Russian Cyber Spies Trying to Steal Coronavirus Vaccine Research
Executive Summary: The coronavirus pandemic happened early 2020 and has affected the world since. Every country is scrambling to find a vaccine and to be the first country to produce a vaccine will ...
Zoom Misrepresents Their Companies Security Protection
Executive Summary: The Zoom application has been essential during 2020 for individuals to communicate with friends, family, and colleagues while maintaining social distancing. Users were led to ...
Iran Hacks into U.S. Aerospace and Satellite Technology Resources
Executive Summary: Three Iranian hackers were charged on September 17, 2020 with campaign identity theft and hacking into the United States aerospace and satellite technology and resources on behalf ...
Industry-Based Advisement Panel Urges Australian Government to Take More Action on Cyber Attacks
Executive Summary: As a follow-up to a previous summary regarding recent cyber attacks against Australia, an industry panel advising the country urges more action from the Australian government. ...
Potential US Purchase of TikTok Could Signal Economic Leverage over China
Executive Summary: According to multiple sources, US tech investors are trying to buy a majority stake in the currently Chinese-owned social media business, TikTok. This news comes off the heels of ...
Overturning of EU-US Privacy Shield Could Affect US-UK Five Eyes’ Relationship
Executive Summary: According to various articles from the Guardian newsgroups, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck down the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement. Complaints were brought to the ECJ ...
Australia Hit by Cyber Attack from ‘A State-based Actor, with very Significant Capabilities’
Executive Summary: According to multiple sources, Australia has been the target of increasingly frequent, and sophisticated, state-based cyber attacks over many months. The Prime Minister of ...
Honda’s Global Operations Disrupted by Ransomware Attack
Executive Summary: According to multiple sources, Honda reported in early June that their global network was hit by an Ekans ransomware attack. While Honda also reported that no sensitive data was ...
US Accuses China of COVID-19 Centric Cyberattacks
Executive Summary: According to multiple OSINT sources, the United States is moving to accuse China of conducting directed cyberattacks against them, in response to the current COVID-19 pandemic. ...
2016 DNC Russian Hackers Allegedly Also Behind Recent 2019 Burisma Attack
Executive Statement: According to multiple open sources, the 2019 cyberattack on the Ukraine-based energy firm, Burisma, is being attributed to the same Russian hacking group responsible for the ...