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Severe ransomware attacks against public institutions in the United States are becoming very common, IT security audit specialists say. From schools, libraries, and public administration systems, incidents keep happening in cities such as Florida, New York, Louisiana, and more. Recently, U.S. authorities disclosed a ransomware attack on the Georgia State Patrol. Lt. Chris Stallings, head […]
Malware attacks are still on the rise. International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS) website security specialists report that multiple IT systems in academic institutions in Louisiana, US, have been attacked with an unknown malware variant. So far no attacks have been identified against other sectors. The incident is so serious that John Bel Edwards, the […]
Cyberattacks against critical infrastructure have become common, system audit experts mention; groups of threat actors are constantly developing new ways of compromising critical sectors of industry and public services seeking economic benefits or even interfering in the political life of the attacked territory. This time, a ransomware infection has been reported on the systems of […]
According to network security specialists, thousands of cyberattacks compromised the information security of more than 10k Microsoft customers last year. Most of these malicious activities were reportedly carried out from countries such as North Korea, Iran and Russia. Microsoft’s corporate vice president for customer trust and security, Tom Burt, mentioned on the company’s official blog […]
Last Saturday night, a blackout in New York left the entire Manhattan area without electric power; interestingly, the incident occurred on the anniversary of the massive blackout that happened in 1977 that left the entire city without power, crippling traffic and all work, academic and domestic activities, network security specialists report. Con Edison, one of […]
The government of La Porte County, Indiana, paid a ransom of about $130k USD after suffering a ransomware attack that encrypted access to all their files. According to information security experts, the incident occurred after the U.S. decided that local governments should not yield to the demands of threat actors in such cases. La Porte […]
Officials at Monroe College, a private university based in New York, recently reported a cybersecurity incident that affected its operations. According to system audit specialists, the hackers in charge of the attack compromised the academic institution’s computer systems, demanding a ransom of more than $2 million in exchange for restoring their systems. The university’s administrative […]
Since 2018 multiple digital forensics specialists started to reveal the existence of severe Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, which affect Intel’s advanced processors. Now, new researches have uncovered new flaws in the company’s software. The new vulnerabilities, discovered by Eclypsium firm specialist Jesse Michael and internal Intel staff, significantly affect the Intel processor diagnostic tool, as […]
IT security audit specialists report a ransomware attack incident occurring in a municipality in eastern Ontario, Canada, in late June. The little city management reported that their systems have just been completely restored. The Nation municipality’s computer systems were infected with a variant of encryption malware sometime on Sunday, June 30, public officials noted. Threat […]
This week, Austin Thompson, a 23-year-old from Utah, US, was sentenced to two years and three months in prison after being charged and found guilty of deploying a series of denial of service (DDoS) attacks against the online video games servers of Sony, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Nintendo, among others, reported experts in digital forensics. Thompson, […]
Specialists in ethical hacking from the cybersecurity firm Kaspersky reported the discovery of a new ransomware variant much more dangerous than encryption malware conventionally used by threat actors. This new malware, known as Sodin, exploits a zero-day flaw in the Windows operating system tracked as CVE-2018-8453; in other words, the targeted user doesn’t even have […]
Ethical hacking specialists from the security firm Kaspersky reported the discovery of a new malware variant used by hackers to infect ATMs and extract money with illicit transactions in Mexico and some South American territories, such as Colombia. Kaspersky, which provides cybersecurity services and has an advanced research program, reported that, after performing an intensive […]
Cybersecurity services specialists report the detection of a hacking campaign operated by a group of cybercriminals specializing in attacks against banking institutions; the campaign was detected in four different locations on the Asian continent: Sri Lanka, India, Kyrgyzstan and Bangladesh. This hacker group has been identified as “Silence”, has been active at least since 2016 […]
In general, corporate security policies define the information assets needed to continue corporate activities. Detecting threats to this information asset is the role of detection and response system. In addition, reducing or avoiding the risk against detected threats plays a role of prevention, a big word today in the age of left and right hacking […]
The Five Eyes alliance (New Zealand, Australia, Canada, UK and the United States) allegedly launched a takedown-level cyber attack and large-scale industrial espionage against Russia’s biggest search engine and web services company, Yandex. The incident occurred between October 2018 to November 2018, the data breach includes information about Yandex’s research and development efforts at that […]
Digital forensics specialists report that the U.S. government has begun a cyberattack campaign against military systems and a cyber espionage network from Iran, after an American military drone was shot down by Iranian agents. President Trump’s administration ordered the attack on Iran in retaliation for the incident with the drone, however, shortly after the U.S. […]
A massive blackout left millions of people without power in some South American countries, such as Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, over the last weekend. Although the exact causes of the incident are not yet known, network security experts and authorities consider it likely to be a cyberattack; “there is still nothing confirmed, but we must […]
Researchers discovered a new malware attacker against the government and private organizations from Chinese cyber espionage group APT10 using previously unknown malware with a new set of unique activities. Based on telemetry data, attackers launching two different loader variants and various other payloads with similar Tactics, Techniques that were used for other attacks by APT10. APT10 […]
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claim to have attacked a building that served as the cyber operations headquarter of the Palestinian jihad movement Hamas last weekend. As reported amongst the cybersecurity community, IDF bombed the building after a joint operation with the Israel Security Agency (known as Shin Bet). The IDF has also ensured that this […]
A “denial-of-service condition” has reportedly impacted a US energy company that provides power to many western states. TechCrunch reports, “An energy company providing power in several western U.S. states experienced a “denial-of-service condition” serious enough to warrant reporting it to the government’s energy authority.” The report, by TechCrunch security editor Zack Whittaker, further says that […]
One of the most constant threats faced by website, web applications, and online infrastructure operators are the so called denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. According to cyber forensics course specialists, threat actors are always trying to develop methods to deploy these kinds of attacks, so it is necessary to stay one step ahead of hackers. Recent research […]