The Department of Justice has announced the seizure of the RaidForums website, a popular marketplace for cybercriminals to buy and sell hacked data, and unsealed criminal charges against RaidForums’ Founder and Chief Administrator, Diogo Santos Coelho. Coelho was arrested in the UK on January 31, at the United States’ request and remains in custody pending the […]

Nozomi Networks has provided insights from Ukraine’s defeat of a Russian cyberattack attempting to disrupt critical infrastructure. The hackers were targeting the electricity grid and related facilities, which would have severely damaged Ukraine’s defences. The attack, believed to be carried out by a Russian military supported group called ‘Sandworm’, is another effort to shut down […]

A report from Trellix and CSIS highlights increased government support is required to defend against sophisticated nation-states. Trellix, the cybersecurity company delivering the future of extended detection and response (XDR), and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) have released a global report, Crosshairs: Organizations and Nation-State Cyber Threats, examines security professionals’ mindsets towards […]

Gartner has identified digital supply chain risk as a new security threat and one of its top seven security and risk management trends for 2022. Increasingly, there are products in the digital supply chain that companies rely upon that are the “unsung core components holding up our digital operations,” said Peter Firstbrook, Research Vice President at […]

The ICO has issued a fine to Tuckers Solicitors following a successful ransomware attack against the law firm. The company was fined £98,000 after a data breach caused by ransomware, during which hackers accessed 24,000 court bundles containing sensitive data such as medical files and witness statements – which were then released on the Dark […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn organisations that Russian state-sponsored cyber actors have gained network access through the exploitation of default Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) protocols and a known vulnerability. As early as May 2021, Russian state-sponsored cyber actors took advantage of a […]

Cybersecurity experts from the UK, US and Australia have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory warning of the ‘growing wave of increasingly sophisticated ransomware attacks’ which could have ‘devastating consequences’. Paul Farrington, Chief Product Officer at Glasswall, said: “As world-leading cyber powers, the UK, US and Australian governments have a critical role to play in the […]

The risk of cyberattacks is increasing in Australia due to the Russia-Ukraine crisis – according to Kurt Hansen, CEO, Tesserent. He is backing the call from the Australian Prime Minister for the country’s businesses to be on their guard to the heightened risk of cyberattacks. Hansen also warns that attacks may not come from just […]

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new data wiper malware dubbed ‘HermeticWiper’ being used in fresh attacks against hundreds of machines in Ukraine. “The war we see on TV is only a fraction of the conflict,” said Hitesh Sheth, CEO of Vectra AI. “Cyber weapons are doing at least equal damage to Ukrainian computer networks, particularly […]

KP Snacks has fallen victim to a ransomware attack which could lead to a shortage of supply until the end of March, the company has said. The attack appears to have been caused following a breach of KP’s internal network, with attackers gaining access to and encrypting sensitive files, including employee records and financial documents. […]