Ransomware Group With Links in Russia Behind Royal Mail Incident January 12, 2023 By Sachin Ravikumar A cyber incident that led to severe disruption to Royal Mail’s international export services was caused by Lockbit, a ransomware...
North Korea Hackers Stole $1.2B in Virtual Assets Over 5 Years: Spy Agency December 28, 2022 By Hyung-Jin Kim North Korean hackers have stolen an estimated 1.5 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in cryptocurrency and other virtual assets in the...
Cyber Protection as Important as Missile Defense Systems: Retired NATO General November 23, 2022 By Sabine Siebold A cyber attack on the German ports of Bremerhaven or Hamburg would severely impede NATO efforts to send military reinforcements...
Abortions, Drug Use Exposed in Cyber Attack on Australian Health Insurer Medibank November 14, 2022 By Jamie Tarabay When the Australian health insurer Medibank Private Ltd. was hit with a ransomware attack last month, it provided regular updates...
Ukraine War, Geopolitics Fuel Cyber Attacks: EU Agency November 4, 2022 By Foo Yun Chee Geopolitics such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to more damaging and widespread cybersecurity attacks in the year to...
U.S. Official Sees More Aggressive Cybersecurity Threats From Russia, China etc. October 25, 2022 By Philip J. Heijmans Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said the US has observed growing cybersecurity threats both at home and throughout Asia,...
Chinese Hackers Suspected in Tampering With Comm100’s Client-Chat Program October 3, 2022 By Raphael Satter and Christopher Bing Suspected Chinese hackers tampered with widely used software distributed by a small Canadian customer service company, another example of a...
Cyber Attacks on Western European Firms on the Rise Since Ukraine War: Italy Minister September 2, 2022 By Alberto Brambilla and Flavia Rotondi Italy’s foreign minister said cyber attacks on western European companies have risen following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as Rome...
Lloyd’s Insurers Must Exclude Catastrophic State-Backed Cyber-Attacks August 19, 2022 Lloyd’s insurers must exclude state-backed cyber-attacks in standalone (or affirmative) cyber policies if they reach a catastrophic threshold, according to...
Cyber Attacks Plague Taiwan After Pelosi Visit Enrages Beijing August 4, 2022 By Sarah Wu and Eduardo Baptista As U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a brief visit to Taiwan this week that enraged Beijing, the...