‘Gay furry hackers’ brag of second NATO break-in, steal and leak more data

On Sunday, the SiegedSec crew claimed it broke into six NATO web portals: the alliance’s Joint Advanced Distributed Learning e-learning website; the NATO Lessons Learned Portal, from which the gang said it stole 331 documents; the Logistics Network Portal (588 Read More …

Survey finds more than 50% of German companies victim of cyberattacks

A multi-country survey by the British insurer Hiscox shows that security authorities around the world are struggling in the fight against cybercrime. According to the Hiscox comparison with selected countries, German businesses are relatively frequent targets of hackers. The latest edition Read More …

‘Predator Files’ spyware scandal reveals brazen targeting of civil society, politicians and officials 

Shocking spyware attacks have been attempted against civil society, journalists, politicians and academics in the European Union (EU), USA and Asia, according to a major new investigation by Amnesty International. Among the targets of Predator spyware are United Nations (UN) Read More …

IZ1H9 Campaign Enhances Its Arsenal with Scores of Exploits

In September 2023, our FortiGuard Labs team observed that the IZ1H9 Mirai-based DDoS campaign has aggressively updated its arsenal of exploits. Thirteen payloads were included in this variant, including D-Link devices, Netis wireless router, Sunhillo SureLine, Geutebruck IP camera, Yealink Read More …

Hacktivist attacks erupt in Middle East following Hamas assault on Israel

Groups range from known collectives to new outfits eager to raise their profile Hacktivism efforts have proliferated rapidly in the Middle East following the official announcement of a war between Palestine and Israel.… The escalation was spurred by a deadly Read More …

India: Territorial Army hires Chinese language interpreters, to induct cyber security experts next

The Indian Army, in its plan for larger manpower optimisation of its force, is deliberating to convert its logistics and transport units into the Territorial Army (TA), a top defence source said Thursday. The TA, according to the source, is Read More …

MICITT Seeks To Protect Costa Ricans From Cyber Attacks With The 5G Network

Protecting the information of citizens, businesses, public institutions and the country in general from constant cyber attacks is the purpose sought by the Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT) with the “Regulation on Cybersecurity Measures Applicable to Telecommunications Read More …

India Space Agency fights 100 cyber hacking bids daily

India’s space agency Isro is facing more than 100 cyber-hacking attempts on a daily basis, disclosed its chairman S Somanath on Sunday. Speaking to TOI, Somanath said, “It is not only Isro, but several other systems (of other organisations) that Read More …