Cybersecurity - Nasni Consultants

FCC Adds Kaspersky to List of National Security Threats

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 29, 2022
Post category:Cybersecurity
Post last modified:March 29, 2022

Colin Thierry Published on: March 29, 2022 The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has added Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab to its list of organizations that pose an “unacceptable risk to…

Estonian Tied to 13 Ransomware Attacks Gets 66 Months in Prison

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 25, 2022
Post category:Cybersecurity
Post last modified:March 25, 2022

An Estonian man was sentenced today to more than five years in a U.S. prison for his role in at least 13 ransomware attacks that caused losses of approximately $53…

Russia Bans Google News for Reporting “Unreliable” Info on War in Ukraine

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 25, 2022
Post category:Cybersecurity
Post last modified:March 25, 2022

Colin Thierry Published on: March 25, 2022 Roskomnadzor, Russia’s telecommunications regulator, has banned Google News and blocked access to the news.google.com domain for providing access to “unreliable information” on the…

Data Breach at French Public Health Insurer Exposes Personal Data of Over 500,000 Citizens

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 25, 2022
Post category:Cybersecurity
Post last modified:March 25, 2022

Colin Thierry Published on: March 25, 2022 Personally identifiable information of more than 500,000 French citizens was stolen from the Caisse Nationale de l’AssuranceMaladie (CNAM) after criminals gained access to…

BlackBerry Researchers Discover New Ransomware Family that Targets Windows Systems

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 24, 2022
Post category:Cybersecurity
Post last modified:March 24, 2022

Colin Thierry Published on: March 24, 2022 Security researchers at BlackBerry have identified a new Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) family on March 16 and traced it back to its alleged beta stage…

A Closer Look at the LAPSUS$ Data Extortion Group

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 23, 2022
Post category:Cybersecurity
Post last modified:March 23, 2022

Microsoft and identity management platform Okta both this week disclosed breaches involving LAPSUS$, a relatively new cybercrime group that specializes in stealing data from big companies and threatening to publish…

Japanese Medical Consultation Platform Exposes Customer Images

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 22, 2022
Post category:Cybersecurity
Post last modified:March 22, 2022

SafetyDetectives Cybersecurity Team Published on: March 22, 2022 Intro The SafetyDetectives cybersecurity team uncovered a data exposure affecting the Japanese medical Q&A service Doctors Me. Doctors Me is a website that…

Biden Warns of Incoming Russian Cyberattacks Against the US

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 22, 2022
Post category:Cybersecurity
Post last modified:March 22, 2022

Colin Thierry Published on: March 22, 2022 President Joe Biden on Monday warned of Russian cyberattacks against the US — making his most prominent alert yet about what he called…

‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 22, 2022
Post category:Cybersecurity
Post last modified:March 22, 2022

Pavel Vrublevsky, founder of the Russian payment technology firm ChronoPay and the antagonist in my 2014 book “Spam Nation,” was arrested in Moscow this month and charged with fraud. Russian…

Hackers Demand $15 Million Ransom from TransUnion after Breaching Server

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 21, 2022
Post category:Cybersecurity
Post last modified:March 21, 2022

Colin Thierry Published on: March 21, 2022 International credit bureau TransUnion said in a statement on Sunday that hackers managed to breach a server operated by its South African division and…