SecureWorld News

MAY 29, 2025

The FBI has issued a critical alert regarding a sophisticated cyber campaign in which malicious actors are impersonating senior U.S. According to an FBI alert , t he campaign, active since April 2025, primarily targets current and former federal and state government officials and their contacts. Leighton added.

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GlobalSign

JULY 14, 2025

SMEs are increasingly being caught in the crossfire of cyber-attacks and stand the most to lose from a successful breach or security incident. While large enterprises are traditionally considered big game for cyber gangs, SMEs have since proven to be a much more bountiful prey.

Insurance

Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

Israel ‘s defence ministry announced to have foiled an attempted cyber attack by a foreign threat actors group targeting the country’s defence manufacturers. According to the officials, the attack was launched by “an international cyber group called ‘ Lazarus.’ Pierluigi Paganini.

Cyber Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 16, 2023

First, is the news that the Indian government has launched its own Mobile Operating systems that have capabilities to take on international rivals like iOS and Android. Called as IndOS, the OS will be available on devices being sold on the Indian subcontinent and will have all pre-loaded government apps that are there to service the citizen.

Cyber Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 10, 2022

According to a research carried out by Check Point Research, a 50% rise in cyber attacks is being witnessed year on year and the target points were mostly touted to be the organizations operating in education/research and military or government sectors.

Cyber Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 15, 2021

Car makers Toyota, Hyundai and Nissan are all set to form a consortium that will aim to fight cyber attacks on Connected Cars. And companies like Microsoft Japan, Trend Micro, NTT Communications, Sompo Japan Insurance and few other manufacturers like Panasonic and Denso are all set to join the campaign.

Cyber Attacks

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. .

Cyber Attacks

Joseph Steinberg

MARCH 8, 2022

Many of our vulnerable systems might have even been previously breached by Western spies – that you for helping us lock out such cyber-attackers. While wars are won with strategy, not trolling, you wasted your own valuable cyber-attack resources on symbolic, rather than meaningful, attacks.

Hacking

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 27, 2023

Retaliating this move, Kremlin might have thought to take vengeance through cyber-attacks against the west and the first nation to be targeted was Germany. The post Russia starts cyber attacks on the West with Germany for supporting Ukraine appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

Cyber Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In a recent study made by Gartner, Lloyd’s emerged as a top company that increased its coverage premiums by 50% in 2021, all because of a global impact of ransomware attacks on corporate and government networks.

Insurance

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Because cyber attackers are growing increasingly sophisticated, just guarding networks and responding to actual attacks is no longer enough, and companies must adopt better strategic and predictive methods. . ” – Digital Twin for Maximum Cyber Security. Digital twins can help assess Cyber threats.

Cyber Attacks

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. Second is the news related to the processor manufacturing company named Applied Materials. The post Cyber Attack news trending on Google appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

Cyber Attacks

SecureWorld News

MAY 29, 2024

The manufacturing sector faces an increasingly daunting cyber threat landscape that puts production operations, intellectual property, and entire supply chains at risk. Simply checking boxes is no longer sufficient to withstand escalating cyber attacks from criminals, nation-states, and insiders," the paper states.

Manufacturing

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2020

The Australian brewery and dairy conglomerate Lion was hit for the second time by a cyber attack, media reported. This is the second cyber attack is a few days, last week the systems at Lion were infected with the REvil ransomware and attackers demanded a ransom of reportedly $1 million last week.

Cyber Attacks

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Belden, the manufacturer of networking and cable products, disclosed a data breach, threat actors have stolen employee and business information. ” The IT staff detected a suspicious activity on its infrastructure and with the help of a third-party forensic experts determined it was the victim of a “sophisticated attack.”. .”

Data breaches

Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2021

Researchers warn of a surge in cyber attacks against Microsoft Exchange servers exploiting the recently disclosed ProxyLogon vulnerabilities. Most targeted sectors have been Government/Military (17% of all exploit attempts), followed by Manufacturing (14%), and then Banking (11%). Pierluigi Paganini.

Cyber Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 24, 2021

US President Joe Biden has invited a group of CEOs of tech companies on Wednesday to discuss issues related to cyber attacks on the national infrastructure. This time the federal govt seems serious as the Biden administration has condemned the attack on Solar Winds, Colonial Pipeline, Kaseya and JBS Meat on a serious note.

Cyber Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

According to the experts of the Singapore-based cybersecurity firm the group of threat actors are from India and were super active between June and November 2021, thus attacking government, military and law enforcement organizations in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Cyber Attacks

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 23, 2024

Critical infrastructure providers and manufacturing companies are increasingly pursuing IT and OT convergence, as the data collection and analysis benefits can dramatically improve production efficiency, maintenance, and scaling," said Marcus Fowler, CEO of Darktrace Federal. VJ Viswanathan will co-present with Col.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 28, 2021

I covered the aviation industry in the 1980s and 1990s when safety regulations proved their value by compelling aircraft manufacturers and air carriers to comply with certain standards, at a time when aircraft fleets were aging and new fly-by-wire technology introduced complex risks. Cybersecurity is a team sport.

