West African Financial Institutions Hit by Wave of Attacks Since Mid-2017
A recent report by Symantec security researchers reveal cyber-attacks on West African banks and financial firms affecting several organizations in Cameroon, Congo (DR), Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, and ...
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 ...
Global Weekly Executive Summary June 2, 2017
WannaCry Attribution Security researchers around the world have identified clues linking the global WannaCry cyberattacks to Lazarus Group, a prolific hacking group with suspected ties to North ...
1.5 million WordPress Sites Defaced
A security flaw has led to the defacement of more than 1.5 million WordPress sites within the last ten days. WordPress update 4.7.2, released on January 26, quietly included a security fix for a ...
Threat Group “Operation Ghoul” Targets Industrial Sectors Around the Globe
Source: http://www.securityweek.com/organizations-30-countries-targeted-operation-ghoul , ...
ProjectSauron APT Platform Used to Spy on Government Agencies and Critical Industries
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/08/09/top-level-cyber-espionage-group/, https://threatpost.com/projectsauron-apt-on-par-with-equation-flame-duqu/119725/ Kaspersky Lab and Symantec ...
India-Linked Threat Actor Targets Military, Political Entities Worldwide
Source: http://www.securityweek.com/india-linked-threat-actor-targets-military-political-entities-worldwide There is a new threat actor known as Patchwork, that has been targeting victims ...
Criminals Stole $12.7 Million from ATMs in Japan
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/05/23/criminals-stole-millions-atm-japan/ A group of over 100 people executed over 14,000 fraudulent ATM withdrawals that netted them about 1.44 ...