Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Deloitte has responded to claims by the Brain Cipher ransomware group, which alleges the theft of over 1 terabyte of the company’s data. Recently, the ransomware group Brain Cipher added Deloitte UK to its Tor leak site. The Brain Cipher ransomware group has been active since at least April 2024.On

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 14, 2022

A few hours ago, Ukraine government’s critical websites were hit by a cyber attack, blocking access to thousands of users from the past 6 hours. SBU Security Service of Ukraine assured that no information was stolen in the attack and only resulted in a digital disruption that will be brought back to normalcy in a few hours.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 19, 2022

Experts have warned that the Russia-Ukraine conflict poses an unprecedented cyber risk for U.S. organizations as well as State and local governments and municipalities. Governments and Municipalities at Risk of Foreign Nation Cyber Attacks appeared first on Security Boulevard. The post Local U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2025

Port of Seattle is notifying 90,000 people of a data breach after personal data was stolen in a ransomware attack in August 2024. In August 2024, a cyber attack hit the Port of Seattle , which also operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The attack impacted websites and phone systems.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Though there is no confirmed news that the attack was of a ransomware virus, sources report that the restoration of services might take a few weeks as the incident seems to be more complicated after preliminary investigations were concluded.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The post Stoli Vodka: Bankrupt After Ransomware Attack appeared first on Security Boulevard. Absolutely un-fabulous: Smells like Russia is responsible, but reality is a bit more complicated.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The intelligence committee, funded by South Korea’s National Assembly, has revealed that a cyber attack launched on Pfizer at the end of last year was launched by North Korean hackers to steal the intelligence of vaccine research that was co-sponsored by BioNTech.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2022

Which are the cyber attacks of 2021 that had the major impact on organizations worldwide in terms of financial losses and disruption of the operations? The systems at the company were infected with the Phoenix Locker, a variant of ransomware tracked as Hades that was part of the arsenal of the cybercrime group known as Evil Corp.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 22, 2021

The US Department of Defense Cyber Command has disclosed in a tweet that the US State Department was hit by a cyber attack, just a couple of weeks ago, hinting at a serious data breach. The post Details of US State Department Cyber Attack appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Technion University, one of the top technology schools in Israel, has issued a press update that most of its systems were targeted by a ransomware attack and it could be the work of the DarkBit hacking group, a gang that is opposing the government policies of Israel. TB from the servers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 16, 2023

First, is the news that the Indian government has launched its own Mobile Operating systems that have capabilities to take on international rivals like iOS and Android. Called as IndOS, the OS will be available on devices being sold on the Indian subcontinent and will have all pre-loaded government apps that are there to service the citizen.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 11, 2021

The Redwood-based company that stands as the second-largest gaming company in America after Ubisoft stated that it is taking the help of security experts to investigate the incident to the core and assured that it will share all the information related to the cyber attack with other companies and the government.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 28, 2021

US President Joe Biden felt that pretty soon a shooting war can erupt between nations and the reason behind it could be a cyber attack. Mr. Biden expressed his mind after a series of sophisticated attacks on SolarWinds, Colonial Pipeline, JBS meat and Kaseya software.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 8, 2025

Here's what happened: In August 2024, Stoli got hit with ransomware. The attack knocked out their enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. But the ransomware attack wasn't their only problem. But the ransomware attack wasn't their only problem. Then ransomware hit. Now, four months later, two U.S.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 10, 2022

According to a research carried out by Check Point Research, a 50% rise in cyber attacks is being witnessed year on year and the target points were mostly touted to be the organizations operating in education/research and military or government sectors.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2023

The Australian government is set to issue a complete ban on ransomware payments after one of its major financial lenders became the target of a massive file-encrypting malware attack on March 16th this year. However, law enforcement is increasingly able to track such payments by using sophisticated blockchain-driven software.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 21, 2023

Ernst and Young NOTE- Microsoft has confirmed the presence of Clop ransomware suspects, linked to Russian intelligence behind the incident and reaffirmed that health organizations and financial institutions could be the next target of the notorious file encrypting malware spreading gang that is into double extortion.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

Israel ‘s defence ministry announced to have foiled an attempted cyber attack by a foreign threat actors group targeting the country’s defence manufacturers. According to the officials, the attack was launched by “an international cyber group called ‘ Lazarus.’ Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2022

The Conti ransomware gang is threatening to ‘overthrow’ the new government of Costa Rica after last month’s attack. Last month, the Conti ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the attack on Costa Rica government infrastructure after that the government refused to pay a ransom.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

