- Czech cyber security agency reports record number of attacks in 2023
January 31, 2024
Czechia’s National Cyber and Security Information Agency says it registered a record number of cyber-attacks last year. The state organisation said on its website on Wednesday that it had recorded 262 such attacks in 2023, compared to 146 the previous year. The agency said the increase was mainly due to repeated waves of DDoS attacks led ...
- Hackers obtain confidential information on Romanian officials after cyber attack at Parliament
January 31, 2024
Hackers breached the database of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Parliament, after a recent cyber attack. They reportedly managed to obtain confidential information, such as the prime minister’s identity documents, medical analyses, and other personal data. The hackers threatened to release the personal data of the deputies if they did not ...
- Series of cyber attacks risks sensitive data at New Jersey schools, hospitals
January 30, 2024
Class was canceled Monday across the Freehold Township school district, but not for the familiar January troubles of slushy roads, frozen pipes or a busted boiler. No, this was “a cybersecurity event” that ground school business to a halt. District officials disclosed little about what happened, assuring parents in an email they “retained outside IT expert consultants ...
- Sustainability Business Division of Schneider Electric Responds to Cybersecurity Incident
January 29, 2024
On January 17th, 2024, a ransomware incident affected Schneider Electric Sustainability Business division. The attack has impacted Resource Advisor and other division specific systems. Schneider Electric Global Incident Response team has been immediately mobilized to respond to the attack, contain the incident, and to reinforce existing security measures. Sustainability Business division has informed impacted customers. Read more… Source: ...
- Ukrainian activists launch devastating cyber attack on Russian Space Hydrometeorology Center
January 29, 2024
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense claims that pro-Ukrainian hacktivists breached the Russian Center for Space Hydrometeorology, known as “planeta” (планета), and wiped 2 petabytes of data. Planeta is a state research center that uses space satellite data and ground sources such as radars and stations to provide information and accurate predictions about weather, climate, natural disasters, extreme ...
- Blackwood APT Group Has a New DLL Loader
January 29, 2024
This week, the SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team analyzed a sample tied to the Blackwood APT group. This is a DLL that, when loaded onto a victim’s computer, will escalate privileges and attempt to install a backdoor for communications monitoring and diversion. It has evasive capabilities and, as of this writing, is targeting companies and ...
- The dangers of unused bank accounts and how to close them
January 26, 2024
If you’re like most people, you’ve likely got at least a few unused bank accounts floating around. However, there may be financial and security dangers associated with keeping these unused bank accounts active. Security risks of unused bank accounts Fraud exposure: Unused bank accounts can become targets for fraud. Closing these accounts minimizes the risk. Avoidance of fees: ...
- Albabat ransomware
January 26, 2024
Albabat, also known as White Bat, is a financially motivated ransomware variant written in Rust that identifies and encrypts files important to the user and demands a ransom to release them. It first appeared in November 2023 with the variant Version 0.1.0. Version 0.3.0 was released in late December, followed by version 0.3.3 in mid-January 2024. ...
- UK councils remain downed by cyberattack
January 26, 2024
Three local councils in the United Kingdom continue to experience disruption to their online services, a week after confirming a cyberattack had knocked some systems offline. The councils for Canterbury, Dover, and Thanet — all of which are based in the U.K. county of Kent and have a combined population of almost 500,000 residents — said ...
- Kansas City Area Transit Authority hit by ransom cyber-attack, affecting communications
January 26, 2024
The Kansas City Area Transit Authority announced this week that is was hit by a ransom cyber-attack. The incident was reported on Tuesday, Jan. 23. KCATA said all service is operating, including fixed-route buss, Freedom and Freedom-On-Demand paratransit service. KCATA said at this time regional RideKC call centers can’t receive calls or can any KCATA landline. Read ...