Yaser Balaghi, a cybercriminal working for Iran attacked the computer of a former IDF chief of staff and gained access to his entire computer database, says Times of Israel. click here to read full...
Qatari government-funded international Arabic news channel Al Jazeera announced that they have blocked a series of cyberattacks that tried to disrupt and take over some components of its news publishing platform. According to the...
South Korea Ransomware attacks have escalated over the past year in South Korea, crippling hospitals and shopping malls, as the coronavirus outbreak has increased Internet activity, according to Ciso. click here to read full...
In the wake of the recent cyberattacks on Colonial Pipeline and JBS SA, the Biden administration has warned business leaders to increase the protection of their companies against ransomware attacks. click here to read...
Attacks on Taiwan-based QNAP continue to turn ugly. It is now advising its clients to update the HBS 3 disaster recovery app to block Qlocker ransomware actors who now use a backdoor that exploits...
Potential victims are sent phishing documents branded with the UNHRC logo. Named UgyhurApplicationList.docx, this document contains decoy material relating to discussions of human rights violations. click here to read full Article Read more on...
While the world’s diplomatic attention has been focused on the North’s nuclear goals, analysts warn its army of thousands of well-trained hackers is proving just as hazardous. click here to read full Article Read...
Over the past few years, the researchers have observed OT assets becoming compromised through a variety of methods, including remote access services and virtual network computing (VNC). click here to read full Article Read...
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) is seeking advice on measures to increase cybersecurity efforts across the UK from firms that both procure and provide digital services. click here to read...
The coronavirus pandemic and working from home (WFH) requirements are causing a “significant” spike in attacks against financial entities, new research by BAE Systems Applied Intelligence suggests. click here to read full Article Read...
The Biden administration is buckling down on cyber threats to U.S. power infrastructure. The Department of Energy (DOE) announced a 100-day plan to help shore up the U.S. electric power system against cyber threats....
The leaders of the nation’s intelligence agencies on Wednesday joined bipartisan members of the Senate Intelligence Committee in pushing for measures to encourage the private sector to report breaches. click here to read full...
U.S. federal investigators are purportedly looking into a security breach at Codecov, a platform used to test software code with more 29,000 customers worldwide, Reuters reported on Saturday. click here to read full Article...
Cyberattacks are now the foremost risk to the global financial system, even more so than the lending and liquidity risks that led to the 2008 financial crisis, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell....
The study, conducted by Mike McGuire a senior lecturer in criminology at the University of Surrey, reveals that the world is coming increasingly close to nation-state retaliating against cyber-attacks with violence. click here to...
Fitch Ratings published an alert last week to warn of the “material risk” to water and sewer utilities caused by cyber-attacks that could also impact their ability to repay debt. click here to read...
