WhatsApp Account Takeover Attack Advice The TTCSIRT urges the public to continue reporting these cyber-crime incidents to TTPS Cyber-Crime Unit via their website, https://www.ttps.gov.tt/Report-A-Crime, email cybercrime@ttps.gov.tt or call 612-0742, 715-2072. About stolen WhatsApp accounts You should never share your WhatsApp SMS verification code with others, not even friends or family. If you’re tricked into sharing …
Over the past couple weeks, numerous reports have been made by citizens of Trinidad and Tobago regarding cyber-crime incidents which include: • Phishing – Phishing involves sending emails, texts or making calls to persons aimed at creating a sense of urgency, curiosity or fear in victims which results in them revealing sensitive information (address, credentials, …
Please be advised, for situational awareness, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released Emergency Directive (ED) 21-01 – Mitigate SolarWinds Orion Code Compromise – Supplemental Guidance Version 2, which provides additional guidance that supplements Emergency Directive (ED) 21-01 and Supplemental Guidance v1 issued on December 18, 2020. Can be accessed here: https://cyber.dhs.gov/ed/21-01/#supplemental-guidance. This guidance requires …
Please be advised, Russian state-sponsored actors exploiting CVE-2020-4006, a command-injection vulnerability in VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector. The actors were found exploiting this vulnerability to access protected data on affected systems via a Command Injection Vulnerability in the administrative configurator. VMware has evaluated this issue to be of ‘Important‘ …
Please be advised, there is an observed significant increase in ransomware attacks targeting Healthcare and the Health Sector in neighboring countries. Ransomware is a type of malware that prevents users from accessing their system or files and demands a ransom payment in order to regain access. Threat actors have also threaten to publish or sell …
The Trinidad and Tobago Cyber Security Incident Response Team (TT-CSIRT) has observed a significant increase in ransomware attacks targeting local organizations. Ransomware is a type of malware that prevents users from accessing their system or files and demands a ransom payment in order to regain access. Threat actors have also threaten to publish or sell …
TT-CSIRT has observed an uptick in local instances of the DoppelPaymer ransomware. According to Threatpost, DoppelPaymer is an emerging type of ransomware that not only locks companies out of their own computer systems by encrypting files—the hallmark of typical ransomware—but also can exfiltrate company data and use it as collateral. The threat actors have also …
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released an alert warning of a recent increase in extortion email scams during the current “stay-at-home” orders due to the COVID-19 crisis. Cyber criminals threaten to release sexually explicit photos or videos of victims unless they agree to send payment. TTCSIRT encourages everyone to review the IC3 Alert …
The U.S. Departments of State, the Treasury, and Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are issuing this advisory as a comprehensive resource on the North Korean cyber threat for the international community, network defenders, and the public. The advisory highlights the cyber threat posed by North Korea – formally known as the Democratic …
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cyber security and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) did a joint alert talking to the exploitation by cyber criminal and Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups and a list of Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) for both detection and mitigation. Both …
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