CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

New York Metropolitan Transport Authority, well known shortly as MTA was reportedly hit by a cyber attack in April this year and sources report that the incident was limited only to some systems and no employee or customer info was compromised. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 4, 2022

A Cyber Attack that took place on UK’s Defence Academy early last year was brought to light by Air Marshall Edward Stringer through an interview given to Sky News. The Former Director of the academy stated that the attack went unnoticed by the media as it was not given priority as its consequences were not severe.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Going with the details, Oldsmar, a small town in FL consisting 14,000 people as populace, was hit by a cyber attack on February 5th of 2021. The post Hackers try to poison Florida citizens through Cyber Attack appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 6, 2022

Hackers were seen using Jersey computers to cyber attack servers operating in the United States, Germany and Hungary. The compromised machines were acting as devices to launch cyber attacks and the suspicion finger is currently rising towards Russia.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 17, 2022

North Korea, the nation that is being led by Kim Jong UN is back into news headlines for stealing cryptocurrency worth millions through cyber attacks. On the other hand, a South Korean media outlet ‘Newsis’ claims that the total digital fund steal that took place during the 10 years of Kim Jong Un regime is $2.3

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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? Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed that the Colonial Pipeline was shut down due to a cyber attack carried out by the Darkside ransomware gang. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2021

A cyber attack hit the New Zealand central bank, sensitive information has been potentially accessed by the intruders. The New Zealand central bank announced today that a cyber attack hit its infrastructure. The post New Zealand central bank hit by a cyber attack appeared first on Security Affairs.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

All these days, we have seen email phishing attacks where cyber crooks seen sending malicious links through emails to trap online victims. But now, a North Korea-based hacking group dubbed Kumsong 121 was found using social media to attack smart phone users using Android platform.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 9, 2023

TechnologyOne, the Australia-based trading firm, has issued a statement stating that some of its systems were targeted by a cyber attack, as a result of which it halted the entire trading process, impacting millions of customers. The post Australia TechnologyOne hit by a Cyber Attack appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2024

The 8Base ransomware group attacked Croatia’s Port of Rijeka, stealing sensitive data, including contracts and accounting info. A cyber attack hit the Port of Rijeka in Croatia, the 8Base ransomware group claimed responsibility for the security breach. The Port of Rijeka (Luka Rijeka d.d.),

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) issued a warning of temporary suspension of its email systems, likely caused by a cyber attack. The Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) temporarily suspended its email systems, the interruption is likely caused by a cyber attack. ” reported the NHK website. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Social Media is being used to tear the fabric of society apart, says Gen Sir Patrick Sanders, the top general of Britain. As our rivals are exploiting the tools meant to make Utopian(idealistic) society, they are fueling civil war games, ripping apart the society through various social media channels.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2021

Poland ‘s government announced that it was targeted by an ‘Unprecedented’ series of cyber attacks, hackers hit against institutions and individuals. Poland’s parliament had a closed-door session to discuss an unprecedented wave of cyber attacks that hit its institutions and individuals.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 21, 2024

Attacks today can be executed through a myriad of communication channels, including emails, social media and mobile applications. The post The Golden Age of Impersonation: The Dual Role of AI in Cyber Attacks & Cyber Defense appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

A report published in ‘The Register’ states that information related to Britain’s gun enthusiasts was leaked in a sophisticated cyber attack targeted a few weeks ago leading to the exposure of sensitive details such as home addresses, contact details and names of over 111,295 people holding license to own and operate a gun.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 16, 2023

In a statement issued by the delivery giant yesterday, the 5 centuries old non-profit government organization is busy investigating a cyber incident that brought its operations to knees from early this month. Russia linked hackers group dubbed LockBit Ransomware is suspected to be behind the cyber attack and a probe is still on.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

. “Last month’s power outage in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) was possibly the result of a sophisticated sabotage attempt involving foreign entities, a probe carried out by the state police’s cyber cell has revealed.” The media outlet revealed that cyber police have found evidence suggesting this assumption.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The charity organization Save the Children International revealed that it was hit by a cyber attack. A Save The Children spokesperson told Recorded Future News that the cyber attack had no impact on the operations of the organization.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2024

