Cybersecurity

New York's US senator, Kirsten Gillibrand wants to put a draft legislation known as the Data Protection Act into action. She says that the US needs a data protection agency, as the United States is behind other countries on it. Most advanced economies already have an agency that addresses data protection challenges as well as…

Nearly 2 dozen tax practitioner firms have reported data thefts to the IRS this year. The IRS is strongly urging tax preparers (professional and individual) use set up Multi-Factor Identification within the tax prep software they use as well as with their IRS online accounts. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/irs-urges-taxpayers-to-enable-multi-factor-authentication/

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) charged Huawei with racketeering and conspiring to steal trade secrets from six US firms, in a significant escalation of a lawsuit against the Chinese telecom giant that began last year. https://thehackernews.com/2020/02/united-states-china-huawei.html?m=1

In 2020, it is projected that there will be an increase in small targeted ransomware attacks, as well as in vehicle hacking. Artificial Intelligence is predicted to start playing a larger role in cybersecurity on both ends. Breaches in 5G networks and phishing scams sent via social media or text are also expected to be…

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/02/07/airport-security-shocker-as-97-of-worlds-top-100-fail-cybersecurity-testing/ I still have long ways until I can execute this idea, so here is a freebie: make a cyber-security agency that focuses solely on handling airports' informational security. Airports seemingly don't want to care about that stuff, so get paid for handling their stuff so they can keep not caring. "In total, it was…

https://www.zdnet.com/article/iranian-hackers-have-been-hacking-vpn-servers-to-plant-backdoors-in-companies-around-the-world/ Apparently the Iranian government-paid hackers were instructed to exploit VPN bugs so they could get access inside enterprise-level VPNs such as Palo Alto Networks, Citrix, Fortinet, and Pulse secure, in order to infiltrate large companies all over the world. God I love cyber-security. That's just nice, totally nice.

The government-owned corporation reportedly received an email alleging a change to a banking account tied to remittance payments. https://cyware.com/news/bec-scammers-siphoned-off-26-million-from-puerto-rico-government-0ca767e1/

A phishing scam hit Altice USA Inc., the provider of Optimum cable television and internet services, spilling all 12,000 current employees as well as some former employees and a small number of customer records. https://cyware.com/news/altice-usa-hit-by-email-scam-leaking-thousands-of-employees-and-customers-data-020130f5

Reports provide in-depth analysis on six new malware samples https://www.techradar.com/news/fbi-warns-over-fresh-malware-from-north-korea

Hackers use coronavirus fears to trick victims into new online scams. https://www.techradar.com/news/coronavirus-malware-scams-return-with-a-venegeance

This article is talking about a new malicious threat. now multiple U.S. government agencies have warned of a newly intensifying threat from North Korea. Some of the malware is new and some of it is updated. https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/02/15/microsoft-windows-users-beware-pentagon-dhs-and-fbi-just-issued-this-malicious-new-malware-warning/#8be76253d447

The Industrial Development Company of Puerto Rico fell for a common email scam called a BEC scam, and lied about their identity and tricked employees. They transferred $2.6 million to the fraudulent account and lost the money. The government is currently investigating how this scam occurred and the FBI suggests to verify financial requests in…

A Hacker is selling a "keyless repeater" which will open any keyless entry car, he is currently selling his device for $9,000 it will work on any car with an exception to those that use 22-40 kHz as their transponder frequency. https://gulfnews.com/technology/hacker-creates-new-device-that-can-unlock-any-luxury-car-1.1581777698201

Cisco is putting together an offer to purchase platform security vendor FireEye and expects to present the bid in the coming weeks, according to Spanish news outlet Okdiario.

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/hacking-group-publishes-full-dump-of-law-firms-data-another-responds-to-cybersecurity-incident As stated in the article, it explains that data from two law firms had been exposed by numerous hackers. Which included fee agreements and diaries from personal injury cases. The second firm ended up receiving suspicious activity on its network and in response, they took it offline. It isn't verified if client data has…

House Research and Technology Chair Haley Stevens (D-MI) highlighted the issue during a hearing on cybersecurity workforce. Industry leaders lamented the fact that few students are graduating with the relevant hard and soft skills needed to be effective members of the cyber security community. Cybersecurity Jobs Going Begging As College Computer Science Grads Lack Skills/Experience…

A look at commonalities and overlap across 32 different syllabi's across various universities courses in the cybersecurity field with schools predominately in the United States but also from abroad. Mapping the Known Unknowns of Cybersecurity Education

Phishing scam targets PayPal users with a fake warning email. Remember to never give information through links sent in emails, always go to the official site when logging in. The scam is targeting personal information including Social Security Number and photos of passports. https://threatpost.com/active-paypal-phishing-scam-targets-ssns-passport-photos/152755/

Toll Group Shuts Down Systems An Australian logistics company called Toll Group shut down systems as a precautionary measure. They want to get their services back up and running as soon as possible.

Attorney General William Barr announced that four people in the Chinese military will charged for hacking the Equifax computer network. The four charged were believed to have been looking for sensitive information towards American citizens. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/doj-announces-more-equifax-charges-credits-chinese-hackers