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A multi-country survey by the British insurer Hiscox shows that security authorities around the world are struggling in the fight against cybercrime. According to the Hiscox comparison with selected countries, German businesses are relatively frequent targets of hackers. The latest edition Read More …
Shocking spyware attacks have been attempted against civil society, journalists, politicians and academics in the European Union (EU), USA and Asia, according to a major new investigation by Amnesty International. Among the targets of Predator spyware are United Nations (UN) Read More …
In September 2023, our FortiGuard Labs team observed that the IZ1H9 Mirai-based DDoS campaign has aggressively updated its arsenal of exploits. Thirteen payloads were included in this variant, including D-Link devices, Netis wireless router, Sunhillo SureLine, Geutebruck IP camera, Yealink Read More …
Groups range from known collectives to new outfits eager to raise their profile Hacktivism efforts have proliferated rapidly in the Middle East following the official announcement of a war between Palestine and Israel.… The escalation was spurred by a deadly Read More …
A cyber attack has hit electronic manufacturer Volex, opening the door to unauthorised access to some of its IT systems. The AIM-listed British company said it is not expecting any “material” financial impact from the incident but shares dropped over Read More …
India’s space agency Isro is facing more than 100 cyber-hacking attempts on a daily basis, disclosed its chairman S Somanath on Sunday. Speaking to TOI, Somanath said, “It is not only Isro, but several other systems (of other organisations) that Read More …
Biotech company 23andMe, known for its DNA testing kits, said the leak occurred through a credential-stuffing attack. A credential-stuffing attack involves user information that has already been compromised (usernames and passwords, for example) from one organization, which a hacker obtains Read More …
MGM Resorts sent a letter to customers regarding the recent cyber incident that took place on Sept. 11. MGM Resorts stated that on or around Sept. 29, it determined that an unauthorized third party obtained the personal information of some Read More …
In a late August 2023 operation involving the FBI and many international partners, law enforcement agencies seized the infrastructure and cryptocurrency assets used by the Qakbot malware, dealing considerable damage to the group’s operations. Many people in the security industry Read More …
Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA), NSA and CISA Red and Blue Teams Share Top Ten Cybersecurity Misconfigurations, which provides the most common cybersecurity misconfigurations in large Read More …