The Record reports that a hacking group known as BO Team or Black Owl has emerged as a major threat to Russia: A little-known hacking group has emerged as a major threat to Russian state institutions and critical industries, carrying out attacks aimed at causing maximum disruption and extracting financial gain, according to a new […]
The conflict between Pakistan and India escalated sharply over the past week. Pakistan has now launched strikes against Indian military bases, claiming retaliation for strikes by India. Strikes in cyberspace also continue. Radio Pakistan reports: According to details, the official website of the BJP has been hacked. Amongst the hacked websites are the Crime Research Investigation Agency, Mahanagar […]
News18 reports: In a major cyber attack on the Jammu Municipal Corporation website on Friday, critical data was stolen by hackers, top intelligence sources said. All certificates and databases, likely containing citizen data like Aadhaar numbers, property records, tax details and administrative documents, and infrastructure plans, were reportedly lost in the data breach incident, sources […]
Deccan Herald reports: A major data breach in the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board’s (BWSSB) application portal for water connection has exposed over 2.90 lakh customer records. The access to these records, including PAN, Aadhaar numbers, payment data and mobile numbers, was put on sale on an underground data leaks forum on the internet […]
Fox8 reports: Chinese officials acknowledged behind closed doors at a December meeting that their government was responsible for a series of cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, according to a Wall Street Journal report based on information from people familiar with the matter. The news comes as the two countries continue to spar over tariffs imposed by President Donald […]
The Record reports that in a policy statement published Tuesday, the British government set out what its forthcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will include when it is introduced to parliament later this year: The belated reworking of the country’s cybersecurity regulations comes three years after the previous government had prematurely described those laws as “updated” while […]
Greek City Times reports that he international hacker collective Anonymous has claimed responsibility for a series of cyberattacks targeting Turkish government infrastructure in response to alleged oppressive actions by the government: The group, known for its high-profile digital interventions, declared that more than 100 government websites in Turkey have been taken offline. Additionally, Anonymous claims […]
BankInfoSecurity reports: An apparent Chinese cyberespionage operation lurked inside the network of an Asian telecom for four years, camouflaging its presence through nested encryption and lightweight web shells. Incident response firm Sygnia has uncovered the operation, dubbing the threat actor “Weaver Ant.” It exhibits several characteristics of a Chinese nation-state threat actor, including a wide reliance on […]
The Wall Street Journal reports: The Trump administration wants state and local governments to play a bigger role in protecting water utilities, ports and other critical infrastructure from cyberattacks. In an executive order signed Tuesday, President Trump directed White House senior security advisers to draw up a national resilience plan to protect critical infrastructure that […]
SecurityWeek reports that Dragos has published an interesting case study about an attack by the Chinese threat actors known as Volt Typhoon on the electric grid. The target was Littleton Electric Light and Water Departments (LELWD), a small public power utility in Massachusetts that serves Littleton and Boxborough. The utility had been in the process […]
