Europol: Ragnar Locker ransomware gang taken down by international police swoop

This week, law enforcement and judicial authorities from eleven countries delivered a major blow to one of the most dangerous ransomware operations of recent years. This action, coordinated at international level by Europol and Eurojust, targeted the Ragnar Locker ransomware Read More …

Sweden: Significant increase in cyberattacks and they’re more advanced

Cyberattacks against Swedish authorities have increased in number and are more protracted and advanced, according to an investigation by Swedish Radio News. The Social Insurance Agency, Försäkringskassan, has seen such attacks double over three years, it says. Read more… Source: Read More …

Ortivus’ electronic patient record system are down for some United Kingdom based customers due to a cyber-attack

On the evening of 18 July Ortivus’ systems were subject to a cyber-attack affecting UK customer systems within our hosted datacenter environment. The electronic patient records are currently unavailable and are until further notice handled using manual systems. No patients Read More …

Four suspects cuffed, face extradition to US over tax refund scam plot

Four men suspected of plotting to commit wire fraud and identity theft have been arrested and now face extradition to America. It is alleged they conspired to break into US companies’ servers, steal people’s personally identifiable information (PII), use that Read More …

Sweden boosts cyber, defense spending with NATO in mind

Sweden’s newly elected center-right government has prioritized spending on defense-strengthening measures in its draft budget bill for 2023, eying to edge the country closer to NATO’s target quota. Sweden, along with fellow unaligned Nordic nation Finland, is currently awaiting unanimous Read More …

800 Criminals Arrested In Biggest Ever Law Enforcement Operation Against Encrypted Communication

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Dutch National Police (Politie), and the Swedish Police Authority (Polisen), in cooperation with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and 16 other countries have carried out with the support of Europol one Read More …

Swedish Health Agency shuts down SmiNet after hacking attempts

The Swedish Public Health Agency (Folkhälsomyndigheten) has shut down SmiNet, the country’s infectious diseases database, on Thursday after it was targeted in several hacking attempts. SmiNet, which is also used to store electronic reports with statistics on COVID-19 infections, was Read More …

Cyberthreats for ICS in Energy in Europe. Q1 2020

Computers in European countries which are used to configure, maintain and control equipment in the energy industry on which Kaspersky products are installed. This includes Windows computers on which various software packages for the energy industry are installed, including but Read More …