cyber attacks

Shadow attacks cover all key objects. Israel and Iran have been waging a decades-long war disguised as separate strikes and sabotage aimed at high-ranking Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials and Tehran's nuclear facilities. Last week, Israel again attacked Iran's military...

The special services monitor the safety of the younger generation. In the UK, a large-scale campaign has been launched to protect educational institutions from cyberattacks. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ's intelligence agency, has offered free protection against...

Windows event logs know a lot more than you might think. Experts from JPCERT conducted a study that allows you to identify ransomware attacks based on the analysis of Windows event logs. As a rule, one of the most difficult tasks in detecting such attacks is to identify the vector of...

Government hackers Andariel are ignoring international law as they continue their attacks on U.S. companies. Symantec has found that the North Korean group Andariel (also known as Stonefly, APT45, Silent Chollima, Onyx Sleet) continues to attack organizations in the United States for financial...

Hackers are using AI to create malicious code, changing the paradigm of cybersecurity. In June, experts from HP discovered a phishing campaign aimed at users in France, which used AI to create malicious code. The main goal of the attack was to spread the AsyncRAT. The researchers reported their...

53% of UK organisations have been victims of attacks in the last year. Ransomware attacks in the UK have skyrocketed, which may be due to organizations' willingness to pay ransoms, as noted in a new study by Cohesity. As part of the 2024 Global Cyber Resilience Report, experts interviewed more...

Attackers often work on behalf of foreign government agencies. In the first half of 2024, the majority (60%) of successful targeted cyberattacks on Russian organizations were carried out by professional hackers, in particular cybermercenaries and pro-government groups. For initial access to the...

The new malware from APT 35 already attacks critical systems. Researchers have discovered a new malware called Cyclops, which was probably developed by the "Charming Kitten" group (APT 35). This software first appeared in December 2023 and began to be used against targets in the Middle East as...

Experts reveal the main attack vectors and key groups of ransomware. In the first half of 2024, there is a steady increase in the activity of extortionate groups, despite significant efforts by law enforcement agencies to stop them. According to Unit 42, the number of new publications about...

Phishing tactics are becoming more sophisticated thanks to clever algorithms. Symantec recorded an increase in the number of attacks in which attackers use large language models (LLMs) to create malicious code. These models, which were originally intended for generating texts, can also be used...

Black patients faced additional risks to their own lives. In recent years, cybercriminals have increasingly targeted medical institutions, exposing them to ransomware attacks. These attacks block access to electronic systems and demand a ransom for restoring access. A new study conducted by...

Will administrators have time to close the gap in GeoServer? The CISA agency warns that a critical vulnerability in GeoServer GeoTools is actively used in attacks. GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share, process, and modify geospatial data. On June 30, GeoServer...

CVE-2024-27348 is actively exploited. The breach must be repaired immediately. Attackers are actively exploiting a recently identified critical vulnerability in Apache HugeGraph-Server, which can lead to remote code execution. Identified as CVE-2024-27348 with a CVSS score of 9.8, the...

Cloudflare discloses statistics on the use of exploits. Cyberattacks based on PoC exploits start happening at an incredible rate-sometimes as little as 22 minutes after the PoC is published. A new report from Cloudflare, covering the period from May 2023 to March 2024, tells about the trends of...

Gen Digital tested how hacker victims feel when they recall their experiences. Gen Digital, a company that develops products for cyber defense and digital privacy, has launched an educational campaign called "Scam Artists", which clearly demonstrates the impact of cybercrime on the human brain...

Documents with an intricate name were at the forefront of the malicious campaign. Recently, the Japanese Computer Response Coordination Center (JPCERT) confirmed that in March of this year, the North Korean hacker group Kimsuky carried out a series of cyber attacks on Japanese organizations...

The new measures will help protect more than 60 million rural residents. IT company Microsoft has announced a new cybersecurity program aimed at supporting hospitals serving more than 60 million people in rural areas of the United States. The initiative, developed in collaboration with the...

How old vulnerabilities are used to install a new web shell. Akamai report an increase in cyber attacks on vulnerable instances of the Chinese PHP framework ThinkPHP in order to install the Dama web shell. Dama allows hackers to continue exploiting compromised systems, turning them into part...

Attack on one - attack on all: the alliance is ready for collective defense. At the Shangri-La Dialogue forum held in Singapore, the head of the NATO Military Committee, Rob Bauer, said that the alliance countries agreed to use Article 5 of the Washington Collective Defense Treaty in the event...

Hackers have developed their own open-source malware based on SapphireStealer. BI. ZONE has warned about the activity of the hacker group Sapphire Werewolf, which has been conducting cyber attacks against Russian organizations since the beginning of March 2024. During this period, attackers...