Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Croatia government agencies have been targeted by unknown hackers with a new piece of malware tracked as SilentTrinity. A mysterious group of hackers carried out a series of cyber attacks against Croatian government agencies, infecting employees with a new piece of malware tracked as SilentTrinity.

Government 85

Government Malware Computers and Electronics Advertising 85

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Electronics retail giant MediaMarkt was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted store operations in the Netherlands and Germany. Media Markt is a German multinational chain of stores selling consumer electronics with over 1000 stores in Europe. It is not possible to collect or return the products due to the cyber attack.

Computers and Electronics 117

Computers and Electronics Ransomware Retail Spyware 117

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2020

COVID-19 themed attacks October 1 – December 5, 2020 Drug dealers are selling Pfizer COVID vaccines on the darkweb LockBit Ransomware operators hit Swiss helicopter maker Kopter Police arrest two people over stealing sensitive data from defense giant A ransomware attack hit the Greater Baltimore Medical Center Cisco fixes exploitable RCEs in Cisco (..)

Computers and Electronics 94

Computers and Electronics VPN Hacking Ransomware 94

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The Ukraine ‘s government blames a Russia-linked APT group for an attack on a government document management system, the System of Electronic Interaction of Executive Bodies (SEI EB). “The malicious documents contained a macro that secretly downloaded a program to remotely control a computer when opening the files.

Government 83

Government Computers and Electronics Cyber Attacks Malware 83

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

French IT outsourcer Sopra Steria has been hit by a ransomware attack, while the company did not reveal the family of malware that infected its systems, local media speculate the involvement of the Ryuk ransomware. “A A cyber attack was detected on the Sopra Steria computer network on the evening of October 20.

Ransomware 110

Ransomware Computers and Electronics Healthcare Advertising 110

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

a and seized electronic equipment (laptops, mobile phones) and storage media. The prosecutors ordered the detention for a period of 24 hours of the 2 defendants, for illegal access to a computer system with the intent of disrupting the operation of compromised networks and conducting money laundering.

Ransomware 100

Ransomware Computers and Electronics Cyber Attacks Mobile 100

Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2019

Cyber security expert Marco Ramilli explains the difficulties for scraping the ‘TOR networks’ and how to enumerate hidden-services with s crapers. For this post “interesting links” means specific links that are rare or not very widespread and mostly focused on cyber-attacks and/or cyber-espionage.

Computers and Electronics 76

Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Advertising Technology 76

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Alice knows exactly what cybersecurity defence systems has implemented and she knows eventually her network will be hit by the next cybersecurity attack. In other words this information is what Alice knows and believes it’s true. In other words she knows that she doesn’t know some information for example who will be the victim.

Computers and Electronics 76

Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Education Cybersecurity 76

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

Later in that decade, Frederick Terman returned to Stanford from Harvard as dean of the engineering school and encouraged the development of electronics in local businesses. Kleiner was the founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Perkins was an early Hewlett-Packard computer division manager.) According to the U.S.

Cybersecurity 193

Cybersecurity Computers and Electronics Technology Marketing 193

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true.

Malware 107

Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 107

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

5 Cyber Security Best Practices to Protect Your Business Data. Cyber attacks become more sophisticated every year. That’s why large, medium-sized, and small businesses need to become more proactive in their approach to cyber security. Wondering how your business can avoid being a victim of a cyber-attack?

Computers and Electronics 120

Computers and Electronics Cyber Attacks Data breaches Passwords 120

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true.

Cyber threats 113

Cyber threats Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 113

NopSec

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The year 2016 will be remembered for some big moments in the world of cybersecurity: the largest known distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, a phishing attack on a United States presidential candidate’s campaign, and ransomware attacks on major healthcare organizations are just a few. Malware linked to the U.S.

Cybersecurity 40

Cybersecurity DDOS IoT Social Engineering 40

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

Today, many reports are describing how infamous attackers are abusing such an emergency time to lure people by sending thematic email campaigns or by using thematic IM within Malware or Phishing links. Following few of them that I believe would be a nice reading: New Cyber Attack Campaign Leverages the COVID-19 Infodemic.

Computers and Electronics 102

Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Malware Cyber Attacks 102

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Here are some examples of the types of cybersecurity incidents and data breaches that fall within each group: System Intrusion: hacking, ransomware, malware, exploiting workstation software (e.g. Basic Web Application Attacks: SQL Injection, exploiting vulnerabilities, using stolen credentials.

Cybersecurity 106

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Data breaches Engineering 106

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

DBIR listed System Intrusion (that includes hackers and malware, including ransomware attacks, but not web application attacks) as the top cause of breaches in 2021 (it was Social Engineering in 2020), followed by Basic Web Application Attacks (same as 2020) and then Social Engineering. We used that as our baseline.

Data breaches 106

Data breaches Social Engineering Engineering Phishing 106

Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

DBIR listed social engineering as the top cause of breaches in 2020, followed by basic web application attacks and system intrusion (that includes hackers and malware including ransomware). Googlers seemed largely preoccupied with system intrusion events due to malware, hackers, and the like. Let's use that as our baseline.

Data breaches 98

Data breaches Social Engineering Engineering Phishing 98

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Here are some examples of the types of cybersecurity incidents and data breaches that fall within each group: System Intrusion: hacking, ransomware, malware, exploiting workstation software (e.g. Basic Web Application Attacks: SQL Injection, exploiting vulnerabilities, using stolen credentials.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Data breaches Engineering 52

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

DBIR listed System Intrusion (that includes hackers and malware, including ransomware attacks, but not web application attacks) as the top cause of breaches in 2021 (it was Social Engineering in 2020), followed by Basic Web Application Attacks (same as 2020) and then Social Engineering. We used that as our baseline.

Data breaches 52

Data breaches Social Engineering Engineering Phishing 52

Cisco Security

JUNE 25, 2021

I like to say this generation of emigrants didn’t so much build railroads, we built information superhighways but with the same radical economic impact. I grew up as a computer obsessed misfit in sportsmad rural Ireland. Cyber attacks during the pandemic escalated by as much as 600%.

CISO 75

CISO Healthcare InfoSec Computers and Electronics 75