Cyber Attacks

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In August, Gunnebo said it had successfully thwarted a ransomware attack, but this week it emerged that the intruders stole and published online tens of thousands of sensitive documents — including schematics of client bank vaults and surveillance systems.

Hacking

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 30, 2018

As the Industrial Internet of Things continues to transform the global industrial manufacturing and critical infrastructure industries, the threat of aggressive, innovative and dangerous cyber-attacks has become increasingly concerning. Related: The top 7 most worrisome cyber warfare attacks. The role of standards.

Manufacturing

Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2021

Just recently, the group has published a stolen data allegedly belonging to the Mexican Government which still remains available for sale today, and possibly becoming the first cybercriminal group that has touched a major state in Latin America on such a level. The number of cyber attacks in the region is significantly growing.

Government

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Below a list of attacks detected between October 1 to December 5, 2020. October 26 – COVID19 vaccine manufacturer suffers a data breach. Dr. Reddy’s, the Indian contractor for Russia’s “Sputinik V” Coronavirus vaccine was hit with a cyber-attack that forced the company to close its plants. Pierluigi Paganini.

Cyber Attacks

Schneier on Security

JUNE 8, 2021

During that same period, we’ve seen increasingly brazen cyberattacks by everyone from criminals to governments. When Israel in 2007 bombed a Syrian nuclear reactor, the raid was preceded by what is believed to have been a cyber attack on Syrian air defenses that resulted in radar screens showing no threat as bombers zoomed overhead.

Software

Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2021

Security expert Stefan Umit Uygur, CEO and Co-Founder at 4Securitas Ltd, provided his vision about the Cyber-defence solutions on the market. It is important to note that we have only selected a small number of notified, and publicly acknowledged cyber-attack incidents. 30 th November 2020 – Embrear ( www.embrear.com ).

Cyber Attacks

Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2020

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning of cyber attacks against UK universities and scientific institutes involved in COVID-19 research. . “A spokesperson for the NCSC said: “Any attack against efforts to combat the coronavirus crisis is utterly reprehensible. ” reported The Guardian.

Cyber Attacks

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Researchers from the US-based firm Cyble recently came across a post shared by an unknown threat actor that goes online with the moniker Spectre123, where he has allegedly leaked the sensitive documents of NATO and Havelsan (Turkish Military/defence manufacturer). ” reads the post published by Cyble.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

“The vulnerabilities to hacker attacks found in government- issued ID cards supplied by the Franco-Dutch company marked an embarrassing setback for Estonia, which has billed itself as the world’s most digitalised “e-government”.” ” reported the Reuters. At the time, Estonia had issued 1.3

Manufacturing

Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2022

“The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) warns according to §7BSIlaw before using virus protection software from the Russian manufacturer Kaspersky. The alert pointed out that antivirus software operates with high privileges on machines and if compromised could allow an attacker to take over them.

Antivirus

CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 7, 2023

If these allegations are true, it is a clear violation of cyber laws and ethical principles, as the use of cyber weapons for any purpose is not acceptable. If these allegations are true, it is a clear violation of cyber laws and ethical principles, as the use of cyber weapons for any purpose is not acceptable.

Surveillance

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

On November 17, the library announced it was experiencing a major technology outage caused by a cyber-attack. We’re continuing to experience a major technology outage as a result of a cyber-attack, affecting our website, online systems and services, and some onsite services too. reads the joint advisory.

Ransomware

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Frankly, manufacturers today just don’t have the appropriate market incentives to properly secure the devices they make and sell – that’s why this legislation is so important,” explained Sens. Once the bill will be signed, federal government agencies would only purchase products compliant with those recommendations.

IoT

Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2020

The Israeli defence ministry announced on Wednesday that it had foiled a cyber attack carried out by a foreign threat actor targeting the country’s defence manufacturers. According to the officials, the attack was launched by “an international cyber group called ‘ Lazarus.’

Cyber Attacks

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

In August, a cyber attack hit the Port of Seattle, which also operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, websites and phone systems were impacted. Media reported that the Port of Seattle, which also operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, suffered a cyber attack that impacted the websites, email and phone services.

Ransomware

Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2020

Mitsubishi Electric had also already notified members of the Japanese government and Ministry of Defense. ” The two media outlets attribute the cyber attack to a China-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Tick (aka Bronze Butler ). ” reported the Asahi Shimbun. ” reported the Asahi Shimbun.

Data breaches

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. And is suspected to have hacked over 172 Israel government servers and over 219 websites siphoning over 34 terabytes of data.

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