Ukraine restores state registers after suspected Russian cyberattack
Ukraine has restored the infrastructure of its state registers, which were disrupted last month by a major cyberattack believed to have been carried out by Russian military intelligence...
Philippines arrests Chinese national suspected of spying on critical infrastructure
Philippine authorities have arrested a Chinese national and two Filipino citizens suspected of conducting surveillance on critical infrastructure, including military facilities, the country’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)...
Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem bashes CISA, says agency must be ‘smaller, more nimble’
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem had harsh criticism for the nation’s leading cybersecurity agency on Friday during her confirmation hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security. Appearing before...
Costa Rica refinery cyberattack was first deployment for new US response program, ambassador says
A potentially catastrophic ransomware attack on Costa Rica’s largest oil refinery last year was the first real-world test of the U.S. State Department’s new rapid response tool for...
FTC proposes 5-year ban on GM selling sensitive driver info to data brokers
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday announced a proposed settlement agreement with General Motors and its OnStar subsidiary that requires the automaker to stop sharing millions of...
Jailing negligent management boards? EU’s aggressive financial sector regulation goes into force
Financial entities in the European Union and their third-party suppliers are as of Friday required to report major IT incidents to their national regulators, as the bloc’s Digital...
US sanctions hacker and company allegedly behind Treasury and telecom breaches
The China-based hackers allegedly responsible for breaches of the Treasury Department and at least nine telecommunications companies have been sanctioned by the U.S. government following new revelations about...
Python-Based Malware Powers RansomHub Ransomware to Exploit Network Flaws
Jan 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Ransomware
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed an attack that involved a threat actor utilizing a Python-based backdoor to maintain persistent access to compromised endpoints and...
Hackers Hide Malware in Images to Deploy VIP Keylogger and 0bj3ctivity Stealer
Jan 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Ransomware
Threat actors have been observed concealing malicious code in images to deliver malware such as VIP Keylogger and 0bj3ctivity Stealer as part of separate...
Biotech firm settles class action lawsuit over ransomware attack for $7.5 million
A large biotech company decided to settle a class action lawsuit for $7.5 million after facing backlash for a ransomware attack that exposed the diagnostic test information and...
