Oiltanking cyberattack larger than thought: Evos was hit in Holland
Oiltanking Deutschland and Mabanaft, two German oil companies, were hit by a cyberattack over the weekend. Evos, a gas and oil storage company with a location in the Netherlands, appears to have been hit by a related attack.
Some of Mabanaft's and Oiltanking's production systems are down. Thousa... Read more
PwC report shows CEOs are bracing for more cybercrime in 2022
According to the CEE edition of the PwC 2022 Digital Trust Insights, only 72% of CEOs in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) including Romania, expect cybercrime to go up this year, based on how difficult 2021 was for the cybersecurity community.
In Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and globally, 60... Read more
Cybercrime dominates the world: ‘just the tip of the iceberg visible’
The world of cybercrime is gaining a stronger grip on business. Cybercriminals are becoming smarter, using more advanced techniques and attacking more frequently. Many security experts no longer question if a company will be hacked, but when a company will be hacked. In order to get a better pictur... Read more
The next target for cybercriminals: cloud containers
The way containers work makes them particularly vulnerable to attack, with wide-ranging consequences.
As digital transformation takes hold in the enterprise community, migrating to the cloud has become a deeply entrenched trend. A big part of this cloud migration has been the widespread adoption... Read more
IKEA’s email system riddled with cyberattacks
IKEA has recently been tackling phishing attacks towards its employees. The attacker uses stolen reply-chain emails to lure employees into a false sense of security and click malicious links.
Cyberattacks are becoming an everyday occurrence, and organizations worldwide are falling prey to meticu... Read more
How an undetected hack group tapped telecom data for 5 years straight
According to research by CrowdStrike, the LightBasin hacking group has been trying to directly tap various telecom data from telecom operators worldwide. Attacks took place as early as 2016, continuing to this day.
Targeted data mainly concerns call data, text messages and relevant metadata. The... Read more
What are the current cyber security threats? An overview
Cybersecurity is in a state of constant change. The attack surfaces on which cybercriminals capitalize are as versatile as the overall development of information technology. Insight into both attackers and this attack surface is essential. Only by knowing what a threat looks like can we defend ours... Read more
Four new vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure agent
The flaws stem from with an open-source software agent embedded in Microsoft Azure tools.
According to a report in CRN, a research team at Wiz has reported four new vulnerabilities related to the Microsoft Azure cloud platform.
The four vulnerabilities arise from an open-source software agent... Read more
The EU Commission wants to create a cyber unit to combat cybercrime
The European Commission submitted a proposal on Wednesday, to pool resources and expertise sourced from its 27 member states, to form an overarching ‘internet police’ unit that will fight online criminals. The announcement comes amid a spate of highly publicized attacks across Europe and the wo... Read more
Hackers work to enhance SEO on sites that deliver their malware
They make their delivery sites popular on Google before deploying their malware.
Evil genius at work! Hackers have started using search engine optimization (SEO) techniques to deploy malware to even more victims.
Sophos, the cybersecurity firm, has identified this new technique. They ca... Read more