A cyber attack has been disrupting operations at Synlab Italia, a leading provider of medical diagnosis services, since April 18. Since April 18, Synlab Italia, a major provider of medical diagnosis services, has been experiencing disruptions due to a cyber attack. and social media channels.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Fast Company that offers technology and business news through print and online circulation was hit by a cyber-attack recently, promoting the company to shut it down on a temporary note. A certain section of media stated that the attack was of the ransomware genre earlier. However, nothing can be confirmed yet. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Lloyd’s of London Insurance, simply known as Lloyd’s Insurance, has released a media update that it will no longer cover losses that were incurred because of cyber wars among nations. The post Insurance company says it will no longer cover state funded Cyber Attacks appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 3, 2023

A cyber attack launched and identified on March 26th of this year has triggered the incident response teams of Western Digital (WD) to take appropriate steps to mitigate the cyber risks of the incident. However, it assured to the media that it will reveal more of the cyber incident details after the probe gets done.

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Hacker's King

MAY 24, 2025

While these octopi of terror could spring from many sources, do you know what the very wellspring of most cyber attacks is? The startling fact is that more than 55% of breaches stem from credential attack vectors. Credential-based attacks include usernames, passwords, and tokens.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2025

” The cyber attack was discovered on June 13. On June 15, the media outlet informed its staff via memo of the potential compromise of the Microsoft email accounts of a limited number of journalists. The attackers compromised one of the systems of the company and had access to emails and documents of some employees.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 4, 2021

However, some media resources such as UK’s Daily Mail claim that the downtime could result from a sophisticated cyber attack that could have been launched by supporters of Frances Haugen, the lady who whistle blew the social media giant’s data dealing business ethics on Sunday in an interview with CBS 60 minutes.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Tehran based Mahan Air was hit by a cyber attack last week after which hackers dubbed as “Hoosyarane-Vatan or Obedient Servants of Fatherland” claimed to have sent millions of messages to the Mahan Air customers that had malicious links embedded in it.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 21, 2022

A downtime caused on the network of Cloudflare was claimed to be a cyber attack by some online news resources. But the cloud service giant responded by giving a press statement that the disruption caused on Monday this week was because of a network change and not by digital attack.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 31, 2022

And telecom company Verizon Wireless was forced to issue a public statement that some threat actors might have taken control of its servers to send spam to its users and diverting them to Russian state media network Channel One. And so, security experts believe it could be a highly sophisticated phishing attack launched by a foreign nation.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 16, 2021

As most of the UK populace have decided to stay home and shop safely online ( because of the rise in Omicron Covid variant cases) security experts are expecting a two-fold rise in credentials stuffing cyber attacks in this year. As most of the web traffic will be busy in buying gifts and luxuries for their loved ones.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 18, 2023

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. The post Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2022

Cyber Attackers Tap Cloud Native Technologies in Russia-Ukraine War. Aqua said it gathered data from public repositories that contain code and tools for targeting cyber-aggression on both sides of the conflict. Network and media organizations were attacked most often, Aqua said. brooke.crothers. UTM Medium.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Kyivstar, the largest Ukraine service provider, was hit by a cyber attack that paralyzed its services. The attack is linked to the ongoing conflict. Kyivstar , the largest Ukraine service provider was down after a major cyber attack. ” ” reads the message published by Kyivstar on social media.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2022

The real impact of such a campaign may be different from what has been claimed in practice – the main goal is to generate short-term outages or temporarily unavailability of the resource to generate certain media narratives. June 20th one of the units of Cyber Spetnaz called “Zarya” has announced the attack against www.mna.gov.lv

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Iranian airline Mahan Air was hit by a cyberattack on Sunday morning, the “Hooshyarane Vatan” hacker group claimed responsibility for the attack. Iranian private airline Mahan Air has foiled a cyber attack over the weekend, Iranian state media reported. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A cyber attack on the logistics giant DP World caused significant disruptions in the operations of several major Australian ports. A cyberattack hit the international logistics firm DP World Australia and disrupted the operations in major Australian ports.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A sophisticated cyber attack launched on an IT firm serving UK’s Labour Party has reportedly leaked sensitive details related to members and supporters. The post Cyber Attack on Labour Party UK leaks sensitive data appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

According to a new report released by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant, Russia’s cyber attacks against Ukraine increased by 250% in 2022. The company said it observed […] The post Google Confirms Increase In Russian Cyber Attacks Against Ukraine appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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