Cybersecurity

Healthcare Org Hit By Two Ransomware Gangs At Once

Organizations that get hit by a ransomware attack may think that’s about the biggest IT emergency they’d ever have to face. That might be true if it wasn’t possible to be ambushed by two different ransomware gangs at the same time. Security experts at Sophos recently…

Viasat says 'Cyber Event' is Causing Broadband Outages Across Europe

Satellite communications giant Viasat said a cyberattack was causing network outages impacting internet service for fixed broadband customers in Ukraine and elsewhere on its European KA-SAT network. The California-based company, which provides high-speed…

Belarusian Hackers Launch Another Attack, Adding to Chaotic Hacktivist Activity Around Ukraine

A group of Belarusian hackers and IT specialists claimed Sunday that they’d attacked the Belarusian Railways in an attempt to “slow down the transfer of occupying forces and give the Ukrainians more time to repel the attack,” according to a Google translation of the message…

Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Anonymous Hacker Group Targets Russian State Media

Hacker group Anonymous claimed responsibility on Monday for disrupting the work of websites of pro-Kremlin Russian media in protest of the invasion of Ukraine. The group targeted the websites of state news agencies TASS and RIA Novosti, as well as taking over…

Toyota to Close Japan Plants After Suspected Cyberattack

The plants will shut down on Tuesday, halting about a third of the company’s global production. Toyota doesn’t know how long the 14 plants will be unplugged. What was potentially a cyberattack hit one of Toyota’s parts suppliers, causing the company to move…

Researchers Warn of Stealthy Chinese Backdoor Targeting Multiple Foreign Agencies

A stealthy backdoor program discovered in tools used by China-linked threat actors has targeted government computers at multiple foreign agencies, allowing attackers to retain a presence on sensitive networks and exfiltrate data — while remaining undetected…

U.S. Warns About Threat of Wiper Malware Being Used Beyond Ukraine

The FBI and CISA have issued a warning about the possibility that data-wiping malware observed in Ukraine might end up impacting organizations outside the country. Ukraine, which has been under unprovoked attack by Russia since Thursday, has been struck with a…

Microsoft Finds FoxBlade Malware on Ukrainian Systems, Removes RT from Windows App Store

Microsoft says it found a new malware package -- which it calls "FoxBlade" -- hours before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on February 24. In a blog post, Microsoft president Brad Smith said it was coordinating its efforts to protect users in Ukraine with the Ukrainian…

Meta says it's Shut Down a Pro-Russian Disinformation Network, Warns of a Social Media Hacking Operation

Facebook's parent Meta said Monday it has caught dozens of fake, pro-Russian accounts, groups and pages across its platforms trying to spread anti-Ukrainian propaganda as the war in Ukraine continues to rage. Meta's takedown of the influence campaign also coincided…

CISA Warns of High-Severity Flaws in Schneider and GE Digital's SCADA Software

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) last week published an industrial control system (ICS) advisory related to multiple vulnerabilities impacting Schneider Electric's Easergy medium voltage protection relays. "Successful exploitation of these…