Posts for category: Regional News

Ehdoor/EHDevel Infostealing Malware Targets Pakistan, India

Researchers at cybersecurity providers Symantec and Bitdefender recently documented what appears to be a sustained cyberespionage campaign, ongoing since at least October 2016 that targets ...

Global Weekly Executive Summary, 01 SEPT 2017

Turla Group, the Gazer Backdoor, and WhiteBear Activity This week, two security researchers published reports relating to well-known cyberespionage APT group,Turla. Security researchers from ...

Global Weekly Executive Summary, August 11, 2107

eLoran: New Interest in Radio Navigation Technology after GPS Jamming Incidents Recent incidents of GPS interference and jamming and the possibility of cyberattacks have renewed interest in ...

Mia Ash and the Cobalt Gypsy Iranian Threat Group

Cobalt Gypsy, the Iranian threat group believed to be behind the Shamoon and Shamoon2 destructive wiper attacks that rendered 25,000 computers at oil company Saudi Aramco unusable, may be connected ...

NotPetya Ransomware Disrupts Merck Vaccine Production

Merck, a global leader in drug and vaccine production, may be unable to produce hepatitis B vaccines until 2018 because of worldwide production disruptions resulting from the NotPetya ransomware ...

Largest Dark Web Black Market Sites Shut Down

The two largest dark web marketplaces, AlphaBay and Hansa, have been shut down as a result of an international cooperative effort involving the FBI, the DEA, Europol, and the Dutch National Police. ...

Microsoft Sues Fancy Bear

Microsoft has devised a new and effective angle to fight back against Fancy Bear, the cyberespionage group accused of hacking of the Democratic National Committee in 2016. Microsoft sued them. ...

International Cybersecurity Headlines in Review, July 14, 2017

NotPetya Follow up Forbes, 'NotPetya' Hackers Demand $256,000 In Bitcoin To Cure Ransomware Victims Graham Cluley, Petya ransomware developer releases master decryption key, giving hope for ...

US Cybersecurity Headlines in Review, July 14, 2017

Kaspersky Software Being Phased Out of US Govt The US General Services Administration (GSA) has removed Kaspersky Lab from two lists of approved vendors for US government ...

Postcard from Shakacon 2017

350 Cybersecurity workers, administrators, students, and enthusiasts met at the Prince Waikiki Hotel on July 12-13, 2017 for Shakacon IX. Shakacon is billed as Hawaii’s only Call for Paper based ...