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Conti is malware developed and first used by the Russia-based hacking group "Wizard Spider" in December, 2019. [1] [2] It has since become a full-fledged ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation used by numerous threat actor groups to conduct ransomware attacks.
The portrayal of cybersecurity themes in popular culture has evolved along with the growth of Internet and computer technology. Early examples from the 1980s and 1990s, such as "WarGames" (1983), "Neuromancer" (1984), "The Net" (1995), "Snow Crash" (1992), and "Hackers" (1995), introduced the hacker archetype and explored virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and ethical implications of ...
The unified organization comprises at least four distinct groups, including the Ghost Caliphate Section, Sons Caliphate Army (SCA), Caliphate Cyber Army (CCA), and the Kalashnikov E-Security Team. Other groups potentially involved with the United Cyber Caliphate are the Pro-ISIS Media group Rabitat Al-Ansar (League of Supporters) and the ...
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The National Cyber Security Centre identified the penetration testing tool Cobalt Strike, sold by American IT company HelpSystems, as being used to move through and infect HSE and Department of Health systems, to run executable files, and to deploy a variant of the Conti ransomware.
EINSTEIN was implemented to determine if the government was under cyber attack. EINSTEIN does this by collecting flow data from all civilian agencies and compared that flow data to a baseline. If one Agency reported a cyber event, the 24/7 Watch at US-CERT could look at the incoming flow data and assist resolution.
In the context of the Internet, this type of awareness is sometimes referred to as cyber security awareness, which is the focus of multiple initiatives, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Awareness Month [3] and President Obama's 2015 White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection. [4]
According to the press release on the NIST website, [10] "this FFRDC is the first solely dedicated to enhancing the security of the nation's information systems." The press release states that the FFRDC will help the NCCoE "expand and accelerate its public-private collaborations" and focus on "boosting the security of U.S. information systems."