Tag: threat actors
4 Critical Responsibilities of a CISO Post COVID-19
Since the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus disease, organizations across the globe encountered dramatic changes in their business operations. The swift adaption of the...
Sodinokibi Operators Threaten to Hold ‘Online Auction’ of Madonna’s Stolen Data
REvil operators, or better known as Sodinokibi operators, recently carried out a cyberattack on New York-based law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks. In...
Hackers Exploit Web Application Vulnerabilities to Deploy Malicious Web Shell
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). and the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) recently issued a joint security advisory “Cybersecurity Information Sheet” (CSI), which details...
APT Group Targets Middle East Organizations with “Milum” Trojan
A threat intelligence group from Kaspersky discovered a hacking campaign, distributing a malicious Trojan tracked as Milum, which is targeting industrial organizations in the...
NSO Group Acquires Convexum to Add New Product Segment to its...
Israel’s cyber intelligence and surveillance company NSO Group recently acquired drone technology startup Convexum in a cash deal of US$60 million. Based in Tel-Aviv,...
Intelligence in the Enterprise
Intelligence became an integral military discipline centuries ago. More recently, this practice evolved into what is called Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield, or IPB....
Following Mitsubishi, Pasco and Kobe Steel Disclose Data Breaches
Japanese companies, Pasco Corp. and Kobe Steel, rendering services to the Japanese armed forces, disclosed a possible data breach that took place in May...
Trend Micro’s Fake Factory OT Honeypot Lures Real Threat Actors
Cybersecurity solutions provider Trend Micro revealed the results of its six-month operational technology (OT) honeypot, which was a look-alike of a real industrial factory....
EKANS aka SNAKE Ransomware Slithers Slowly Through Corporate Networks
After Ryuk and Zeppelin, Snake Ransomware is a new breed of ransomware attack that targets not one or two but all computers on a...