Russia, Russia, Russia Is The Top Cyber Foe

Russia's Energetic Bear hacked two-state and local gov't computer networks, UK backs EU in sanctioning GRU for Parliament hacks, Government confirms Iran behind spoofed Proud Boys threats Despite the Trump Administration’s efforts to cast Iran as an equal foe when it comes to cyberattacks,

Officials Say Iran, Russia Obtained Publicly Available Data to Influence Presidential Campaign

Feds also say phishers posed as Proud Boys to scare Dems into voting for GOP, Law enforcement agencies across all 50 states have encrypted device unlocking tools, McAfee has gone public again

Microsoft: Trickbot Take-Down Rate Is 94%

NSA warns of Chinese malicious activity, Sweden bans Huawei and ZTE, Pfizer exposes sensitive patient data, Many browsers features address bar spoofing flaw, Google issues Chrome fix and more

Trial of Alleged Locky Ransomware Creator Gets Underway in Paris

Microsoft top brand for phishers, GravityRAT is now multi-platform, Albion gaming platform breached, Instagram leaks of minors' data probed by data authority, NCSC urges Sharepoint patch and more (The biggest story of the day is yesterday’s massive indictment against alleged members of GRU’s Sandworm hacking group.

Special Report: DoJ Indicts Six Russian Military Hackers With Charges Stemming From a String of High-Profile Cyberattacks

Group is responsible for bringing down Ukraine's power grid, launching the devastating NotPetya malware, conducting the Olympic Destroyer attacks and targeting Macron's campaign in France

QAnon Connected-8chan/8kun Knocked Offline, Revived With Help From Russian Company

Twitter changes "hacked materials" policy, Robinhood tells customers to set up 2FA, Toshiba plans to generate $3B from quantum key distribution, China's APT 31 poses as McAfee and others A phone call to an Internet provider in Oregon was all it took to briefly knock offline

Barnes and Noble Customers Might Be More Exposed in Ransomware Attack Than Company Admits

Millions of Dickey's Restaurant customers' data for sale on the dark web, DOJ indicts botnet-related money-laundering group members, C-Span's Scully lied about hack, Iran admits cyberattacks, more Plugging away: check out my column today at CSO on the common pitfalls that cybersecurity

Threat Actor Collective Fin11 Has Shifted to Financial Crimes

Twitter hackers began with tech support scam, FinFisher offices raided, Zoom to offer end-to-end encryption, Google and Intel warn of Bleeding Tooth Flaw in Linux, Trickbot network is still alive

Special Report: Is the NY Post Article a Late-Game Disinformation Effort to Disrupt the Election?

It's not clear if any foreign threat actor or bona fide "hacking" incident was involved but a whole lot of confusion and chaos reigned. Bright side: U.S. is better prepared to tackle disinformation.

Microsoft Issues Fixes for 87 Flaws Including Bad Bug That Can Be Exploited by Malformed Packet

Norway blames Russia for Parliament cyberattack, Internet freedom has taken a hit since COVID-19, Cybercriminals are launching attacks at WFH workers using Ofice 365, and more Microsoft issued updates to fix 87 security problems in Windows and programs that run on top of it as part of Patch Tuesday.

Five Eyes Countries Ask for Encryption Backdoors for the Umpteenth Time

Hackney Council hit by cyberattack, Doctorow publishes third in Little Brother series and more.

Special Report: Microsoft, Cybersecurity Organizations Worked Unknowlingly in Tandem with CyberCom to Disrupt Trickbot

Goal was to prevent election-related ransomware attacks by the Russian criminals; botnet disrupted but not permanently disabled