- ICAO ‘investigating’ security breach after hacker claims theft of personal data
January 7, 2025
UN aviation agency ‘investigating’ security breach after hacker claims theft of personal data The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a United Nations agency that defines international operating standards for civil aviation, has confirmed it’s investigating a cybersecurity incident. In a statement published on Monday, ICAO said it is “actively investigating reports of a potential information security ...
- China protests US sanctions for its alleged role in hacking, complains of foreign hacker attacks
January 7, 2025
China has slammed a decision by the U.S. Treasury to sanction a Beijing-based cybersecurity company for its alleged role in multiple hacking incidents targeting critical U.S. infrastructure, while the Chinese cyber security agency complained Monday of attacks on Chinese networks. Asked about the sanctions against Beijing-based Integrity Technology Group, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said ...
- EAGERBEE, with updated and novel components, targets the Middle East
January 6, 2025
In recent investigation into the EAGERBEE backdoor, kaspersky researchers found that it was being deployed at ISPs and governmental entities in the Middle East. The researchers analysis uncovered new components used in these attacks, including a novel service injector designed to inject the backdoor into a running service. Additionally, Kaspersky team discovered previously undocumented components (plugins) ...
- A Windows filetype update may have complicated cyber threat detection efforts
January 4, 2025
The use of archive files as malware delivery mechanisms is evolving, presenting challenges for Secure Email Gateways (SEGs), new research has claimed. A recent report by Cofense highlights how cybercriminals exploit various archive formats to bypass security protocols, particularly following a significant update to Windows in late 2023. Traditionally, .zip files have been the most common ...
- Top AI Trends from 2024 – A Look Back
January 3, 2025
2024 may go down as the year AI stopped being a technological novelty and became—more consequentially—a Fact of Life. Big names like Microsoft, Salesforce, and Intuit built AI into mainstream enterprise solutions; specialized AI apps and services sprung up for everything from copywriting to data analysis; and governments, think tanks, and regulators poured effort into ...
- Nigeria, South Africa, Algeria top targets for cyber attacks in 2024
January 1, 2025
In the first half of 2024, Nigeria saw 2,721 incidents, with the telecom sector, computer services sector, Data processing and hosting companies, and even local beauty salons having a fair dose of the attacks respectively. At the time, experts attributed the rise in cyberattacks to digital transformation initiatives the country was carrying out such as adoption ...
- Thomas Cook India website goes down after cyberattack
January 1, 2025
Thomas Cook India has announced that its IT infrastructure is under a cyberattack. The travel services provider also said it’s working with security experts to investigate the incident and will take necessary remedial actions. The company stated that it promptly took steps to investigate and respond upon discovering the incident, including shutting down affected systems. The company’s ...
- Catching “EC2 Grouper”- no indicators required!
December 30, 2024
Through the years of analyzing identity compromises in the cloud, Fortinet researchers have seen the same attackers pop up regularly, some more frequently than others. Among the more prolific ones they’ve come to know is one they’ve dubbed “EC2 Grouper”. Over the past couple of years, they’ve seen this actor in several dozen customer environments, ...
- U.S. Treasury Department Says Systems Hacked by China-Backed Actor
December 30, 2024
The Treasury Department told lawmakers Monday that a state-sponsored actor in China hacked its systems, accessing several user workstations and certain unclassified documents. The treasury was informed on Dec. 8 by a third-party software service provider, BeyondTrust, that a threat actor used a stolen key to remotely access certain workstations and unclassified documents, according to a ...
- U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions
December 30, 2024
Federal authorities have arrested and indicted a 20-year-old U.S. Army soldier on suspicion of being Kiberphant0m, a cybercriminal who has been selling and leaking sensitive customer call records stolen earlier this year from AT&T and Verizon. As first reported by KrebsOnSecurity last month, the accused is a communications specialist who was recently stationed in South Korea. ...