The CyberSecurity Show by Dominic Alvieri

New Cring and a Ransomware Record,  Acer Ransom Doubles to $100,000,000.00 By Dominic Alvieri April 9th, 2021 DoppelPaymer, Egregor, REvil and Ryuk The deadline has come and gone and with it a cool $50 Million more. 2021 has started off where 2020 left off with a new ransomware record. Acer,  Shell, T-Mobile, US Cellular and Molson Coors have all also been targets of ransomware this year.  REvil holds the current record request...for now. Ransomware targets in 2021. Phishing is still the number one entry for malware. Email phishing is still the number one entry point for ransomware and industry reports 90% of all malware access is initially placed by gaining access to corporate networks is through phishing. Antivirus is no longer enough to protect your network.  Blacklist the items? Reactive management won't suffice. How can you blacklist the unknown? The whitelist is the target. Corporate mailing lists, executives, vendors, invoices... Visit CISA.gov for more on how to reduce the

 The spoofing question. By Dominic Alvieri, @AlvieriD March 10th, 2021 They subtly come everyday. The email. The text. Great free products, messages, pictures. Some are not so subtle and easy to detect. Others are more opaque and harder to spot for the average Joe. Smishing, spearing, phishing or whaling the targets may vary but the goal is the same. Get you to click.  During a busy day would this alert make you click? Always go to the account directly to verify. What would you do? Would you click?   From top to bottom you have to secure your phone lines and networks. Now. Exchange server hacks and rising Bitcoin prices probably means more malware attacks and intrusion attempts. They so cost effective and the margins are only getting better. Phishing and smishing are also on the rise as are SIM jackings and swaps. You can lose everything on your phone. That should make you think twice. Executives should have their personal phones secured as well. AT&T is integrating more security f

   Redirected Link is Now Direct Link  By Dominic Alvieri Twitter @AlvieriD January 23rd, 2021 The second largest online educational platform edX created by Harvard and MIT has been breached. Or has it? A new Rochester Institute of Technology online advanced cybersecurity course on edX was redirected last week to the Chinese Government Chief Information Office in Wanchai, Hong Kong China. Now the US InfoSec IT Security Standards and Best Practices portion links directly to InfoSec China. Redirected link last week. The link above leads to the Chinese Government Chief Information Office in Wanchai, Hong Kong. Link leads to Chinese Government Chief Information Office. Well how did that get there? Rochester Institute of Technology and the Chinese professor were unavailable for comment. The redirected link in week one now have direct links to the Chinese government Chief Information Office. The US InfoSec link now leads directly to the Chinese Chief Information Officer. That is not a typo.

CNN Posts Video Allowing Researcher to Reveal Man Carrying Fire Extinguisher Caught Live US Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick was Killed Last  Week After Being Struck in the Head With a Fire Extinguisher By Dominic Alvieri, Twitter @AlvieriD Reporter for The Cyber Show January 14th, 2021 This man is caught with a fire extinguisher in the Capitol. US Capitol Police Officer Sicknick was struck in the head and killed with a fire extinguisher  New video research from the CNN live stream of the deadly riots at the US Capitol is being released today seeking public assistance to identify the individuals responsible for the deadly attack. Police officer Brian D. Sicknick was killed last week after being struck in the head with a fire extinguisher according to witnesses. After hearing this I remembered the event that unfolded live before I was able to record some of the events. This rioter with a fire extinguisher at the Capitol.  Once CNN posted the video the rest was easy to tie togeth

The STABLE Act is Coming. What is a Coin, What is a Token? By Dominic Alvieri, @AlvieriD November 20th, 2020 The Crypto Craze. The proposed STABLE Act will require stablecoin issuers to have a banking charter and report holdings. The STABLE Act may be coming soon. Additional reporting and disclosure of assets securitizing stablecoins is a move in the right direction for security sake. You probably have heard Bitcoin is an investment or a store of value . You may have also heard most ransomware is paid in Bitcoins. Do you know the difference between a coin and a token? Do you know about different blockchains? Do you know what fungible means? What or who is backing your stablecoins? Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and stablecoins are not all created equal. Bitcoin is a digital currency to invest, hold or purchase in exchange for goods or services much the way a dollar in the local store would. Your one dollar or Bitcoin is fungible or able to replace or is interchangeable or equal to the next