Cybersecurity

Hackers publish fake story about Ukrainians attempting to assassinate Slovak president

An unidentified attacker hacked a Czech news service’s website and published a fake story on Tuesday claiming that an assassination attempt had been made against the newly elected Slovak president, Peter Pellegrini. According to the government-owned public service Czech News Agency (CTK), the attacker posted the false article directly to its website, meaning the story […]

Cybersecurity

Russia is trying to sabotage European railways, Czech minister said

Russia is trying to sabotage European railways, Czech minister said Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2024 Czech transport minister warned that Russia conducted ‘thousands’ of attempts to sabotage railways, attempting to interfere with train networks and signals. Early this month, the Czech transport minister Martin Kupka warned that Russia has conducted ‘thousands’ of attempts to sabotage […]

Cybersecurity

JetBrains vulnerability exploitation highlights debate over ‘silent patching’

Czech software giant JetBrains harshly criticized security company Rapid7 this week following a dispute over two recently-discovered vulnerabilities. In a blog post published Monday, JetBrains attributed the compromise of several customers’ servers to Rapid7’s decision to release detailed information on the vulnerabilities. “After the full disclosure was made, we started hearing from some customers who […]