FBI: Ransomware Disruptions during Voting Periods Will Not Impact the Security and Resiliency of Vote Casting or Counting

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are issuing this announcement to inform the public that while ransomware attacks against state or local government networks or election infrastructure could cause localized delays, they Read More …

Tusk: unraveling a complex infostealer campaign

Kaspersky Global Emergency Response Team (GERT) has identified a complex campaign, consisting of multiple sub-campaigns orchestrated by Russian-speaking cybercriminals. The sub-campaigns imitate legitimate projects, slightly modifying names and branding and using multiple social media accounts to increase their credibility. In Read More …

Cyber attack on councils across Greater Manchester leaves thousands vulnerable to phishing scam

A cyber attack on councils across Greater Manchester has left thousands of residents vulnerable to a phishing scam. The attack, which initially hit one borough last week and spread over the weekend, on software company Locata downed the housing websites Read More …

EastWind campaign: new CloudSorcerer attacks on government organizations in Russia

In late July 2024, we detected a series of ongoing targeted cyberattacks on dozens of computers at Russian government organizations and IT companies. The threat actors infected devices using phishing emails with malicious shortcut attachments. These shortcuts were used to Read More …

Musk Blames DDoS Attack For 40-Minute Delayed Start to Trump’s X Livestream

Technical difficulties delayed former President Donald Trump’s live conversation with Elon Musk on X by over 40 minutes. Musk blamed the issues on a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) cyberattack, in which a bad actor seeks to overload a target server with Read More …

FBI investigating attempts to hack Biden-Harris and Trump campaigns

Federal investigators are looking into whether Iranian hackers targeted individuals associated with the Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns, three people familiar with the investigation confirmed to CBS News. The FBI launched the probes in the early summer, after both presidential campaigns Read More …

Ongoing Social Engineering Campaign Refreshes Payloads

On June 20, 2024, Rapid7 identified multiple intrusion attempts by threat actors utilizing techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) that are consistent with an ongoing social engineering campaign being tracked by Rapid7. The initial lure being utilized by the threat actors Read More …

Swiss-based Schlatter says IT network affected by cyberattack

Engineering company Schlatter Industries’ IT network was attacked with malware on Friday and it can be assumed this was a professional attack, the Switzerland-based company said on Monday. The group was hit on Friday by a cyberattack using malware, and Read More …

Venezuela is the Victim of a Cyber Coup

On Friday, Joaquin Perez, the Deputy Ambassador of Venezuela to the United Nations, participated in the United Nations Convention on Cybercrime meeting held in New York. The Bolivarian diplomat denounced that Venezuela is being subjected to a cyber coup d’état Read More …