December 5, 2024

Key electricity distributor in Romania warns of ‘cyber attack in progress’

A leading energy services company in Romania has confirmed that it is currently dealing with an ongoing cyberattack. Electrica Group, a company listed on both the Bucharest and London stock exchanges that supplies electricity to over 3.8 million customers in Romania, stated to investors on Monday, alerting them to a “cyber attack in progress.”According to the company’s CEO, Alexandru Chirita, […]
November 12, 2024

Germany’s cybersecurity is on high alert ahead of elections

Germany is ramping up its cybersecurity efforts ahead of the upcoming elections, with Interior Minister Nancy Faeser emphasizing the importance of strong defenses against cyberattacks and disinformation. She cautioned about potential threats from Russia and other foreign entities, underscoring the need to protect democracy in the digital space.A report from the Federal Office for Information Security highlighted Germany’s susceptibility to […]
July 24, 2024

CrowdStrike impact update: More than 5,000 flights cancelled

Software update has caused significant global IT disruptions, leading to canceled flights, interruptions in healthcare services, and potential payroll issues. The company responsible has issued an apology, but industry experts caution that resolving issues such as “blue screens of death” and endless loops may take weeks.One of the most severely affected sectors is aviation. According to updated figures from the […]
February 29, 2024

CISA: Admin Credentials of a Former Employee Leveraged to Compromise a State Government Organization

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) conducted an incident response assessment of a state government organization’s network environment after documents with host and user information, including metadata, were posted on a dark web brokerage site. An analysis confirmed that an unknown threat actor compromised network administrator credentials through the account of a […]
May 17, 2023

FBI releases joint advisory against the BianLian ransomware gang

On Tuesday 16th of May 2023, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint TLP:CLEAR cybersecurity advisory warning organisations of the latest tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by the BianLian ransomware group. The advisory highlighted that BianLian is a ransomware developer, deployer, and data extortion cybercriminal group that has targeted organisations in multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors […]
May 17, 2023

ScanSource warns of delays following ransomware attack

On Tuesday 16th of May 2023, a US-based technology provider ScanSource disclosed that they had suffered a ransomware attack that has impacted some of its systems, business operations, and customer portals. The impact has been significant, as it is expected to cause delays in the provision of services to customers in North America and Brazil. ScanSource has stated in a press […]
May 15, 2023

Cisco Talos reveals RA Group ransomware targeting USA and South Korean organisations

On Monday 15th of May 2023, Cisco Talos revealed a new ransomware group named ‘RA Group’ that is targeting pharmaceutical, insurance, wealth management, and manufacturing firms in the United States and South Korea. The blog post covering the group revealed that their operation started in April 2023, when they launched a data leak site on the dark web on Sunday […]
April 24, 2023

Black Basta claims responsibility for a cyberattack against Yellow Pages Group

Last week, the Black Basta ransomware gang claimed responsibility for a cyberattack against the Yellow Pages Group, a Canadian directory publisher and posted a sample of sensitive documents and data. The posted sample included the following documents: ID documents (such as scans of passports and driver’s licenses) exposing people’s date of birth and address. Tax documents—exposing Social Insurance Number (SIN) Sales and […]
April 15, 2023

BlackCat ransomware claims responsibility for the outage of NCR’s Aloha POS

On Saturday 15th of April 2023, the American software and technology consulting company NCR disclosed that they had suffered an outage since Wednesday at their data centers after being hit by a ransomware attack. The outage resulted in its Aloha point of sale platform being unavailable for its customers to utilize the system. NCR stated that they launched an investigation […]
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