cyber attacks

Ransomware is directors biggest nightmare: 62% are willing to pay hackers. According to a survey of 1,600 Information Security Directors (CISO) worldwide, more than 70% are worried about the possibility of a major cyber attack on their organizations during the year, up 2% from a year earlier...

Who is terrorizing government organizations and what is their purpose? According to a study by SentinelOne, ideologically motivated hacker groups are increasingly trying to destabilize the situation in the Philippines through cyber attacks. In particular, the Ikaruz Red Team hacktivist...

In 2023, about 42% of all DDoS attacks, 21% of phishing attacks, and 17% of system hacking occurred in the financial sector. And the number of these illegal intrusions into banks ' software will only increase in 2024. The market already notes the presence of hacktivists, politically motivated...

The tense situation in the South China Sea has attracted the attention of many cybercrime groups. In the first quarter of 2024, the Philippines recorded a sharp increase in cyber attacks amid heightened tensions in the South China Sea, according to the company Resecurity. Compared to the same...

North Korean hackers laugh at the sanctions, continuing to fill their pockets. A UN panel of experts has released a new report investigating 58 cyberattacks carried out by hacker groups from North Korea over the past 6 years. According to experts, these attacks brought criminals about $3...

The story of hacking and blackmailing a failed hacker. An Idaho man has confessed to hacking into medical clinics and a police station with subsequent extortion. Robert Purbeck, known under the pseudonyms Lifelock and Studmaster, was arrested on charges of cybercrime committed between 2017 and...

JetBrains is sounding the alarm and calling for an urgent upgrade to the secure version. Two new security vulnerabilities have been discovered in JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises software, which can be exploited by attackers to seize control of affected systems. Vulnerabilities identified as...

Using machine learning, you can detect anomalies in real time. IBM announced a new generation of cyberthreat protection technology for its solid-state drives-the fourth-generation FlashCore Module (FCM4). Its distinctive feature is the integration of artificial intelligence methods for...

Every third successful attack on companies involves exploiting vulnerabilities. Positive Technologies analyzed modern cyber threats for the fourth quarter of 2023. The results showed that in three out of four successful attacks on organizations during this period, attackers used malware, and in...

Documents have been uncovered showing how China uses private hackers for cyber espionage. Last week, the network published documents revealing how the Chinese government collaborates with private hackers to obtain confidential information from foreign governments and companies. The hackers...

US intelligence agencies have released a guide to protecting critical infrastructure. In light of the growing threat of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, the US agencies CISA, the FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have published recommendations to improve the protection...

Analysts are sounding the alarm about the possibility of interference in the electoral process. This year, marked by unprecedented geopolitical instability, the world is facing a growing threat of cyber attacks targeting sovereign elections. For example, Resecurity found that the activity of...

The court extended the scientist's arrest until May 12, 2024. The Russian Federal Security Service has detained mathematician Artem Khoroshilov, who is suspected of DDoS attacks on critical information infrastructure facilities in the Russian Federation, TASS reports. The accused is being held...

Security services have exposed in Kharkov a member of the Russian hacker group “People's Cyber Army of the Russian Federation,” which is controlled by the FSB. The attacker corrected enemy fire in the city and prepared cyber attacks on the websites of Ukrainian authorities. At the direction of...

The Apache OFBiz RCE vulnerability can cost businesses and reputations. SonicWall has recorded thousands of daily attempts to exploit Apache OFBiz zero-day vulnerabilities for almost two weeks. The flaw was first made public on December 26, after which the number of exploitation attempts...

You should update as soon as possible to avoid leaks of corporate information. A critical zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in the Apache OFBiz system, which is widely used for enterprise resource planning (ERP). It allows you to bypass authentication systems and exposes the business...

The holiday jackpot for the DragonForce group was 600 gigabytes of confidential information. On the eve of the Christmas holidays, the Ohio Lottery was subjected to a cyber attack that disrupted a number of internal information systems. Attackers managed to break into the corporate network and...

The authorities deny any involvement, but an investigation by Amnesty International does not speak in their favor. Apple has warned Indian journalists and opposition politicians about attempts by government hackers to hack their iPhones. In response, representatives of the ruling Bharatiya...

The company noted the growth of attacks and described how to build reliable protection. A new report from Zscaler notes a 24% increase in threats over HTTPS compared to 2022, highlighting the complexity of cybercriminals tactics targeting encrypted channels. The manufacturing sector remains the...

Apple experts explained why no one has managed to hack the iPhone in a year. Last year, Apple introduced new protection for users at risk, such as journalists and activists. Lockdown Mode was designed to limit certain features on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch devices in order to minimize...