The disruption of tens of thousands of Viasat consumer broadband modems across central Europe on Feb. 24 when Russia invaded Ukraine may have involved "AcidRain" wiper malware, security researchers at SentinelOne report. Viasat says those findings are "consistent" with the known facts of the attack.
The Cofense Intelligence™ team analyzes millions of emails and malware samples to understand the phishing landscape. In Q4 2021, we observed that malicious phishing campaigns increased, mainly due to the return of Emotet in early November. Campaigns delivering malware preferred keyloggers, with information stealers...
Recent breach reports filed by a law enforcement benefits health plan, a healthcare staffing firm and a rural medical center are the latest examples of the diverse range of healthcare sector entities being targeted by cyberattackers. What do experts recommend?
Researchers have observed a growing number of threat actors using the Russia-Ukraine war as a lure in phishing and malware campaigns to target the military of multiple Eastern European countries, as well as a NATO Center of Excellence, according to Google's Threat Analysis Group.
Hackers have allegedly managed to breach the infrastructure belonging to Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency, or Rosaviatsiya, and wiped out its entire database and files consisting of 65TB of data, including documents, files, aircraft registration data and emails from the servers.
This edition analyzes how hackers exploited a misconfigured VPN device, gained access to Viasat's satellite network and caused a massive outage in Europe as Russia's invasion of Ukraine began. It also examines the invasion's impact on financial services and how to modernize security operations.
An apparent ransomware attack and alleged data theft by the Hive cybercriminal group has left Partnership HealthPlan of California struggling to recover its IT services for more than a week. The nonprofit says it is unable to receive or process treatment authorization requests.
Days after the recent Okta data breach, parts of a security report, allegedly created by Mandiant, were leaked, giving the breach timeline and how the threat group gained access to Okta's environment. Security experts, including an Okta customer, discuss the report, supply chain risks and redress.
The Russia-Ukraine war has altered the risks facing organizations that use Russian technology or services, including the increased threat of being directly targeted, as well as disruptions caused by any new sanctions, warns Britain's National Cyber Security Center.
In the latest "Troublemaker CISO" post, security director Ian Keller discusses killware - "a hack of critical services and or infrastructure that can lead to the loss of life" - and asks: "Why should the power grid - or hospitals, water treatment plants or your pacemaker - be internet-accessible?
On Monday, Ukrainian ISP Ukrtelecom was hit by a cyberattack that reduced its services, the SSSCIP of Ukraine says. It is reportedly the largest outage since Russia invaded Ukraine. Meanwhile, Russia’s internet services could be affected by a shortage of equipment due to ongoing sanctions.
Cyber experts recommend security teams stay on high alert in protecting enterprise networks as Russia launches cyberattacks against Ukraine, atop its ground invasion. This thread serves as a comprehensive security-related news thread for the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
A bipartisan Senate bill proposes closer collaboration between the Department of Health and Human Services and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, with a goal of strengthening cybersecurity in the health and public health sectors. But would that make a major difference?
The U.S. FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau voted unanimously to ban Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom (Americas) Corp., and China Mobile International USA Inc., saying they pose a national security threat. And bug bounty platform HackerOne also suspended Kaspersky.
An Estonian national accused of causing more than $53 million in ransomware losses has been sentenced to U.S. federal prison for furthering and facilitating computer intrusions, the movement of fraudulently obtained goods and funds, and the monetization of stolen financial account information.
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