Cybercrime, the coronavirus is a double-edged sword
Digital Shadows cyber security experts: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic for some threat actor is an opportunity, for others is a tragedy. Some of them are desperate.
Cybercrime and other APTs are copying North Korea cyber attacks
F-Secure cyber security experts: The target is the banking/finance sector. The motivations are three: data theft, data integrity and sabotage, and direct financial theft.
Cyber Security, NASA suffered a data leak that exposed employees PIIs
The US agency confirms it in a note. However, it doesn’t believe that any missions were jeopardized by the cyber attack. A Federal investigation is ongoing.
How the Iranian APT MuddyWaters works to spy targets in Middle East
The Yoroi-Cybaze cyber security experts: The group launchs cyber attacks with macro-embedded document as initial vector, to spread the POWERSTAT backdoor.
All Five Eyes countries, exept Canada, ban Huawey over security fears
After US, UK and Australia, also New Zealand blocks the Chinese company from providing 5G technology. There is a “significant network security risk”.
Still cyber espionage against Italy, thanks to hacker attacks
Yoroi - Cybaze ZLab cyber security experts analyze the malspam campaign of the Sload-ITA group (aka TH-163), which uses TTP similar to those of APT29.
Black Friday is coming, and also cybercrime scams and attacks
Pay maximum attention if you shop online. Cyber criminals prepared a lot of bad tricks to steal money and break your cyber security. From fake apps and gift cards to phishing.
Canada, the government declares war on cyber attacks against its employees
The Foreign Affairs Department issued a tender call to hire a company to test employees with phoney phishing messages. Aim: increase the cyber security and awareness.
Italy, the cyber security hub of excellence is born: Yoroi joins Cybaze
Ramilli: We will combine our respective skills to build the main Italian Cyber Security group. He and Pierluigi Paganini will lead a federation of over 140 experts.
The US-CERT warning: APTs are Targeting IT Service Provider Customers
The goals are cyber espionage and intellectual property theft against US critical infrastructure sectors. From IT to Energy and Healthcare.