Ukraine Targeted in Cyberattack Exploiting 7-Year-Old Microsoft Office Flaw post, april 27, 2024april 30, 2024 Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a targeted operation against Ukraine that has been found leveraging a nearly seven-year-old flaw in Microsoft Office to deliver Cobalt Strike on compromised systems. The attack chain, which took place at the end of 2023 according to Deep Instinct, employs a PowerPoint slideshow file (“signal-2023-12-20-160512.ppsx”) as… Continue Reading
FBI Identifies Lazarus Group Cyber Actors as Responsible for Theft of $41 Million from Stake.com post, september 6, 2023juli 31, 2026 The FBI is issuing this release to warn the public regarding the theft of approximately $41 million in virtual currency from Stake.com, an online casino and betting platform. The FBI has confirmed that this theft took place on or about September 4, 2023, and attributes it to the Lazarus Group… Continue Reading
Lazarus Heist: The intercontinental ATM theft that netted $14m in two hours post, april 1, 2023juli 31, 2026 Imagine you’re a low-wage worker in India who is offered a day’s employment as an extra in a Bollywood film. Your role? To go to a cash point and withdraw some money. In 2018, several men in Maharashtra state thought they were accepting a bit-part in a movie – but… Continue Reading
Log4j vulnerability – what everyone needs to know post, december 14, 2021april 26, 2024 Log4shell is a critical vulnerability in the widely-used logging tool Log4j, which is used by millions of computers worldwide running online services. A wide range of people, including organisations, governments and individuals are likely to be affected by it. Although fixes have been issued, they will still need to be implemented. Continue Reading
Internetwaakhond deelt lijst met software die kwetsbaar is voor hackers post, december 12, 2021april 26, 2024 Het Nationaal Cyber Security Centrum (NCSC) heeft een lijst gedeeld met software die kwetsbaar is voor hackers. De vrees is dat hackers die zullen aanvallen met gijzelsoftware. Dat is software waarmee ze netwerken blokkeren en gegevens stelen. Als tegenprestatie eisen ze losgeld. Continue Reading
Securonix Threat Research: Cosmos Bank SWIFT/ATM US$13.5 Million Cyber Attack Detection Using Security Analytics post, oktober 2, 2018juli 29, 2026 The Securonix Threat Research team recently learned of a new high-profile cyber attack targeting SWIFT/ATM infrastructure of Cosmos Bank (COSDINBB), a 112-year old cooperative bank in India and the second largest in the country, resulting in over US$13.5 million stolen [1,2]. Below is a summary of what we currently know… Continue Reading
The Real Story of Stuxnet post, februari 26, 2013juni 23, 2025 Update 13 June 2025: The attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities are the latest in a two-decade campaign by the Israeli military and intelligence establishments to disrupt and hinder Iran’s efforts to build atomic weapons. On Thursday, 12 June, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel announced that Israeli warplanes had struck “Iran’s main enrichment facility… Continue Reading