- Ukrainian intelligence cyberattack cripples telecom networks in Russian-occupied territories
July 2, 2024
Mirtelecom subscribers were unable to access the network in occupied Crimea and in occupied parts of Zaporizhzhya and Kherson oblasts. Another Russian provider, Farline, suffered significant damage, primarily in Crimea. Similar attacks continued the following month, targeting propaganda media servers, local occupation authorities, contact centers, registration and traffic control systems on the Kerch Bridge, critical airport ...
- Personal data stolen from unsuspecting airport visitors and plane passengers in “evil twin” attacks
July 1, 2024
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have charged a man for setting up fake free WiFi access points in order to steal personal data from people. The crime was discovered when an airline reported a suspicious WiFi network identified by its employees during a domestic flight. When the alleged perpetrator landed at Perth airport, his bags were ...
- LockBit ransomware attack stole data on millions of Infosys McCamish users
July 1, 2024
When LockBit ransomware affiliates struck Infosys McCamish Systems (IMS) in late 2023, they did not steal sensitive information on some 57,000 people, as was initially thought. Instead, the threat actors stole valuable intel on more than six million people, a new report the IMS shared with the US authorities has said. The type of information stolen ...
- The biggest data breaches in 2024: 1B stolen records and rising
June 29, 2024
We’re over halfway through 2024, and already this year we have seen some of the biggest, most damaging data breaches in recent history. And just when you think that some of these hacks can’t get any worse, they do. From huge stores of customers’ personal information getting scraped, stolen and posted online, to reams of medical ...
- Airports, Student Aid Services Struck by Indonesian Cyber Attack
June 28, 2024
Indonesia’s parliament called the government to task over another cyber attack that led to airport and scholarship services being put out of service. The ransomware attack that affected hundreds of ministries and public institutions was “catastrophic,” said lawmaker Tubagus Hasanuddin in a Thursday evening hearing with the communications minister and the head of state cybersecurity agency. ...
- Supply Chain Compromise Leads to Trojanized Installers for Notezilla, RecentX, Copywhiz
June 27, 2024
On Tuesday, June 18th, 2024, Rapid7 initiated an investigation into suspicious activity in a customer environment. Their investigation identified that the suspicious behavior was emanating from the installation of Notezilla, a program that allows for the creation of sticky notes on a Windows desktop. Installers for Notezilla, along with tools called RecentX and Copywhiz, are distributed ...
- New Orcinius Trojan Uses VBA Stomping to Mask Infection
June 27, 2024
This week, the SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team investigated a sample of Orcinius malware. This is a multi-stage trojan that is using Dropbox and Google Docs to download second-stage payloads and stay updated. It contains an obfuscated VBA macro that hooks into Windows to monitor running windows and keystrokes and creates persistence using registry keys. Read ...
- Michigan County Restores 80 Percent of Systems After Cyber Attack
June 27, 2024
The computer-aided dispatch system for Grand Traverse County’s 911 service is officially back online following a cyberattack that disabled the system and many other governmental services. “As of 2 p.m. yesterday, it was operational for all first responders,” said County Administrator Nate Alger at Wednesday’s county board meeting. “I know Cherry Festival is just three days ...
- Cyber attack ‘nothing to do with dispute’, says British Medical Association
June 27, 2024
The British Medical Association (BMA) has defended doctors striking at hospitals running at reduced capacity due to a significant cyber attack. While some junior doctors have been granted permission to return to work due to safety concerns, a number have continued with their industrial action at trusts in London hit by the attack. A senior BMA ...
- Ransomware disrupts South Africa’s national health lab
June 26, 2024
South Africa’s response to an ongoing Mpox outbreak is being stymied by a ransomware attack against its National Health Laboratory Service, which resulted in the deletion of backup servers and other parts of its system, hindering lab result dissemination since Saturday. While no patient information was noted to be impacted by the compromise, such an attack ...