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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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 26, 2021

United States is interested in seeking an international strategy to tackle AI based cyber attacks that are leading to hybrid warfare. However, Antony Blinken, the State Secretary said that it is not an easy task to deal and warned Russia to mend its ways when it comes to cyber warfare that is being backed by artificial intelligence.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

If what is being shared by the Russian hacking group Killnet stands true, a portion of FBI website was hacked recently via a ransomware attack and the group of cyber criminals believe that the attack on the digital property of Federal government is indeed a colossal achievement.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Marshals Service (USMS) has been hacked (again). The post US Marshals Ransomware Hack is ‘Major Incident’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Scrotes stole sensitive stuff (supposedly).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 18, 2023

CommScope, an American company that is in the business of providing network infrastructure, was reportedly hit by a ransomware attack. German-based company Rheinmetall has become a victim of a cyber attack recently, and hackers fraudulently accessed data related to industrial customers, largely from the automobile sector.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 5, 2022

The first news headline that is trending on Google belongs to Costa Rica Government websites. Information is out that Costa Rica’s Public Health System was recently targeted by Hive Ransomware and the incident happened just after a few days of attack by Conti Ransomware Group.

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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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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2022

It is now more important than ever for companies to share cyberattack and ransomware data with the government to ensure that we can defend and prepare much better than before. Ransomware payments must be reported within 24 hours, and all cyber incidents must be declared within 72 hours.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 23, 2021

Microsoft Exchange Server Cyber Attack- Cyber Threat actors somehow infiltrated the email servers of Microsoft Exchange operating across the world through a vulnerability and accessed data of many government and private companies.

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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 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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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 29, 2022

Nadler stated in his statement that the committee members were informed about the incident recently and attributed the attack to some state funded hack. Mathew Olsen, the Assistant Attorney General of the National Security Division, stated that it will provide updates to the committee as the probe unfolds the cyber attack details.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In May this year, the health services provider suffered a massive cyber attack that resulted in disruption of services for weeks and incurring losses close to €100 million. Second is the news related to a cyber attack that took place in Port of Houston last month.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Second is the news that seems to be more interesting as a new hacking group from India has been discovered by the security researchers of Group-IB and the threat actors gang is named as “Side Winder”. Third is the news related to CLOP ransomware gang that has mass attacked 130 organizations in January this year.

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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

APRIL 13, 2023

Cyber attacks on public websites have become an increasing concern for governments across the world, and this article is related to one such news. According to a source from the Home Ministry, the attacks were supposed to trigger concerns among the government and the populace.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 27, 2021

Fujitsu, an IT services firm from Japan was recently targeted by cybercriminals stealing sensitive data belonging to government offices says a report released by NHK- a Japan-based media resource. . Note 1- In a ransomware attack, hackers first steal data and then encrypt the database until a ransom is paid.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

This week the Rhysida ransomware group claimed the hack of the Kuwait Ministry of Finance and added it to its Tor leak site. Last week a ransomware attack hit the Government of Kuwait, the attack took place on September 18 and the government experts immediately started the incident response procedures to block the threat.

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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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Krebs on Security

MAY 31, 2022

Costa Rica’s national health service was hacked sometime earlier this morning by a Russian ransomware group known as Hive. The intrusion comes just weeks after Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves declared a state of emergency in response to a data ransom attack from a different Russian ransomware gang — Conti.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Satya Nadella led company confirmed the devastating effects of the state sponsored cyber attacks on US critical infrastructure in its annual Digital Defense Report, after analyzing loads of data between June 30,2021 till the same time this year.

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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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SecureWorld News

APRIL 25, 2024

This is due to a technical issue connected to the recent cyber attack, when we were forced to shut down our IT systems. While the investigation is still ongoing, Leicester City Council stated that evidence pointed to the attack being financially motivated rather than an ideological cyberattack.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2024

FuckRansomware pic.twitter.com/uD09m7AukH — Jon DiMaggio (@Jon__DiMaggio) May 5, 2024 However, researchers at VX-underground have spoken with Lockbit ransomware group administrative staff regarding the return of the old domain and the gang claims law enforcement is lying. Lockbit ransomware group states law enforcement is lying.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

ransomware attack on the Italian cloud service provider Westpole disrupted multiple services of local and government organizations and municipalities. A cyber attack hit on December 8, 2023 the Italian cloud service provider Westpole, which is specialized in digital services for public administration.

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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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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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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) warns of the high risk of a catastrophic ransomware attack on the UK government. The British government is accused of failing to mitigate the risk of ransomware attacks. said Dame Margaret Beckett, the chair of the JCNSS. Beckett added.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 31, 2022

Industrial Spy, a hacking group involved in ransomware attacks, targeted at Novartis last week, stealing sensitive information from the manufacturing division of the company servers. Hacking group Industrial Spy has a habit of targeting large organizations and sells their data in the marketplace.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 7, 2021

Russia is back in news and that too for hacking the Republican National Committee (RNC) last week. APT29 aka Cozy Bear, a hacking group funded by Kremlin is suspected to be behind the attack. However, the good news is that there was not data steal in the incident and that was confirmed by the spokesperson of RNC.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 9, 2021

A single password steal is said to have led to Colonial Pipeline Cyber Attack says Joseph Blount, the CEO of the fuel supplying company based in South East Coast. . DarkSide Ransomware spreading hacking group was involved in the incident and that was confirmed by the CEO. .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Expert warns that the US and Israel are still unprepared to defeat a cyber attack against organizations in the water sector. Ariel Stern, a former Israeli Air Force captain, warns that the US and Israel are still unprepared to defeat a cyber attack against the water sector that could be orchestrated by enemy states like Iran.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 26, 2022

Hacking news is out that the internal servers of the online shopping platform were compromised by giving access to treat actors the information related to mobile numbers, email addresses, names, delivery address and their previous booking history.

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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

JUNE 18, 2023

The Biden administration in the United States has introduced a rewards program following a cyber attack on multiple government agencies through the use of MoveIT software. The program aims to encourage individuals to provide credible information regarding the activities of those responsible for spreading the Clop Ransomware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 27, 2021

US Homeland Security has passed out an order that all fuel generation and pipeline companies operating in the country should report cyberattacks to the government as soon as they are impacted. The decision comes after Congress expressed its disappointment on Colonial Pipeline ransomware payment of $4.4m now that’s interesting….isn’t

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