CISA adds Windows and Qualcomm bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Three new Ivanti CSA zero-day actively exploited in attacks Ukrainian national pleads guilty in U.S. Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A cyber attack on the logistics giant DP World caused significant disruptions in the operations of several major Australian ports. DP World is a global leader in logistics, providing comprehensive supply chain solutions to the world’s largest shipping lines, multinational companies and governments.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 31, 2023

Capita, an internationally acclaimed business processing & outsourcing firm, is experiencing a sudden halt in the operations of its IT services and suspects a cyber attack behind the disruption. The post NHS IT systems under disruption threat due to cyber attack on Capita appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 17, 2022

For some time, many local government officials did not recognize the risk of behaviors in which they were engaged. Local governments need security because of the high level of stored sensitive information and number of systems they use to share data with state and federal government programs. 1 and June 4.

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Graham Cluley

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The Conti ransomware gang says that it supports the Russian government's invasion of Ukraine. and if anyone launches a retaliatory cyber attack against Russia, they will hit back hard - launching attacks on critical infrastructure.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Ransomware is undoubtedly one of the most unnerving phenomena in the cyber threat landscape. Related: What local government can do to repel ransomware Ransomware came into existence in 1989 as a primitive program dubbed the AIDS Trojan that was spreading via 5.25-inch inch diskettes. inch diskettes.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 30, 2021

Australia’s Channel 9 network disrupted by cybercriminals Staff told to work from home as station attempts to recover from attack. Live broadcasts from Australia’s Channel 9 TV network were disrupted this weekend following what is believed to have been a cyber attack.

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IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Cybersecurity Threats and Digital Warfare One of the most significant threats to national security in the modern era is cyber warfare. Cyber attacks can compromise critical infrastructure, financial systems, and sensitive government data.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 14, 2021

Meanwhile, China has requested the American tech giant not to make such accusations without providing valid evidence and reiterated the fact that their nation does not need to indulge in cyber warfare. . The report of the computing giant says that most of the attacks were related to the Manufacturing and energy sectors. .

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In March 2020, KrebsOnSecurity alerted Swedish security giant Gunnebo Group that hackers had broken into its network and sold the access to a criminal group which specializes in deploying ransomware. Five months later, Gunnebo disclosed it had suffered a cyber attack targeting its IT systems that forced the shutdown of internal servers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

A Cyber Attack has caused a temporary fuel supply in whole of Germany with situation intended to improve only after 10 days. Oiltanking GmbH Group and Mabanaft Group are the two firms that were deeply affected by the digital attack, resulting in halting the Operational Technology Systems to the core.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In a recent study made by Gartner, Lloyd’s emerged as a top company that increased its coverage premiums by 50% in 2021, all because of a global impact of ransomware attacks on corporate and government networks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Australian government announced sanctions for a member of the REvil ransomware group for the Medibank hack that occurred in 2022. The Australian government announced sanctions for Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov (aka GustaveDore, aiiis_ermak, blade_runner, JimJones), a Russian national who is a member of the REvil ransomware group.

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Joseph Steinberg

MAY 12, 2021

Over the ensuing years, experts have repeatedly pointed out that not only were many of the technology systems being deployed to improve the efficiency of fuel distribution infrastructure management introducing dangerous vulnerabilities, but that a cyber-attack against the operator of a fuel pipeline was eventually going to both occur and succeed.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 4, 2022

A few days ago, the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) based in Delhi was hit by a cyber attack of ransomware variant and sources report that the hackers are demanding Rs 200 Crores to return the stolen information belonging to millions of patients that would be otherwise sold on the dark web.

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2020

Researchers at Cyble reported that Maze Ransomware Operators allegedly breached National Highways Authority Of India (Nhai). The Maze ransomware operators allegedly breached the NHAI and leaked the data of their leak site. The Maze ransomware operators allegedly breached the NHAI and leaked the data of their leak site.

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The Hacker News

OCTOBER 19, 2024

A nascent threat actor known as Crypt Ghouls has been linked to a set of cyber attacks targeting Russian businesses and government agencies with ransomware with the twin goals of disrupting business operations and financial gain.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

But the current news piece is related to a new hacking group that has been assigned the duty to target government servers of the Xi Jinping led nation. As per the details offered to press, the semiconductor industry that suffered a ransomware attack last year would incur a loss of $250 million in the next quarter.

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