- NATO Exercises to Enhance its Cyber Resilience
November 20, 2023
Cyber Coalition, one of the world’s largest cyber defence exercise, aims to enhance NATO, Allies and partners’ ability to defend their networks and operate together in cyberspace. The Exercise provides a unique platform for collaboration, experience-sharing, best practices and experimentation. By working together, the individual participants, as well as their organisations, nations and NATO, enhance their ...
- Data stolen in hack of nuclear energy testing facility Idaho National Lab
November 20, 2023
The Idaho National Laboratory, part of the U.S. Department of Energy and one of the country’s foremost advanced nuclear energy testing labs, has suffered a breach that released the details of employees online. A hacking group called SiegeSec took responsibility for the breach, which occurred Sunday night. In a statement to local media, INL media spokesperson ...
- Hackers accessed sensitive health data of Welltok patients
November 20, 2023
Hackers accessed the personal data of more than a million people by exploiting a security vulnerability in a file transfer tool used by Welltok, the healthcare platform owned by Virgin Pulse. Welltok, a Denver-based patient engagement company that works with healthcare plans to provide communications to subscribers about their healthcare, confirmed in a data breach notification ...
- K-12 schools improve protection against online attacks, but many are vulnerable to ransomware gangs
November 19, 2023
Some K-12 public schools are racing to improve protection against the threat of online attacks, but lax cybersecurity means thousands of others are vulnerable to ransomware gangs that can steal confidential data and disrupt operations. Since a White House conference in August on ransomware threats, dozens of school districts have signed up for free cybersecurity services, ...
- Canada: Current and former public service, RCMP, military members affected by data breach
November 18, 2023
The federal government is warning current and former public service employees and members of the RCMP and Canadian Armed Forces their personal and financial information may have been accessed in a data breach that occurred on Oct. 19. The breach affects federal government data held by Brookfield Global Relocation Services (BGRS) and SIRVA Worldwide Relocation & ...
- ‘I employ a lot of hackers’: how a stock exchange chief deters cyber-attacks
November 18, 2023
Six Group counts its profit in millions, but the financial pipework it controls moves billions. Its operations, which include the Spanish and Swiss stock exchanges, count as critical national infrastructure and this gives it a close relationship with governments and regulators in Madrid and Zurich. Those relationships are critical in an age where digital warfare makes ...
- Toyota finance business confirms ransomware attack, data breach
November 18, 2023
Toyota Financial Services (TFS), a subsidiary of the popular automaker, has confirmed suffering a ransomware attack. In a statement company stated that Toyota Financial Services Europe & Africa “recently identified unauthorized activity on systems in a limited number of its locations.” The company only mentioned unauthorized activity on its endpoints and didn’t discuss if any data ...
- Stately Taurus targets the Philippines as tensions flare in the South Pacific
November 17, 2023
Tensions between China and the Philippines have risen sharply over the past several months. Coinciding with these real-world events, Unit 42 researchers observed three Stately Taurus campaigns during the month of August. These campaigns are assessed to have targeted entities in the South Pacific including the Philippines government. The campaigns leveraged legitimate software including Solid PDF ...
- Into The Trash: Analyzing LitterDrifter
November 17, 2023
Gamaredon, also known as Primitive Bear, ACTINIUM, and Shuckworm, is a unique player in the Russian espionage ecosystem that targets a wide variety of almost exclusively Ukrainian entities. While researchers often struggle to uncover evidence of Russian espionage activities, Gamaredon is notably conspicuous. The group behind it conducts large-scale campaigns while still primarily focusing on regional ...
- Samsung UK discloses year-long breach, leaked customer data
November 17, 2023
The UK division of Samsung Electronics has allegedly alerted customers of a year-long data breach – the third such incident the South Korean giant has experienced around the world in the past two years. An email to customers, shared on social media by web security consultant and Have I Been Pwned creator Troy Hunt, detailed that ...