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 …

Security company ADT announces security breach of customer data

Electronic surveillance equipment provider ADT filed a form 8-K with the Security and Exchange Commision (SEC) to report “a cybersecurity incident during which unauthorized actors illegally accessed certain databases containing ADT customer order information.” ADT filed the 8-K on August Read More …

JG Summit Holdings probing ‘possible’ cyber attack

Gokongwei-led conglomerate JG Summit Holdings Inc. is investigating an alleged cybersecurity attack which was claimed to have affected thousands of the company’s computers. RansomHub, which was supposedly responsible for the attack, expressed frustration over being ignored by JG Summit and Read More …

Royal Ransomware Actors Rebrand as “BlackSuit”

The FBI and CISA recently published an update to the joint Cybersecurity Advisory “#StopRansomware: Royal Ransomware.” The updated advisory provides network defenders with recent and historically observed tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with BlackSuit Read More …

Russia: Massive DDoS attack on Kursk Region repelled

The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation has reported that a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the Kursk Region’s local services has been successfully thwarted. “A massive DDoS attack on the regional services Read More …

Greece leaves spy services unchecked on Predator hacks

Greece’s 2022 espionage scandal dubbed “Predatorgate” had everything: eavesdropping on politicians, journalists and judges, exports of shady software to dictatorial regimes and high-profile resignations. Fast-forward two years and everyone in government is off the hook. In a 300-page report seen Read More …

Cloud Cover: How Malicious Actors Are Leveraging Cloud Services

The number of threat actors leveraging legitimate cloud services in their attacks has grown this year as attackers have begun to realize their potential to provide low-key and low-cost infrastructure. Traffic to and from well known, trusted services such as Read More …

UK: Port of Tyne website hit by cyber attack

A port has fallen victim to cyber attackers who targeted its website. The Port of Tyne confirmed its site was down for some time on Tuesday following a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack, which attempts to overload a website Read More …

INTERPOL: Police recover over USD 40 million from international email scam

LYON, France: A global stop-payment mechanism developed by INTERPOL has helped Singapore authorities make their largest ever recovery of funds defrauded in a business email compromise scam. On 23 July 2024, a commodity firm based in Singapore filed a police Read More …