Brett Callow

@jamiemaccoll @uuallan @jgreigj @TheRecord_Media And this is what we should be trying to track, as the number of incidents is a pretty poor measure. A decrease in overall severity could mean we were headed in the right direction, even if the number of incidents had increased.

@jamiemaccoll @uuallan @jgreigj @TheRecord_Media Severity is assessed based on factors such as the financial loss incurred, the extent of data loss, business interruption, recovery costs, and any additional consequences of an attack <-- So I'm told.

Good thing @jgreigj didn’t ask me for a comment on this story because it would have just been filled with expletives! 40%. Insured. Victims. Paid. Ransom. W-T-F! Cyber insurer says ransomware attacks drove a spike in claim sizes therecord.media/cyber-insurer-… @TheRecord_Media

Ransomware severity up 68% in first half of 2024 <- Coalition. techtarget.com/searchsecurity…

New law in Australia will require mandatory reporting of ransomware payments <-- Via @AlexMartin therecord.media/australia-bill…

Further Evil Corp cyber criminals exposed, one unmasked as #LockBit affiliate #ransomware. nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/further-e…

The @NCA_UK has resurrected #LockBit's domain. More to come. #ransomware

🧵Happy (?) Monday! Today we launch the @Kickstarter for the Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar trade! This collects all 4 issues of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar PLUS a 20-page Christmas special starring @ddd1ms and some special behind the scenes pages! But wait, there's more...

What more can be done to stop ransomware attacks? <— Unsurprisingly, @uuallan advocated drone strikes. With @tiskimber and @KimZetter. h/t @gregotto #mwise. cyberscoop.com/ransomware-att…

Measuring Policy Effectiveness of Cyber Defensibility and Deterrence <-- Good stuff from @Jason_Healey lawfaremedia.org/article/measur…

@cahlberg @Mastercard @RecordedFuture Congrats, Chris!

I am thrilled to announce that @Mastercard is acquiring @recordedfuture for $2.65B. It has been an incredible journey, starting in 2007 when we wrote down the patent application for what became the Recorded Future Intelligence Platform.

@aejleslie This is an obvious lie. There is no macOS malware.

It’s me. I’ll be reversing macOS malware live on stage. We’ll walk through a standard infection chain, create signatures, and profile the developers and traffers targeting macOS. Get pumped.

Time to get your #cyberwarcon socks on!

@zebatweets Best of luck, Zeba!

1/4 The Mid-Year Crypto Crime Report Pt 1 on #ransomware and #stolenfunds is our pulse check on crime and indicator of what lies ahead. Unfortunately, the outlook isn’t so rosy.  Some cautionary highlights in thread 🧵 chainalysis.com/blog/2024-cryp…

@TonyaJoRiley Can you please tl;dr antitrust for me, Tonya?

Just BEGGING someone to ask me to explain antitrust to them now that I’ve taken a 1.5 hour law school course on it

I'll be at #mWISE in Denver on 18 and 19 September. If you'll be there too, please do say hello - except for you, @uuallan! mwise.mandiant.com/conf24/keynotes

CrowdStrike Outage: Policyholder Guidance and Insurance Implications coalitioninc.com/blog/crowdstri…

Hackers are already taking advantage of the CrowdStrike outage chaos <-- Via @snlyngaas @b_fung cnn.com/2024/07/22/tec…

🚨As we warned about yesterday, @CrowdStrike’s recent blog confirms a threat actor is leveraging yesterday’s outage to distribute a malicious ZIP archive. Read more here &🛡️Stay Vigilant! crowdstrike.com/blog/likely-ec…

@ciaranmartinoxf The threat actors: @joetidy aka Dell Boy Tsunami and @AlexMartin aka Rodney Flood.