Emergency update: Apple patches three zero-days

Apple has released security updates for several products to address a handful of zero-day vulnerabilities that may already have been used by criminals. Updates are available for: iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7 iOS 17.0.1 and iPadOS 17.0.1 watchOS 9.6.3 watchOS Read More …

Air Canada releases statement after brief cyber attack

Air Canada appears to have been the victim of a cyber attack after the company released a statement regarding the incident on September 21st. According to the statement, an authorized group gained what the company describes as “limited” access to Read More …

CISA Releases Six Industrial Control Systems Advisories

CISA released six Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on September 21, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-23-264-01 Real Time Automation 460 Series ICSA-23-264-02 Siemens Spectrum Power 7 ICSA-23-264-03 Delta Electronics Read More …

Africa among regions with highest number of industrial systems under attack in the first half of 2023

In the first half of 2023 Africa had the highest percentage of ICS computers on which spyware was blocked (9,8%) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Malicious objects of all types were detected and blocked on 34% of Industrial Control System (ICS) Read More …

Estonia: Cyber attack brought Elron ticketing system down Wednesday

Ticket sales for national rail carrier Elron’s trains were disrupted Wednesday afternoon, after a cyber attack. Elron spokesperson Kristo Mäe said at the time that: “Until the situation is resolved and it remains, for technical reasons, impossible to purchase a ticket Read More …

DoppelPaymer ransomware group suspects identified

The German police in cooperation with the US Secret Service have executed search warrants against suspected members of the DoppelPaymer ransomware group in Germany and Ukraine. In March of 2023 the German Regional Police and the Ukrainian National Police, with Read More …

China’s Ministry of State Security reveals US’ infiltration of Huawei traced back to 2009

The US’ infiltration of Huawei headquarters’ servers can be traced back to 2009, China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) said in an article released on Wednesday. The Chinese ministry disclosed despicable methods of cyber espionage adopted by US intelligence agencies, Read More …

FBI and CISA Release Advisory on Snatch Ransomware

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are releasing this joint CSA to disseminate known ransomware IOCs and TTPs associated with the Snatch ransomware variant identified through FBI investigations as recently as June Read More …