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Hybrid Meeting; FBI warns of BEC scams

How to Use Virtual Meeting Platforms Securely

February 25, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Americans spend an average of two hours and five minutes a week making video calls via online meeting platforms like Zoom, Skype, and Microsoft Teams, according to research by NordVPN. With videoconferencing platforms gaining popularity, cybersecurity experts are warning users about the dangers of being scammed and potentially infected by malware through them. “Since the […]

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FBI: Don’t Insert USB Drives That Suspiciously Arrive In The Mail

January 10, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Organizations in the transportation, defense and insurance industries should be on the lookout for suspicious USB drives that arrive in the mail, as they may contain malicious payloads and ransomware. According to a new FBI alert obtained by CNN, The Record, Bleeping Computer and other publications, the ransomware group FIN7—the same group behind the BlackMatter […]

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FBI: Software Misconfiguration Led to Weekend Email Hack

November 15, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

If your organization was the recipient of a Saturday morning email purporting to be the FBI informing you that your organization was the victim of a sophisticated cyberattack, you can be rest assured that it was fake and the result of a hack of the agency’s infrastructure. According to security researchers and the FBI, a […]

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China, Hacking, Microsoft, Routers, Volt Typhoon

CISA, FBI and NSA Issue Advisory of BlackMatter Ransomware

October 20, 2021 TD Staff Leave a Comment

BlackMatter, a possible re-brand of DarkSide, which was active from September 2020 through May 2021 is back at it again. Since July 2021, BlackMatter ransomware has targeted multiple U.S. critical infrastructure entities, including two U.S. Food and Agriculture sector organizations, according to a joint advisory from the CISA, FBI and NSA. Black Matter actors have […]

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K-12 Cybersecurity Increasing

U.S. Cybersecurity Officials: K-12 Schools Are Increasingly Targeted By Hackers

December 15, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

U.S. cybersecurity officials are warning K-12 educators of an uptick in cyberattacks designed to exploit and disrupt distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. As schools everywhere continue to rely on critical IT services to support distance learning via videoconferencing and collaboration tools, cybercriminals are taking notice. Bad actors are targeting schools with ransomware, data theft […]

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Warning: Cybercriminals Targeting Healthcare Systems with Ransomware

October 29, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

U.S. federal authorities are warning healthcare systems of a spike in ransomware attacks against hospitals and healthcare systems The joint warning from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, FBI and Department of Health and Human Services says malicious cyber actors are targeting the healthcare sector with Trickbot malware, leading to ransomware attacks, data theft and […]

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