NSA warns “fast flux” threatens national security. What is fast flux anyway?

A technique that hostile nation-states and financially motivated ransomware groups are using to hide their operations poses a threat to critical infrastructure and national security, the National Security Agency has warned. The technique is known as fast flux. It allows Read More …

#StopRansomware: Medusa Ransomware

Medusa is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) variant first identified in June 2021. As of February 2025, Medusa developers and affiliates have impacted over 300 victims from a variety of critical infrastructure sectors with affected industries including medical, education, legal, insurance, technology, Read More …

50,000 electronic attacks countered daily by UAE Cybersecurity Council

Dr. Mohammed Hamad Al Kuwaiti, Chairman of the UAE Cybersecurity Council, stated that the UAE possesses an advanced cybersecurity system capable of predicting and countering most electronic attacks before they occur. He noted that the average daily cyberattacks on key Read More …

Ukraine’s defense intel launches cyber attack on Gazprom

On the anniversary of the Battle of Kruty, a cyber unit of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate launched a DDoS attack on the digital infrastructure of Russia’s Gazprom and Gazpromneft. In particular, Ukrainian cyber professionals attacked the online services of the Read More …

Product Security Bad Practices

As outlined in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA’s) Secure by Design initiative, software manufacturers should ensure that security is a core consideration from the onset of software development and throughout the entirety of the development lifecycle. This voluntary Read More …

China protests US sanctions for its alleged role in hacking, complains of foreign hacker attacks

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. Read More …

Ukraine Hit By Massive Cyber Attack

Ukraine government databases, described as critically important infrastructure, have been hit by a cyber attack that’s being blamed on Russia. Deputy prime minister Olha Stefanishyna said it was the largest external cyber attack on the state registers of Ukraine in recent Read More …

Dragos Industrial Ransomware Analysis Q3 2024

The third quarter (July – September) of 2024 brought transformative shifts to the ransomware landscape, emphasizing its dynamic and continuously evolving nature. The ransomware threat ecosystem remained highly active in the third quarter, fueled by new groups, rebranding of existing Read More …

US sanctions Chinese cybersecurity firm for firewall hacks targeting critical infrastructure

The U.S. sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity company and one of its employees for exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Sophos firewalls to target U.S. organizations. On Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury Department said Guan Tianfeng, an employee of Sichuan Silence, used the Read More …

NCIA experts enable Exercise Cyber Coalition 24

From 27 November to 6 December 2024, Exercise Cyber Coalition took place from the Cyber Range 14 in Tallinn, Estonia. Operating annually since 2008, Cyber Coalition is NATO’s flagship cyber defence exercise and one of the largest in the world. Read More …