Bleeping Computer reports: Suspected Chinese hackers have used the Brickstorm malware in long-term persistence espionage operations against U.S. organizations in the technology and legal sectors. Brickstorm is a Go-based backdoor documented by Google in April 2024 following China-related intrusions that spawned from various edge devices and remained undetected in the victim environment for more than a year, […]
We wouldn’t call this a “glitch.” It appears to have been a ransomware attack on Collins Aerospace, although there has been no announcement as to who is responsible for the attack and whether any ransom demand has been received. Reuters reports: Some of Europe’s biggest airports battled to restore normal operations on Sunday after hackers […]
When a cyberattack reportedly overwhelmed the city’s cyberdefenses and resources, Governor Waltz called in the National Guard, whose cyber experts will assist the city with recovering from the attack. The Register reports: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has activated the state’s National Guard and declared a state of emergency in response to a cyberattack on the […]
Reuters reports: Russian airline Aeroflot cancelled dozens of flights on Monday after what it called a failure in its information systems, and a shadowy hacking group claimed responsibility for what it said was a crippling cyberattack. The national carrier did not provide further details about the cause of the problem or how long it would take […]
The Register reports: Aviation insiders say Serbia’s national airline, Air Serbia, was forced to delay issuing payslips to staff as a result of a cyberattack it is battling. Internal memos, seen by The Register, dated July 10 told staff: “Given the current situation and the ongoing cyberattacks, for security reasons, we will postpone the distribution of […]
The Wall Street Journal reports: A cyberattack on the Washington Post compromised email accounts of several journalists and was potentially the work of a foreign government, company officials told some affected staffers in recent days, according to people familiar with the situation. Staffers were told the intrusions compromised journalists’ Microsoft accounts and could have granted the intruder […]
‘ConnectWise recently learned of suspicious activity within our environment that we believe was tied to a sophisticated nation state actor, which affected a very small number of ScreenConnect customers‘ — ConnectWise statement The Record reports: IT management software company ConnectWise said it is investigating a nation-state attack on its systems that impacted some of its […]
LIGA reports: Russian hacking group RomCom attempted to hack into the accounts of employees of the UK Ministry of Defence under the guise of journalists. The attack was unsuccessful, but overall, there have been twice as many hacking attacks on the country’s defence department in the past two years as in the previous similar period, […]
China has accused a hacker group they allege is backed by Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party of orchestrating cyberattacks on up to 1,000 sensitive mainland networks The South China Morning Post reports: The claim was made public on May 20 by the Guangzhou city police, who said the group used “rudimentary and crude” methods to launch widespread attacks from […]
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 […]
