Swiss administration hit by cyber attack

Swiss authorities are investigating a cyber attack on the IT company Xplain, whose clients include many federal and cantonal government departments, including the army and customs. The online attack was revealed on Saturday by the newspaper Le Temps, which reported Read More …

Vice Society Ransomware Group Targets Manufacturing Companies

The Vice Society ransomware group made headlines in late 2022 and early 2023 during a spate of attacks against several targets, such as the one that affected the rapid transit system in San Francisco. Most reports have the threat actor 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 …

Suspected Zeus cybercrime ring leader ‘Tank’ arrested by Swiss police

Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, also known as Tank and one of the leaders of the notorious JabberZeus cybercrime gang, was arrested in Geneva last month. The Swiss Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) said Penchukov was arrested last month and is waiting Read More …

Europol coordinates action against bomb manuals available online

On 1 February, a large-scale Referral Action Day targeting terrorist content online took place at Europol’s headquarters. The European Union Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) at Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC) coordinated the referral activity, which saw the involvement Read More …

Russian hackers made millions by stealing SEC earning reports

A Russian national working for a cybersecurity company has been extradited to the U.S. where he is being charged for hacking into computer networks of two U.S.-based filing agents used by multiple companies to file quarterly and annual earnings through Read More …

Europol: 12 Targeted For Involvement In Ransomware Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure

A total of 12 individuals wreaking havoc across the world with ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure have been targeted as the result of a law enforcement and judicial operation involving eight countries. These attacks are believed to have affected over Read More …

Digitally Signed Bandook Trojan Reemerges in Global Spy Campaign

A wave of targeted cyberattack campaigns bent on espionage is cresting around the globe, using a strain of a 13-year old backdoor trojan named Bandook. According to Check Point Research, Bandook was last spotted being used in 2015 and 2017/2018, 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 …

Europol: Hacker Group Selling Databases With Millions Of User Credentials Busted In Poland And Switzerland

Polish and Swiss law enforcement authorities, supported by Europol and Eurojust, dismantled InfinityBlack, a hacking group involved in distributing stolen user credentials, creating and distributing malware and hacking tools, and fraud. On 29 April 2020, the Polish National Police (Policja) Read More …