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Several digital attacks against pharmaceutical companies have made news in the past few years. Back in 2017, for instance, Merck fell victim to NotPetya. The wiper malware spread to the pharmaceutical giant’s headquarters, rendered years of research inaccessible, affected various Read More …
A “high-level manager” of the FIN7 hacking group has been sentenced to ten years in prison. The planned $40bn (£29bn) sale of UK-based chip designer Arm Holdings will be scrutinised by regulators over potential national security concerns after an intervention Read More …
The US Department of Justice described Ukranian national Fedir Hladyr, 35, as a systems administrator for the FIN7 hacking group. He was arrested in Germany, in 2018 at the request of U.S. law enforcement and was extradited to Seattle. In Read More …
Industrial robots are the core of the automation of manufacturing processes in smart factories, and are the most important components as they support the manufacture of all kinds of products such as automobiles, aircraft, processed foods, and pharmaceuticals. In addition, Read More …
The number of cyber crimes in Moscow rose by almost 40% since the beginning of the year, “More than 14,600 crimes involving information and communication technologies were recorded in Moscow in the first quarter of the year, up 38% compared Read More …
According to the Cyber Survey, 37% of respondents were somewhat or very concern about the cybersecurity and safety of connected cars. Meanwhile, 35% expressed their fear that a virus, a hack, or any other cyber-attack could destroy their car’s data, Read More …
In a novel approach to ransom demands, a new ransomware calling itself ‘NitroRansomware’ encrypts victim’s files and then demands a Discord Nitro gift code to decrypt files. While Discord is free, they offer a Nitro subscription add-on for $9.99 per Read More …
Recent attacks from Ryuk ransomware operators show that the actors have a new preference when it comes to gaining initial access to the victim network. The trend observed in attacks this year reveals a predilection towards targeting hosts with remote Read More …
The Feds are warning that nation-state actors are once again after U.S. assets, this time in a spate of cyberattacks that exploit five vulnerabilities that affect VPN solutions, collaboration-suite software and virtualization technologies. According to the U.S. National Security Agency Read More …
The BazarLoader malware is leveraging worker trust in collaboration tools like Slack and BaseCamp, in email messages with links to malware payloads, researchers said. And in a secondary campaign aimed at consumers, the attackers have added a voice-call element to Read More …
