Posts for category: Regional News

Ghost Push Malware Still Taking a Toll on Android Devices Through Malicious Links

Source: https://threatpost.com/ghost-push-trojan-flourishing-via-malicious-links/121310/, http://www.cmcm.com/blog/en/security/2016-10-14/1031.html(Threatpost, CheetahMobile) Cheetah Mobile a ...

Cyber Attack on German Nuclear Power Plant

Source: http://www.securityweek.com/german-nuke-plant-hit-disruptive-cyber-attack-report, http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36158606(SecurityWeek, BBC News) PCs were infected with several ...

Iran-linked Threat Group Targets Government Organizations

Source: http://www.securityweek.com/iran-linked-attackers-target-government-organizations(SecurityWeek) An Iran-linked threat group who has been observed attacking organizations in Saudi Arabia ...

APT Gang Sofacy is Targeting OS X Machines with “Komplex” Trojan

Source: https://threatpost.com/sofacy-apt-targeting-os-x-machines-with-komplex-trojan/120882/, http://www.securityweek.com/russian-cyberspies-use-komplex-trojan-target-os-x-systems(Threatpost, ...

The White House Hires a New Federal CISO

Source: https://threatpost.com/white-house-hires-first-federal-ciso/120471/, https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/09/08/announcing-first-federal-chief-information-security-officer(ThreatPost, The ...

Russian Cyber Espionage Group Accused of Leaking Data of Olympic Athletes

Source: http://www.securityweek.com/russian-cyberspies-accused-attack-olympics-anti-doping-agency, http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/15/sport/wada-hacking-craig-reedie/ (Security Week, CNN) The ...

Israeli Startup Reveals it’s Platform That Provides Broad Support for ICS and OT environments

Source: http://www.securityweek.com/claroty-emerges-stealth-promising-extreme-visibility-industrial-networks (Security Week) An Israeli startup called ‘Claroty’ has come forth from stealth ...

Russian Web Portal Rambler.ru Hacked and 100 Million Users Exposed

Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/09/06/rambler-ru-hack-100-million/, http://www.securityweek.com/100-million-accounts-stolen-russian-web-portal-rambler(HelpNetSecurity, ...

Hackers Downloaded Information from 200,000 voters in Illinois

Source: http://www.securityweek.com/fbi-warns-attacks-state-election-systems, https://threatpost.com/fbi-warned-state-election-board-systems-of-hacks/120198/(Security Week, Threatpost) The FBI’s ...

Threat Group “Operation Ghoul” Targets Industrial Sectors Around the Globe

Source: http://www.securityweek.com/organizations-30-countries-targeted-operation-ghoul , ...