Acer has suffered a “double tap” ransomware attack, and the ransom demanded is a new record – $50M. Initial reporting by Bleeping Computer attributes the attack to the REvil group. The previous record demand, also by REvil was for $30M for the Dairy Farm attack. The network is believed to have been infected via the […]
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A sophisticated espionage campaign targeting government and military entities in Vietnam has been discovered. The primary motive behind this campaign is to spy on the Vietnamese government and military organisations. In this advanced cyber-espionage campaign, threat actors use a remote-access tool (RAT) to carry out their malicious spying operations. The malware used in the campaign,
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A sponsored state cyber-attack is most likely behind the attack that disrupted the live broadcast on Australia’s Channel Nine TV network on Sunday this week. The broadcaster discovered that it was not able to go on air for its normal Sunday morning programmes, forcing it to tweet “A cyber-attack on our systems has disrupted live
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Earlier this week Sierra Wireless, a leading IoT manufacturer reported it was halting production in its manufacturing sites, taking offline key IT Systems and websites, as a result of suffering a ransomware attack. Sierra Wireless products include network devices, routers, modems and other communications devices. The company believe that none of its customer facing products
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It was about 12 months ago that the way we worked changed forever due to the pandemic. Companies had to act swiftly to keep running and, in some cases, rapidly accelerate their remote working plans. For some organisations, this meant having to use technology, processes and systems that would not be considered acceptable under normal
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A massive Microsoft cyber attack following on from the huge SolarWinds attack from last year is emphasising how important it is for organisation to extend their cyber security controls through outsourced Security Operations Centres, also known as outsourced SOC. No longer are small, in-house standalone teams able to flex to the increasing number of sophisticated
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Security researcher Alex Birsan has successfully demonstrated a potential supply chain attack, and in the process the proof-of-concept exploit was installed on systems in Apple, Microsoft and thirty three other companies. Multiple organisations have paid the researchers “bug bounties” totalling $130,000 so far for finding these vulnerabilities. Like other supply chain attacks, notably the recent
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A report detailing the Operational Technology Cyber Attack on India’s power grid by Chinese state-sponsored threat actors ‘Red Echo’, has sparked accusations and denials this week. On October 12th 2020, grid failure in Mumbai resulted in a 2 hour power outage, shutting business and stopping national transport. The outage even shutdown the Mumbai’s stock exchange.
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Shares in Beneteau, the sailing yacht and boat builder, dropped on Monday by 2.1% as a result of a cyber attack that started on February 18th. Beneteau confirmed on Sunday night that a malware attack has taken grip of the company. The company detected a malware intrusion during the night of February 18th and disconnected
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North Korea is accused of attempting to steal Covid-19 vaccine information from the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer. The apparent cyber attack was probably an attempt to steal chemical formula and production data regarding the Covid-19 vaccine, reported South Korea’s intelligence officials to lawmakers this week. The attack, similar to the attacks believed to be of
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