cybercrime

Ransomware

Skip the hysteria. What you need to know about the big ransomware attack.

By / 8 Comments / 21 August 2017

Summary:  Let’s take a break from the media hysteria about the massive global attack by software built by the NSA. Cybersecurity expert Marcus Ranum explains why hospitals were the focus of the attack, why organizations are so vulnerable after a decade of warnings, and what will create effective defenses. This continues our years of coverage about cybersecurity, one of …

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Cyberdefense

After the largest cyberattack ever, here’s how to defend against the next & bigger ones

By / 1 Comment / 21 August 2017

Summary: The breakout year for cybersecurity continues, with a massive global attack — more than 45,000 attacks in 99 countries by software linked to (built by?) the NSA (source). In this from the archives cybersecurity expert Marcus Ranum explains defense in this new world. Offense gets all the attention, but smart organisations win by defense. See today’s second post: …

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Stratfor looks at Russian Hackers

Stratfor untangles the web of Russia’s cyber operations

By / 4 Comments / 29 April 2017

Summary: 2016 was the breakout year for cybercrime, a revolution largely ignored by journalists. Here Stratfor looks at one aspect that has gotten attention lately — hackers operating from Russia. It is a natural match – a nation with a first class educational system and high rates of poverty. The West can’t suppress Russian hackers …

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About Advanced Persistent Threats, a new frontier of cybercrime

By / Leave a Comment / 23 December 2016

Summary: While America marvels at the festival of trivia and miscellany that was Campaign 2016, we had the breakout year for cybercrime. It gets headlines, mostly about delusional stories which the media credulously accept (e.g., the March 2014 OPM hack was “a decisive instrument of warfare.”). Here is another in a series about this new form of …

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Stratfor looks back at 2016, the breakout year for cybercrime

By / 1 Comment / 3 December 2016

Summary:The media and military experts thrill to news about the A-10 and the latest nuclear submarine. Meanwhile new tools for cybercrime and cyberwar reshape the world. The FM website has covered these stories, puncturing the myths that fit them into a useful narrative for governments. Here Stratfor summarizes the events of 2016, the breakout year …

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