- JPMorgan spends $15 billion a year on technology, given the risk of a data breach
January 17, 2024
JPMorgan Chase’s banking systems are attacked by hackers 45 billion a day, double what it saw a year earlier. The nation’s largest bank spends $15 billion a year on technology, given the risk of a data breach and the potentially devastating consequences of a successful cyber attack, Mary Callahan Erdoes, chief executive of the bank’s Asset ...
- Ivanti vulnerabilities now actively exploited in massive numbers
January 17, 2024
The researchers that discovered the active exploitation are warning that these attacks are now very widespread. The fact that there are no patches available and users were asked to apply a workaround and monitor their network traffic for suspicious activity, may have contributed to the slow response to the sounded alarms. Almost 7000 devices remain vulnerable ...
- PSA: Anyone can tell if you are using WhatsApp on your computer
January 17, 2024
Anyone who knows your WhatsApp number can figure out if you are only using the mobile app, or its companion web or desktop apps, a security researcher found. Tal Be’ery, the co-founder and CTO of crypto wallet maker ZenGo, found that it’s possible to determine whether a user on WhatsApp is using more than just the ...
- New TTPs observed in Mint Sandstorm campaign targeting high-profile individuals at universities and research orgs
January 17, 2024
Since November 2023, Microsoft has observed a distinct subset of Mint Sandstorm (PHOSPHORUS) targeting high-profile individuals working on Middle Eastern affairs at universities and research organizations in Belgium, France, Gaza, Israel, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In this campaign, Mint Sandstorm used bespoke phishing lures in an attempt to socially engineer targets into downloading ...
- NATO releases first ever quantum strategy
January 17, 2024
Quantum technologies are getting closer to revolutionizing the world of innovation and can be game-changers for security, including modern warfare. Ensuring that the Alliance is ”quantum-ready” is the aim of NATO’s first-ever quantum strategy that was approved by NATO Foreign Ministers on 28 November. On Wednesday 17 January 2024, NATO releases a summary of the strategy. ...
- Majorca: Calvià City Council hit by €10million ransom demand
January 17, 2024
Saturday witnessed a cyberattack on the Spanish city of Calvià in Majorca, with hackers now demanding 10 million euros to be paid to restore functionality to integral systems. The Calvià City Council website has been offering updates on the situation, saying the local authority is “working to recover normality as soon as possible, after having been ...
- Binge & Dan Murphys Among Major Brands Hit By Cyber Attack
January 17, 2024
Thousands of retail customers have fallen victim to a hacking scheme where scammers access their online accounts to make fraudulent transactions. Local scammers, having bought online login details from overseas cybercriminals, bragged in a chat online about purchasing iPhones, clothing and alcohol (almost $800 worth) with strangers’ money. The Iconic, an online retailer, said last week ...
- A lightweight method to detect potential iOS malware
January 16, 2024
In 2021 and 2022, Kaspersky researchers had the privilege of working on a few Pegasus malware infections on several iPhone devices. The iPhones were Initially given to them by their partners for general security checks before the researchers discovered the infections. Investigating such cases can be complicated, costly, or time consuming due to the nature of ...
- Alleged FruitFly malware creator ruled incompetent to stand trial
January 16, 2024
On January 4, 2017, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), located in Cleveland, Ohio, became aware of an infection on more than 100 of its computers. The university was notified by an undisclosed third party, who provided information to help the team find and identify the malware. CWRU began working with the FBI, who determined that the ...
- Known Indicators of Compromise Associated with Androxgh0st Malware
January 16, 2024
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to disseminate known indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) associated with threat actors deploying Androxgh0st malware. Multiple, ongoing investigations and trusted third party reporting yielded the IOCs and TTPs, and provided ...
- Latest Cyber-Attacks in Serbia Raise Fresh Questions about Defence
January 16, 2024
Serbia’s inaction in the face of frequent cyber-attacks on public institutions and private companies is a growing concern, cyber security expert Ivan Markovic has told BIRN, after the online forum he co-founded reported that a server used by the Serbian army had been breached and state energy company Elektroprivreda Srbije, EPS, had been hit with ...