U.S. Proposes $1 Million Fine on Colonial Pipeline for Safety Violations After Cyberattack
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has proposed a penalty of nearly $1 million to Colonial Pipeline for violating federal safety...
Ukrainian CERT Warns Citizens of a New Wave of Attacks Distributing Jester Malware
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of phishing attacks that deploy an information-stealing malware called Jester Stealer on compromised systems.
The mass email campaign...
Chinese “Override Panda” Hackers Resurface With New Espionage Attacks
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A Chinese state-sponsored espionage group known as Override Panda has resurfaced in recent weeks with a new phishing attack with the goal of stealing sensitive information.
"The Chinese...
Russian Hackers Targeting Diplomatic Entities in Europe, Americas, and Asia
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A Russian state-sponsored threat actor has been observed targeting diplomatic and government entities as part of a series of phishing campaigns commencing on January 17, 2022.
Threat intelligence...
Indian Govt Orders Organizations to Report Security Breaches Within 6 Hours to CERT-In
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
India's computer and emergency response team, CERT-In, on Thursday published new guidelines that require service providers, intermediaries, data centers, and government entities to compulsorily report cybersecurity incidents,...
Microsoft Documents Over 200 Cyberattacks by Russia Against Ukraine
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
At least six different Russia-aligned actors launched no less than 237 cyberattacks against Ukraine from February 23 to April 8, including 38 discrete destructive attacks that irrevocably...
Cloudflare Thwarts Record DDoS Attack Peaking at 15 Million Requests Per Second
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cloudflare on Wednesday disclosed that it acted to mitigate a 15.3 million request-per-second (RPS) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The web infrastructure and website security company called it...
Experts Detail 3 Hacking Teams Working Under the Umbrella of TA410 Group
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A cyberespionage threat actor known for targeting a variety of critical infrastructure sectors in Africa, the Middle East, and the U.S. has been observed using an upgraded...
Gold Ulrick Hackers Still in Action Despite Massive Conti Ransomware Leak
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The infamous ransomware group known as Conti has continued its onslaught against entities despite suffering a massive data leak of its own earlier this year, according to...
FBI Warns of BlackCat Ransomware That Breached Over 60 Organisations Worldwide
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is sounding the alarm on the BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), which it said victimized at least 60 entities worldwide between as...
