NATO and European Union leadership sign third joint declaration

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, met on Tuesday (10 January 2023) at NATO Headquarters to sign the third Joint Declaration on Read More …

Ireland fines Meta $414m for using personal data without asking

A legal saga between Meta, Ireland and the European Union has reached a conclusion – at least for now – that forces the social media giant to remove data consent requirements from its terms of service in favor of explicit Read More …

NATO Agency signs important cyber security agreements

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) signed two multiple award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with King ICT Croatia and IBM Belgium, for the provision of cyber security deployment and configuration services across the NATO Enterprise. Following Read More …

LockBit ransomware claims attack on Port of Lisbon in Portugal

A cyberattack hitting the Port of Lisbon Administration (APL), the third-largest port in Portugal, on Christmas day, has been claimed by the LockBit ransomware gang. The Port of Lisbon is part of the critical infrastructure in Portugal’s capital city, being Read More …

Twitter Probed in EU for Pre-Musk Data Leak of 5.4 Million Users

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said Friday it decided to start a probe over reports that one or more datasets of users’ personal information “had been made available on the internet.” “These datasets were reported to contain personal data relating to Read More …

Ransomware and wiper signed with stolen certificates

On July 17, 2022, Albanian news outlets reported a massive cyberattack that affected Albanian government e-services. A few weeks later, it was revealed that the cyberattacks were part of a coordinated effort likely intended to cripple the country’s computer systems. Read More …

Russia’s Trident Ursa (aka Gamaredon APT) Cyber Conflict Operations Unwavering Since Invasion of Ukraine

Since Unit 42 last blog in early February covering the advanced persistent threat (APT) group Trident Ursa (aka Gamaredon, UAC-0010, Primitive Bear, Shuckworm), Ukraine and its cyber domain has faced ever-increasing threats from Russia. Trident Ursa is a group attributed Read More …

Play ransomware claims attack on German hotel chain H-Hotels

The Play ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack on H-Hotels (h-hotels.com) that has resulted in communication outages for the company. H-Hotels is a hospitality business with 60 hotels in 50 locations across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, offering Read More …

Ukraine’s DELTA military system users targeted by info-stealing malware

A compromised Ukrainian Ministry of Defense email account was found sending phishing emails and instant messages to users of the ‘DELTA’ situational awareness program to infect systems with information-stealing malware. The campaign was highlighted in a report today by CERT-UA Read More …