Beware of ‘Zero-Click’ Hacks That Exploit Security Flaws in Phones’ Operating Systems February 18, 2022 By Ryan Gallagher As a journalist working for the Arab news network Alaraby, Rania Dridi said she’s taken precautions to avoid being targeted...
Cybercrime Gang Tied to Ransomware Attacks in Germany, Colonial Pipeline Hackers February 4, 2022 By Ryan Gallagher A Russia-linked cybercrime gang was allegedly responsible for ransomware attacks that took down a swath of Germany’s fuel-distribution system this...
Hackers Target Key Fuel-Distribution Firms in Europe February 3, 2022 By Jack Wittels, Rachel Graham and Ryan Gallagher Europe’s fuel-supply network fell victim to a cyberattack — less than a year after the biggest refined petroleum pipeline in...
Irish Health Service Hackers Offer Decryption Key – but $20M Ransom Demand Remains May 21, 2021 By Ryan Gallagher and Peter Flanagan A day after threatening to publicly release patient data, the hackers who targeted Ireland’s health service offered a decryption key...
China’s Microsoft Hack, Russia’s SolarWinds Attack Threaten to Overwhelm U.S. March 10, 2021 By Ryan Gallagher, Kartikay Mehrotra and Jordan Robertson China’s global attack on Microsoft’s popular email software revealed last week and an equally sprawling Russian attack discovered three months...
Health-Care Providers See Surge in Ransomware Attacks in Europe, U.S. April 3, 2020 By Ryan Gallagher When hackers broke into computers at Hammersmith Medicines Research, a London-based company that carries out clinical trials for new medicines,...
Chinese Hacking Group Resumes Global Attacks on Companies, Agencies December 19, 2019 By Ryan Gallagher A Chinese government-linked hacking group that was thought to be dormant has been quietly targeting companies and government agencies for...