Suddenly, Chinese Spies Seem to Be Popping Up All Over Europe post, april 27, 2024april 30, 2024 One of the men, a young Briton known for his hawkish views on China, worked as an aide to a prominent member of the British Parliament. Another, a German citizen of Chinese descent, was an assistant to a member of the European Parliament representing Germany’s far right. While from different… Continue Reading
Kaiser Permanente: Data breach may impact 13.4 million patients post, april 26, 2024februari 24, 2025 Healthcare service provider Kaiser Permanente disclosed a data security incident that may impact 13.4 million people in the United States. Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care consortium and one of the largest nonprofit health plans in the U.S. Continue Reading
Russian hacking group claims responsibility for cyberattack on Indiana wastewater plant post, april 25, 2024april 26, 2024 The “People’s Cyber Army of Russia” took credit last Saturday for the incident on the messaging app Telegram. A message accompanying the video read: “We continue to look partially cover our series of work on US infrastructure. Today, we’ll look at Indiana. Let’s consider the work on municipal water treatment… Continue Reading
Governments issue alerts after ‘sophisticated’ state-backed actor found exploiting flaws in Cisco security boxes post, april 24, 2024april 26, 2024 A previously unknown and “sophisticated” nation-state group compromised Cisco firewalls as early as November 2023 for espionage purposes — and possibly attacked network devices made by other vendors including Microsoft, according to warnings from the networking giant and three Western governments. Continue Reading
Iran Dupes US Military Contractors, Gov’t Agencies in Cyber Campaign post, april 24, 2024april 26, 2024 The US Departments of Treasury and State are among those compromised in the elaborate campaign, which lasted from 2016 to 2021 according to a US Justice Department indictment unsealed this week. Various defense contractors with high-level security clearances, a New York-based accounting firm, and a New York-based hospitality company were… Continue Reading
MITRE admits ‘nation state’ attackers touched its NERVE R&D operation post, april 22, 2024april 26, 2024 In a cautionary tale that no one is immune from attack, the security org MITRE has admitted that it got pwned.… Continue Reading
Change Healthcare Finally Admits It Paid Ransomware Hackers—and Still Faces a Patient Data Leak post, april 22, 2024februari 24, 2025 More than two months after the start of a ransomware debacle whose impact ranks among the worst in the history of cybersecurity, the medical firm Change Healthcare finally confirmed what cybercriminals, security researchers, and Bitcoin’s blockchain had already made all too clear: that it did indeed pay a ransom to the… Continue Reading
Unearthing APT44: Russia’s Notorious Cyber Sabotage Unit Sandworm post, april 17, 2024juli 3, 2025 With Russia’s full-scale invasion in its third year, Sandworm (aka FROZENBARENTS) remains a formidable threat to Ukraine. The group’s operations in support of Moscow’s war aims have proven tactically and operationally adaptable, and as of today, appear to be better integrated with the activities of Russia’s conventional forces than in… Continue Reading
Russian hackers may have targeted Ukrainian telecoms with upgrade ‘AcidPour’ malware post, maart 22, 2024februari 24, 2025 The data wiping malware called AcidPour may have been deployed in attacks targeting four telecom providers in Ukraine, new findings from SentinelOne show.The cybersecurity firm also confirmed connections between the malware and AcidRain, tying it to threat activity clusters associated with Russian military intelligence.“AcidPour’s expanded capabilities would enable it to better Continue Reading
Federal warning highlights cyber vulnerability of US water systems post, maart 20, 2024februari 24, 2025 The White House urged operators of water and wastewater systems to review and beef up their security controls against attacks by Iran- and China-based groups. Continue Reading