Water and Wastewater Sector – Incident Response Guide

Cyber threat actors are aware of – and deliberately target – single points of failure. A compromise or failure of a Water and Wastewater (WWS) Sector organization could cause cascading impacts throughout the Sector and other critical infrastructure sectors. There are many Read More …

JPMorgan spends $15 billion a year on technology, given the risk of a data breach

JPMorgan Chase’s banking systems are attacked by hackers 45 billion a day, double what it saw a year earlier. The nation’s largest bank spends $15 billion a year on technology, given the risk of a data breach and the potentially Read More …

Distributed Energy Generation Gateway (In)Security

Distributed energy generation (DEG) is a term used to describe the shift from centralized energy generation, such as power companies, to a source — typically a renewable energy source — closer to the user. It is most often seen in Read More …

Thailand: Elderly to get anti-scam education as cybercrime explodes

Alarmed by research indicating that the elderly are the most vulnerable to fraudsters, Thailand’s Ministry of Social Development and Human Security and CIB cybercrime investigators will collaborate with partners to provide digital literacy to senior people nationwide. The minister, Varawut Read More …

New York: Refuah Health to spend over $1M on cyber security following ransomware attack

A Hudson Valley health care provider will spend more than $1 million on cybersecurity after a ransomware attack leaked patients’ information. An investigation by the state attorney general found Refuah Healthdid not have proper precautions set up to prevent the Read More …

ECB to conduct mock cyber attacks at 109 banks

The European Central Bank (ECB) will stress test 109 banks over the next twelve months to see if they are adequately prepared for cyber attacks. The banks’ response and recovery capabilities will be prioritized, not the potential to prevent incidents. Read More …

‘Lazy’ broadband engineers blamed for exposing hospitals and banks to cyber attacks

Hospitals and banks are more exposed to cyber attacks because “lazy” broadband engineers are failing to fill in crucial forms, it has been alleged. Industry sources warned of a “Wild West” among contractors who are not handing over information about Read More …

Pakistan: Separate agency set up to tackle cybercrime challenge

The government has established a separate agency, National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency, equipped with all the required equipment and skills with which Pakistan’s cyberspace, data of public and private institutions, business transactions, and online activities of citizens can be secured, Read More …

Ubisoft apparently stopped a 900GB data breach

Just days after Insomniac suffered a horrible data breach, Ubisoft may have avoided the same fate. Security collective VX-Underground shared a report on X that, on Dec. 20, an “unknown Threat Actor” got access to Ubisoft’s internal tools, sharing screenshots Read More …

#StopRansomware: ALPHV Blackcat

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are releasing this joint CSA to disseminate known IOCs and TTPs associated with the ALPHV Blackcat ransomware as a service (RaaS) identified through FBI investigations as Read More …