Heriot-Watt University begins work on new £2.5m cyber attack station

Work has begun on the development of a new optical ground station at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. The £2.5m facility will demonstrate and test satellite quantum secure communications and is scheduled to be fully operational by late autumn this year. Read More …

Europe’s leading solar power grid is ‘vulnerable’ to hackers

A recent study by a cybersecurity firm confirmed that the Dutch solar energy grid is vulnerable to multiple types of attacks on its system. A new study by a cybersecurity firm confirmed that one of Europe’s largest solar energy grids Read More …

BVI Electricity Corporation suffers cyber attack

The BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) announced on Monday, August 19, that it had fallen victim to a cyberattack. The power company stated that the attack has impacted both their internal and external operations. While the full details of the cyberattack Read More …

FBI: Ransomware Disruptions during Voting Periods Will Not Impact the Security and Resiliency of Vote Casting or Counting

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are issuing this announcement to inform the public that while ransomware attacks against state or local government networks or election infrastructure could cause localized delays, they Read More …

Venezuela is the Victim of a Cyber Coup

On Friday, Joaquin Perez, the Deputy Ambassador of Venezuela to the United Nations, participated in the United Nations Convention on Cybercrime meeting held in New York. The Bolivarian diplomat denounced that Venezuela is being subjected to a cyber coup d’état Read More …

Zimbabwe: Disclosure of cyber attacks must be mandatory to protect clients

In the wake of the recent high-profile cyber attack on one of the country’s largest financial institutions, it has become clear that stronger regulations are needed to ensure financial firms disclose when their systems have been breached. The hack resulted Read More …

Russia: Massive DDoS attack on Kursk Region repelled

The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation has reported that a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the Kursk Region’s local services has been successfully thwarted. “A massive DDoS attack on the regional services Read More …

Operation Giant Financial Storm Under Circuit Breaker Orders

Since 2022, the BerBeroka group has been mentioned in every annual report released by the QiAnXin Threat Intelligence Center. The group was disclosed by QiAnXin friendly company Trend Micro. QiAnXin researchers have continued to track it under this name after merging Read More …

OneBlood hit by ransomware attack, tells hospitals to activate critical shortage alerts

Nonprofit medical organization OneBlood, which plays a crucial role in serving facilities across the Southeastern US, has been targeted in a ransomware attack which caused an IT systems outage, causingover 250 hospitals to activate critical blood shortage protocols. The move Read More …

Investigators probe suspected sabotage of French fiber optic network

The disruptions occurred early Wednesday, hitting several — but not all — internet operators. Authorities suggested the damage to the cables was intentional. The prosecutor’s office opened a preliminary investigation on charges of “damaging goods of a nature of harming Read More …