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PRC State Hacking: ‘Chinese Edward Snowden’ Spills I‑Soon Secrets in Huge Dump of TTPs
Richi Jennings | | APT41, Auxun, Chengdu 404, china, china espionage, Chinese, Chinese Communists, Chinese devices, chinese government, chinese hacker, Chinese hackers, Chinese Threat Actors, Data Stolen By China, Great Firewall of China, hong kong, i-soon, Insider, insider breach, insider risk, iSoon, Peoples Republic of China, SB Blogwatch, Tibet, Uyghur
Underpaid, overworked and angry: Whistleblower in hacker contractor firm for Chinese government blows lid off tactics, techniques and procedures ...
Security Boulevard
Insider Risk: Theft of Trade Secrets Nets Thief Six Months
Christopher Burgess | | Cyberlaw, Insider, insider risk, Intellectual Property, IP theft, semiconductor
An interesting case of insider risk wrapped up recently in the Federal District Court in Massachusetts when U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young handed down a lenient sentence to Haoyang ...
Security Boulevard
IT admin admits sabotaging ex-employer’s network in bid for higher salary
Graham Cluley | | Administrative Privileges, cybercrime, Featured Articles, Insider, insider threat, IT Security and Data Protection, network, system administrators
A 40-year-old man could face up to 10 years in prison, after admitting in a US District Court to sabotaging his former employer’s computer systems. Casey K Umetsu, of Honolulu, Hawaii, has ...
Teachable Moment: An Insider Threat on Your Team
Christopher Burgess | | Code42, Insider, insider threat, Insider threat management, Intellectual Property
No manager or executive wants to receive a phone call informing them that a team member has engaged in suspicious activities that require a security investigation. But that’s just what happened to ...
Security Boulevard
Cybercriminals Inducing Insiders to Plant Malware
Those who manage insider threat programs just got a healthy reminder from researchers at Abnormal Security who detailed how their deployed tools detected a new insider recruitment tactic—this time involving ransomware. Insider ...
Security Boulevard
Tala welcomes Jim Routh to its Board of Advisors
Tala is incredibly excited to announce a new addition to our team. Jim Routh has joined the company as an Advisor to Tala. ...
Mercy Health Fired Employee Responsible for Insider Breach
David Bisson | | Breach, Insider, IT Security and Data Protection, Latest Security News, Mercy Health
Mercy Health revealed that it had fired an employee who was responsible for an insider breach involving its systems. On December 4, Mercy Health posted a notice informing its patients of a ...
Amazon Discloses Security Incident Involving Customers’ Email Addresses
Amazon informed some of its customers about a security incident that involved the unauthorized disclosure of their email addresses. News of the security incident emerged over the weekend of October 23 when ...
Report: Nashville company pays ex-employee ransom installments only to stall him until the cops make the bust
Filip Truta | | disgruntled employee, ex-employee, Industry News, Insider, insider threat, internal threats, malicious insider, Ransom
A global phone insurance and tech support company headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee has resorted to paying ransom to an alleged ex-staffer after receiving emails claiming he stole private info of thousands of ...
Prying Eyes Inside the Enterprise: Bitglass’ Insider Threat Report
When words like cyberattack are used, they typically conjure up images of malicious, external threats. While hackers, malware, and other outside entities pose a risk to enterprise security, they are not the ...