoneDrill malware was discovered targeting not only the Middle East but also Europe . Also , Shamoon malware from Iran is currently targeting Saudi Arabian cyber infrastructure

Research conducted by both cyber security firm shows that the attacks first appeared in July 2015 and since then , cybercriminals behind these attacks have targeted hundreds of organizations within the region . According to the research , hackers were using KasperAgent and Micropsia malware to target Windows operating system while SecureUpdate and Vamp malware were being used to target Android OS . The cybercriminals behind these attacks used two different techniques to achieve their goal . One technique involved using an URL shortener service Bit.ly to disguise Attack.Phishing the original malicious links . The motive behind these attacks Attack.Databreach was to steal Attack.Databreach credentials and spy Attack.Databreach on the victims . As per the research , hackers were targeting Educational institutes , Military organization and media companies from Palestine , Israel , Egypt , and the US . SecureUpdate , a malware disguised as Attack.Phishing an Android update was designed to download malicious payloads into the victim ’ s device while the Vamp was focused on stealing Attack.Databreach data from victims ’ smartphones including call recordings , contact information , and stealing Attack.Databreach other important documents . The malware designed to target Windows operating systemsKasperAgent and Micropsia were capable of downloading other payloads , executing arbitrary commands , stealing Attack.Databreach files , capturing Attack.Databreach a screenshot , logging Attack.Databreach keystrokes and much more . Essentially the hackers were interested in stealing Attack.Databreach credentials of the infected devices . At first , no connection was established between the attacks since all the malware were different from each other . On close inspection , however , the security firms found a link . The Same email address was used to register infectious domains which eventually revealed that the attacks were linked after all . Researchers revealed that more than 200 samples of the Windows malware and at least 17 samples of Android malware were discovered which means that potential victims of this malware could be numerous . The researchers at Palo Alto firm stated “ Through this campaign , there is little doubt that the attackers have been able to gain Attack.Databreach a great deal of information from their targets , ” The campaign also illustrates that for some targets old tricks remain sufficient to run a successful espionage campaign , including the use of URL shortening services , classic phishing techniques as well as using archive files to bypass some simple file checks . This is not the first time when a sophisticated malware attack was aimed at the Middle Eastern countries . Just last month StoneDrill malware was discovered targeting not only the Middle East but also Europe . Also , Shamoon malware from Iran is currently targeting Saudi Arabian cyber infrastructure

Research conducted by both cyber security firm shows that the attacks first appeared in July 2015 and since then , cybercriminals behind these attacks have targeted hundreds of organizations within the region . According to the research , hackers were using KasperAgent and Micropsia malware to target Windows operating system while SecureUpdate and Vamp malware were being used to target Android OS . The cybercriminals behind these attacks used two different techniques to achieve their goal . One technique involved using an URL shortener service Bit.ly to disguise Attack.Phishing the original malicious links . The motive behind these attacks Attack.Databreach was to steal Attack.Databreach credentials and spy Attack.Databreach on the victims . As per the research , hackers were targeting Educational institutes , Military organization and media companies from Palestine , Israel , Egypt , and the US . SecureUpdate , a malware disguised as Attack.Phishing an Android update was designed to download malicious payloads into the victim ’ s device while the Vamp was focused on stealing Attack.Databreach data from victims ’ smartphones including call recordings , contact information , and stealing Attack.Databreach other important documents . The malware designed to target Windows operating systemsKasperAgent and Micropsia were capable of downloading other payloads , executing arbitrary commands , stealing Attack.Databreach files , capturing Attack.Databreach a screenshot , logging Attack.Databreach keystrokes and much more . Essentially the hackers were interested in stealing Attack.Databreach credentials of the infected devices . At first , no connection was established between the attacks since all the malware were different from each other . On close inspection , however , the security firms found a link . The Same email address was used to register infectious domains which eventually revealed that the attacks were linked after all . Researchers revealed that more than 200 samples of the Windows malware and at least 17 samples of Android malware were discovered which means that potential victims of this malware could be numerous . The researchers at Palo Alto firm stated “ Through this campaign , there is little doubt that the attackers have been able to gain Attack.Databreach a great deal of information from their targets , ” The campaign also illustrates that for some targets old tricks remain sufficient to run a successful espionage campaign , including the use of URL shortening services , classic phishing techniques as well as using archive files to bypass some simple file checks . This is not the first time when a sophisticated malware attack was aimed at the Middle Eastern countries . Just last month StoneDrill malware was discovered targeting not only the Middle East but also Europe . Also , Shamoon malware from Iran is currently targeting Saudi Arabian cyber infrastructure

Research conducted by both cyber security firm shows that the attacks first appeared in July 2015 and since then , cybercriminals behind these attacks have targeted hundreds of organizations within the region . According to the research , hackers were using KasperAgent and Micropsia malware to target Windows operating system while SecureUpdate and Vamp malware were being used to target Android OS . The cybercriminals behind these attacks used two different techniques to achieve their goal . One technique involved using an URL shortener service Bit.ly to disguise Attack.Phishing the original malicious links . The motive behind these attacks Attack.Databreach was to steal Attack.Databreach credentials and spy Attack.Databreach on the victims . As per the research , hackers were targeting Educational institutes , Military organization and media companies from Palestine , Israel , Egypt , and the US . SecureUpdate , a malware disguised as Attack.Phishing an Android update was designed to download malicious payloads into the victim ’ s device while the Vamp was focused on stealing Attack.Databreach data from victims ’ smartphones including call recordings , contact information , and stealing Attack.Databreach other important documents . The malware designed to target Windows operating systemsKasperAgent and Micropsia were capable of downloading other payloads , executing arbitrary commands , stealing Attack.Databreach files , capturing Attack.Databreach a screenshot , logging Attack.Databreach keystrokes and much more . Essentially the hackers were interested in stealing Attack.Databreach credentials of the infected devices . At first , no connection was established between the attacks since all the malware were different from each other . On close inspection , however , the security firms found a link . The Same email address was used to register infectious domains which eventually revealed that the attacks were linked after all . Researchers revealed that more than 200 samples of the Windows malware and at least 17 samples of Android malware were discovered which means that potential victims of this malware could be numerous . The researchers at Palo Alto firm stated “ Through this campaign , there is little doubt that the attackers have been able to gain Attack.Databreach a great deal of information from their targets , ” The campaign also illustrates that for some targets old tricks remain sufficient to run a successful espionage campaign , including the use of URL shortening services , classic phishing techniques as well as using archive files to bypass some simple file checks . This is not the first time when a sophisticated malware attack was aimed at the Middle Eastern countries . Just last month StoneDrill malware was discovered targeting not only the Middle East but also Europe . Also , Shamoon malware from Iran is currently targeting Saudi Arabian cyber infrastructure