The International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Friday that the serious cybersecurity incident it detected in September was an act of espionage. In a statement on the Court’s website, it said the attack can be “interpreted as a serious attempt to undermine the Court’s mandate.” The statement did not suggest a perpetrator, but the Court […]
Oct 12, 2023NewsroomThreat Intelligence / Microsoft on Wednesday said that a user containment feature in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint helped thwart a “large-scale remote encryption attempt” made by Akira ransomware actors targeting an unknown industrial organization in early June 2023. The tech giant’s threat intelligence team is tracking the operator as Storm-1567. The attack leveraged […]
Oct 10, 2023NewsroomServer Security / Vulnerability Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloudflare, and Google on Tuesday said they took steps to mitigate record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that relied on a novel technique called HTTP/2 Rapid Reset. The layer 7 attacks were detected in late August 2023, the companies said in a coordinated disclosure. The cumulative […]
AWS said most-privileged users, and eventually more account types, will be required to use multifactor authentication beginning in mid-2024. The move makes the cloud giant the first of the three major hyperscalers to commit to MFA baseline controls by default. “AWS is further strengthening the default security posture of our customers’ environments by requiring the […]
Two of the world’s largest email providers said Tuesday that they will take several new steps to rein in bulk senders and prevent spam. In its announcement, Yahoo noted that many bulk senders don’t set systems up properly, which can lead to “malicious actors” exploiting them undetected. Across the first quarter of 2024, Yahoo said […]
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) said it is investigating claims that data was stolen from unclassified websites under the military alliance’s control. A hacking group named SiegedSec — which has been at the center of several recent hacks involving U.S. municipalities over the last year — claimed to have stolen 9 GB of data. […]
Clorox said all of its manufacturing facilities were back up and running following an August cyberattack that led to weeks of disruption and product shortages, according to a Friday update. The Oakland, California-based maker of Pine-Sol and household bleach, said it resumed automated order processing on Sept. 25 and was ramping up the pace of production […]
A nonprofit institution for developing communications standards said hackers have stolen a database identifying its users. The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) announced the incident last week. It is not yet clear whether the attack was financially motivated or if the hackers had intended to acquire the list of users for espionage purposes. Following the […]
Campbell Soup Co. said it discovered a cyber intrusion in part of its IT network during the end of its fiscal fourth quarter, according to a disclosure in its annual report filed Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Camden, N.J.-based food manufacturer said it took immediate steps to investigate, contain and eliminate the […]