The Guardian struggles with IT incident ‘believed to be ransomware’
The UK-based newspaper is fighting an IT incident. "We believe this to be a ransomware attack but are continuing to consider all possibilities", editor-in-chief Katharine Viner said.
The Guardian regularly covers cyberincidents. This time, the newspaper reports on itself. An editor revealed th... Read more
‘Russia ratchets up hacking campaign against Ukraine and allies’
Microsoft says the Russian government is coordinating cyberattacks on Ukrainian critical infrastructure along with missiles and other physical strikes.
A Microsoft report issued on December 3 warns that Moscow has intensified its approach to pressure Kiev’s military and political support -- bo... Read more
European Parliament hacked after vote to designate Russia as a sponsor of terrorism
Shortly after they voted to designate Russia as a state-sponsor of terrorism, the European Parliament's website went down.
The European Parliament website was taken offline for several hours on Wednesday by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The attack came shortly after the MEPs vot... Read more
Thales confirms that hackers have published their stolen data
Thales Group has announced that Russian-speaking ransomware group LockBit 3.0 has published its data on the dark web. The French defence and electronics giant was hacked in late October.
An archive of 9.5 gigabytes of "data related to Thales" was published overnight on the website of cybercrime ... Read more
LinkedIn launches security features to remove fake profiles
LinkedIn has introduced new security features to curb the threat of malicious actors on its platform.
LinkedIn is the largest social media platform for businesses. There's been a rise in fake profiles and threat actors as of late. Due to its nature, malicious actors can get through the platform ... Read more
Interserve fined £4.4 million for lack of data protection
Interserve was fined £4.4 million by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after a breach of personal employee data.
In 2019, UK-based outsourcing firm Interverse was faced with several cyberattacks that compromised the personal information of 113,000 employees. From March 18th to D... Read more
Lloyd’s of London: ‘no evidence of data compromise’ from cyberattack
The insurance giant had shut down its markets as a "precautionary measure" during the probe.
Lloyd's of London said on Monday that its investigation into a possible cyberattack had found no evidence of data compromise, according to a report in Reuters.
"The investigation has concluded that no... Read more
Cybercriminals steal nearly €600 million in hack on Binance BNB Chain
Cybercriminals captured about €586 million ($570 million) in a hack on Binance. The hack was possibly caused by a flaw in a software tool for automatically executing transactions.
The hack allowed the cybercriminals to steal 2 million BNB, Binance's own cryptocurrency. 2 million BNB has a mark... Read more
Defender for Office 365 will allow users to report phishing messages
Microsoft announces an update for Microsoft Defender for Office 365 that allows Microsoft Teams users to alert their management and IT team of phishing, scamming and other dodgy messages.
Previously known as Office 365 ATP (Advanced Threat Protection), Microsoft Defender for Office 365 strives t... Read more
‘A third of all cyberattacks target business emails’
A recent analysis from security firm Arctic Wolf indicates a considerable increase in Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks in the first half of 2022.
According to data analysis and observations from Arctic Wolf's incident response department Tetra Defense, BEC attacks currently account for m... Read more