Gartner Survey Shows AI Enhanced Malicious Attacks as Top Emerging Risk

Survey of 286 Senior Enterprise Risk Executives Reveals Top Five Emerging Risks in the Third Quarter of 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced malicious attacks are the top emerging risk for enterprises in the third quarter of 2024, according to Gartner, Inc. Read More …

UK: Cyber attack disables prison vans’ panic alarms

Tracking devices and panic alarms on prisoner transport vans have been disabled in a cyber attack. Serco, which has a contract for prisoner escort and custody services, was among companies hit by the cyber attack on Microlise. Microlise provides tracking Read More …

Venture Wolf attempts to disrupt Russian businesses with MetaStealer

BI.ZONE Threat Intelligence has discovered a previously unknown cluster whose activity can be traced back to November 2023. Dubbed Venture Wolf, the cluster employs multiple loaders to deliver MetaStealer to the target systems. The threat actor focuses on a range Read More …

New Trend in MSI File Abuse: New OceanLotus Group First to Use MST Files to Deliver Tromas

During recent daily operations, the QiAnXin Threat Intelligence Center discovered that the new OceanLotus group, which we have been continuously tracking since mid-2022, has begun to re-activate and is using a new tactic of MSI file misuse. Even though the Read More …

Telematics giant Microlise suffers cyber attack

Telematics giant Microlise suffers cyber attack By Gareth Roberts | 1 November 2024 Connected vehicles Microlise has suffered a cyber attack, with a large proportion of the company’s services affected, leaving fleets without some tracking services. The Microlise board says Read More …

UK: Council website back online after cyber attack

Burnley Council website is back online after being disrupted by a cyber attack yesterday afternoon. Services across numerous councils in the North West, including Tameside Council and Salford City Council were targeted with a Distributed Denial of Service attack (DDoS). Read More …

Loose-lipped neural networks and lazy scammers

One topic being actively researched in connection with the breakout of LLMs is capability uplift – when employees with limited experience or resources in some area become able to perform at a much higher level thanks to LLM technology. This Read More …

Peru: Cybercriminals demand 4 million dollars for Interbank customer data

Organized crime in Peru has taken a worrying turn, extending its activities from attacks on public transport companies and kidnapping businessmen to cybercrime. These criminals use advanced technology to extort money from large companies, including the recent attack on Interbank Read More …