Nov 18, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / USB Worm Russian cyber espionage actors affiliated with the Federal Security Service (FSB) have been observed using a USB propagating worm called LitterDrifter in attacks targeting Ukrainian entities. Check Point, which detailed Gamaredon’s (aka Aqua Blizzard, Iron Tilden, Primitive Bear, Shuckworm, and Winterflounder) latest tactics, branded the group as engaging […]
One of the world’s largest libraries has confirmed it was hit by a ransomware attack on October 28, and that it will take weeks or possibly months to fully recover. The British Library notified the public at the start of this month about a “major technology outage” due to a “cyber incident,” but went no further […]
Lukid interview – “At some point I decided that I should be less precious about things” | Juno Daily
Scott Walker, Arsenal and painful lentil soup with the Lukid What a beautiful and strange world it is, capable of presenting work like Tilt. Luke Blair is now 15 years into his productions as Lukid, and we still don’t now what to expect from him, ever. Sure, there are some totems – lack of rigidity […]
Data on the sex lives of up to 10,000 people was stolen from a British government department in one of the record number of ransomware attacks to have hit Westminster in the first half of this year. It is not known which department the information was stolen from, nor why the government was holding this […]
The National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC) in Bangladesh has exposed a database to the open web. The types of data that leaked online were extensive, American technology magazine WIRED reports. The list of data is long: names, professions, blood groups, parents’ names, phone numbers, the length of calls, vehicle registrations, passport details and fingerprint photos, […]
The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that it wants to require a prison communications provider to improve its security practices and incident reporting policies after the company failed to protect sensitive information about “hundreds of thousands” of users and did not notify all victims of the breach. The draft complaint and proposed order against Virginia-based […]
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a charity attack exploiting the ongoing events in Gaza and Israel. Cyber-criminals targeted 212 individuals across 88 organizations, attempting to manipulate sympathy for children in Palestine to solicit fraudulent donations. The attackers, posing as a group from “help-palestine[.]com,” urged recipients to contribute to a campaign supposedly providing vital support to families in […]
Standards, Regulations & Compliance Official Says Disclosure Rule Includes Exceptions, Extensions for Smaller Companies Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • November 16, 2023 The new U.S. SEC reporting rule for material cyber incidents goes into effect Dec. 18 for large public companies. (Image: Shutterstock) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is providing extra time for […]
Nov 17, 2023NewsroomMalvertising / Malware Threat actors are leveraging manipulated search results and bogus Google ads that trick users who are looking to download legitimate software such as WinSCP into installing malware instead. Cybersecurity company Securonix is tracking the ongoing activity under the name SEO#LURKER. “The malicious advertisement directs the user to a compromised WordPress […]