NEWS

NSA Responsible for Recent Cyberattacks in the United States

By Black Pine Cyber | May 27, 2019 | Comments Off on NSA Responsible for Recent Cyberattacks in the United States

As the City of Baltimore continues to struggle with the effects of the recent Robinhood ransomware attack that crippled their systems, the New York Times reports that the tool used to execute the attack relied on the EternalBlue exploits created by the National Security Agency. The NSA lost control of…

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City of Baltimore Provides Update on Ransomware Attack

By Black Pine Cyber | May 21, 2019 | Comments Off on City of Baltimore Provides Update on Ransomware Attack

In a recent release, the City of Baltimore has advised that it is still unable to send or receive email after its systems were infected with the Robinhood ransomware on May 7th (16 days ago). The attack has disrupted real estate transactions, bill payments, email and telecommunications – though luckily,…

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Wormable Vulnerability in Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (CVE-2019-0708)

By Black Pine Cyber | May 14, 2019 | Comments Off on Wormable Vulnerability in Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (CVE-2019-0708)

A number of important security updates from Microsoft and Adobe dropped this week. On Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released an update to address a major vulnerability – a “wormable” flaw in Remote Desktop Services (formerly known as Terminal Services) for Windows XP, Windows 7 and server products from Windows Server 2003…

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2019 Idaho Cybersecurity Interdependencies Summit

By Black Pine Cyber | April 29, 2019 | Comments Off on 2019 Idaho Cybersecurity Interdependencies Summit

2019 IDAHO CYBERSECURITY INTERDEPENDENCIES SUMMIT WHEN: April 29, 2019 from 8:30am Mountain until 5:00pm Mountain. Unfortunately, registration is now closed for this event. Please check back to read the final report on the Summit. ​​ WHERE: The Riverside Hotel 2900 W. Chinden Blvd. Boise, Idaho Preliminary agenda HERE Sponsorship opportunities…

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Petya Ransomware a Front for State Cyberattack

By Black Pine Cyber | June 28, 2017 | Comments Off on Petya Ransomware a Front for State Cyberattack

The recently released and poorly constructed variant of the Petya ransomware, was not designed to make money… so it is not by definition, ransomware. Petya is a wiper. It was designed specifically to spread quickly across the globe and completely and permanently eviscerate any machine it infects. First deployed in…

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