by KarinMuller | Dec 17, 2024 | Deep Dive
Conti Ransomware Attack on Costa Rican Government Conti Attack on Costa Rica When Ransomware Halts a Nation In a devastating demonstration of the impact of a ransomware attack, the Conti group launched an attack against Costa Rica. The attack led to the country...
by KarinMuller | Dec 11, 2024 | Deep Dive
MGM Resorts Ransomware Attack MGM Resorts ALPHV/BlackCat Ransomware Attack Cybercrime Meets Fake News MGM Resorts, one of the world’s largest casino operators, found itself in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons in September 2023. A ransomware attack disrupted...
by KarinMuller | Dec 3, 2024 | Threat Talks
Prevent, Pay or Insure Find this Threat Talk on Prevent, Pay or Insure? The road to cyber resilience Days before MGM’s computer systems were taken down in a cyberattack, fellow casino operator Caesars paid a $15 million ransom to attackers who infiltrated its systems....
by KarinMuller | Nov 26, 2024 | Deep Dive
UNIX CUPS Remote Code Execution UNIX CUPS Remote Code Execution The Fallacy of Default Trust “Hello! I’m a Printer! Please Let Me In, thank you!” – It may sound absurd, but this is how attackers can trick your system through the cups-browsed service....
by KarinMuller | Nov 12, 2024 | Deep Dive
Deep Dive – CrowdStrike auto-update disaster CrowdStrike Auto-Update Disaster The Fallacy of automatic updates Last July’s CrowdStrike outage led to closed airports, inaccessible bank accounts and hospitals that were only delivering emergency care that did not...
