Tag: cyberattack

May 13, 2022

As the Russia-Ukraine war continues, so too does the threat of Moscow seeking to escalate online attacks or opting to launch reprisals for Western sanctions. While Ukraine remains at risk, of course, so too do any countries whose governments have […]

May 9, 2022

The PHMSA has proposed civil penalties of $986,000 for the operator of the largest fuel pipeline in the US for what it has described as control room management failures. In May 2021, Colonial Pipeline was forced to shut down operations […]

May 4, 2022

How should organizations in the healthcare sector respond to outage due to a serious cyberattack? The Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council’s (HSCC) Cybersecurity Working Group (CWG) has released a tactical checklist aimed at helping operational staff and executive […]

April 1, 2022

The cyberattack aimed at Viasat that temporarily knocked KA-SAT modems offline on February 24, 2022, the same day Russian military forces invaded Ukraine, is believed to have been the consequence of wiper malware, according to the latest research from SentinelOne. […]

March 3, 2022

APWG saw 316,747 phishing attacks in December 2021 — the highest monthly total observed since it begain its reporting program in 2004. Overall, the number of phishing attacks has tripled from early 2020. In the fourth quarter of 2021, the […]

February 25, 2022

ThreatX released the results of a survey which highlights the risk of API attacks on the consumer experience. Nearly every software application and mobile application uses, or is, an API. Attackers are increasingly focused on APIs and this focus pays […]

February 25, 2022

CybelAngel published a research revealing that data leaks and shadow assets are the greatest source of exposure to cyberattacks faced by large organizations across the globe. The report also highlights how the market pressures of 2021 led to an increase […]

February 21, 2022

An investigation into the cyberattack targeting Iranian national media corporation, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), in late January 2022 resulted in the deployment of a wiper malware and other custom implants, as the country’s national infrastructure continues to face […]

February 9, 2022

As the most common cloud operating system, Linux is a core part of digital infrastructure and is quickly becoming an attacker’s ticket into a multi-cloud environment. Current malware countermeasures are mostly focused on addressing Windows-based threats, leaving many public and […]

January 25, 2022

A day after the attack, which took place on January 19, Canada’s federal cyber security agency warned that critical infrastructure needed stronger defenses against “Russian state-sponsored cyber threats”. However, Canada’s government said on Monday that it did not know the […]

January 21, 2022

As the number of electric cars on the road grows, so does the need for their electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and the internet-based managing systems within those stations. However, these managing systems face their own issues: cyberattacks. Elias Bou-Harb, […]

January 14, 2022

Several Ukrainian government websites were hit by what officials called a “massive cyberattack” on Friday as hackers took control and posted messages warning Ukraine to “be afraid and expect worse.” In the early hours of Friday morning, Oleg Nikolenko, a […]

December 10, 2021

As many as 1.6 million WordPress sites have been targeted by an active large-scale attack campaign originating from 16,000 IP addresses by exploiting weaknesses in four plugins and 15 Epsilon Framework themes. WordPress security company Wordfence, which disclosed details of […]

October 29, 2021

An Osterman Research survey of 255 cybersecurity professionals (CIOs, IT managers, CISOs and security managers), exploring attitudes and perceptions surrounding data exfiltration. Most notably, the research reveals data exfiltration remains a significant threat and despite large investments in security tools, […]

October 26, 2021

Domain name system (DNS) attacks are impacting organizations at worrisome rates. According to a survey from the Neustar International Security Council (NISC) conducted in September 2021, 72% of study participants reported experiencing a DNS attack within the last 12 months. […]

October 14, 2021

Continuity issued a research report which provided an analysis of the vulnerabilities and misconfigurations of enterprise storage systems. The findings revealed that storage systems have a significantly weaker security posture than the other two layers of IT infrastructure: compute or […]

October 6, 2021

We are witnessing numerous and damaging attacks on critical infrastructure lately. What is the main cause that makes them susceptible to these attacks? Over recent years, attacks on critical infrastructure have grown from moderate risk to major headline-grabbing news and […]

September 30, 2021

Arctic Wolf published findings from a recent global survey of over 1,400 IT decision-makers at enterprise organizations. After a year of high-profile cyberattacks, the survey data reveals executive attitudes on a wide array of cybersecurity and business issues. Private sector […]

September 28, 2021

Until now, ransomware cyberattacks used to follow a simple pattern: infection, encryption, ransom payment. In recent years, access to such malware has become very easy, the idea of accessing a program as a service being more common, marketed on dedicated […]

September 28, 2021

Companies are spending more than ever on cybersecurity but, despite a plethora of new security systems, they continue to be vulnerable to attacks, which are not only becoming more numerous but are also taking a greater financial and business toll […]