The municipality of Korneuburg in Austria said it was hit by a ransomware attack, leading to funerals reportedly being canceled and the town hall informing residents its staff can only be reached via telephone. The small town on the banks of the Danube a few kilometers north of Vienna has a population of under 13,000 […]
The U.S. government on Wednesday said the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as Volt Typhoon had been embedded into some critical infrastructure networks in the country for at least five years. Targets of the threat actor include communications, energy, transportation, and water and wastewater systems sectors in the U.S. and Guam. “Volt Typhoon’s choice of […]
Google said Tuesday that it is tracking at least 40 companies involved in the creation of spyware and other hacking tools that are sold to governments and deployed against “high risk” users, including journalists, human rights defenders and dissidents. The vendors — which have developed dozens of tools and tricks to break into phones, laptops, […]
Feb 06, 2024NewsroomSurveillance / Privacy The U.S. State Department said it’s implementing a new policy that imposes visa restrictions on individuals who are linked to the illegal use of commercial spyware to surveil civil society members. “The misuse of commercial spyware threatens privacy and freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, and association,” Secretary of State Antony […]
The U.S. government on Wednesday said it took steps to neutralize a botnet comprising hundreds of U.S.-based small office and home office (SOHO) routers hijacked by a China-linked state-sponsored threat actor called Volt Typhoon and blunt the impact posed by the hacking campaign. The existence of the botnet, dubbed KV-botnet, was first disclosed by the […]
Feb 01, 2024NewsroomNetwork Security / Malware Google-owned Mandiant said it identified new malware employed by a China-nexus espionage threat actor known as UNC5221 and other threat groups during post-exploitation activity targeting Ivanti Connect Secure VPN and Policy Secure devices. This includes custom web shells such as BUSHWALK, CHAINLINE, FRAMESTING, and a variant of LIGHTWIRE. “CHAINLINE […]
The Ukrainian state agency overseeing the treatment of prisoners of war said on Monday that it had restored access to its website after being hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack over the weekend. The country’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War works with families of military personnel who were captured or […]
Healthcare , Incident & Breach Response , Industry Specific California Firm Said August Attack Affected Clients’ Data Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • January 29, 2024 Insurance broker Keenan & Associates is notifying more than 1.5 million individuals about an August 2023 hacking incident that compromised personal and health information. (Image: Keenan & Associates) […]
Jan 26, 2024NewsroomThreat Intelligence / Cyber Attack Microsoft on Thursday said the Russian state-sponsored threat actors responsible for a cyber attack on its systems in late November 2023 have been targeting other organizations and that it’s currently beginning to notify them. The development comes a day after Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) revealed that it had […]