Law enforcement and judicial authorities worldwide have disrupted one of the most significant botnets of the past decade: EMOTET. Investigators have now taken control of its infrastructure in an international coordinated action.  This operation is the result of a collaborative effort between authorities in the Netherlands, Germany, the US, the UK, France, Lithuania, Canada and […]

Experts from Mandiant Threat Intelligence and BlueVoyant offer their take on an attack on a water system in Florida. A hacker gained remote access to the water system of a city in Florida and changed the water chemical levels. The hacker briefly increased the amount of sodium hydroxide (lye) in the water treatment system at […]

A data breach at the Office of the Washington State Auditor has compromised the personal information of 1.6 million Americans. Social security numbers and banking information were exposed in a breach in December of Accellion, a software provider the auditor’s office used to transfer large computer files. An official statement said: “The Office of the Washington […]

Australia’s securities regulator has confirmed a cybersecurity breach at a server it used to transfer files including credit licence applications where some information may have been viewed. Australia’s securities regulator has confirmed a cybersecurity breach at a server it used to transfer files including credit licence applications where some information may have been viewed. The […]

A cybersecurity expert from Illumio has outlined what the Biden administration should focus on to protect the country’s safety. Andrew Rubin, CEO and Co-founder at Illumio, said:  “The first days of 2021 have been marked by tumultuous events that have diverted attention and resources from what should be a safe and streamlined transfer of power. […]

€272.5 million (roughly US$332.4 million / £245.3 million) of fines have been imposed for a wide-range of infringements of Europe’s tough data protection laws, according to international law firm, DLA Piper. The figure is taken from the law firm’s latest annual General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fines and data breach report of the 27 European […]

FireEye Network Security with SmartVision earns US$500,000 prize for delivering best overall detection of adversarial campaigns in Navy cybersecurity challenge. The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) enterprise has named FireEye Network Security with SmartVision as the US$500,000 first place winner of the Artificial Intelligence Applications to Autonomous Cybersecurity (AI ATAC) Challenge. The challenge found […]

Key government departments in the US have been targeted in a major cyberespionage campaign. The suspected state-sponsored attacks were directed at the networks of the treasury, commerce and homeland security departments. Federal civilian agencies were told to disconnect from SolarWinds Orion following the breach by malicious actors. Casey Ellis, the CTO, Founder and Chairman of Bugcrowd, said: “The breach of SolarWinds […]

Rick Vanover, Senior Director of Product Strategy, and Anthony Spiteri, Senior Global Technologist, of Veeam, tell us with the right preparation, governments can build resiliency against ransomware attacks to avoid data loss, financial loss and reputation damage. Over the next 10 years, the Australian Government’s Cybersecurity Strategy 2020 will invest A$1.67 billion to achieve its […]

Closing the cyber skills gap has long been a challenge within the cybersecurity sector, with professionals attempting innovative ways to appeal to potential employees. Sascha Giese, Head Geek at SolarWinds, discusses how the government can recruit effectively to close its cybersecurity skills gap, especially as the pandemic has put government cybersecurity professionals under immense pressure to secure […]