Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday disclosed details of a sophisticated campaign that deploys malicious backdoors for the purpose of exfiltrating information from a number of industry sectors located in Japan.
Dubbed “A41APT” by Kaspersky researchers, the findings delve into a new slew of attacks undertaken by APT10 (aka Stone Panda or Cicada) using previously undocumented malware to deliver
Critical Infrastructure Security , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime PM Boris Johnson Expected to Present National Security Review on Tuesday Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • March 15, 2021 UK to build “a cyber ecosystem fit for the future.” Source: UK Ministry of Defense Ahead of presenting a long-term review of…
[Leer en español] Russia yesterday summoned the U.S. ambassador to Moscow, John Sullivan, in response to the cyber espionage sanctions adopted by Washington, which include the expulsion of ten Russian diplomats. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova advanced that the conversation with the ambassador “will not be to the liking of the U.S. side.” “Such…
Events , Governance & Risk Management , Privacy Global CISO, Privacy Officer Seeks to Always Push the Envelope Tom Field (SecurityEditor) • May 20, 2021 Rebecca Wynn, Global CISO and Privacy Officer As a global CISO and privacy officer, Rebecca Wynn has earned her…
Threat actors are abusing Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) to filelessly deliver remote access trojans and password-stealing malware on targeted Windows systems. The actively ongoing campaign is said to have emerged last month, researchers from cybersecurity firm Anomali said on Thursday, adding the malicious build files came embedded with encoded executables and shellcode that deploy backdoors,…
3rd Party Risk Management , Endpoint Security , Governance & Risk Management KPN Disputes Reported Surveillance Risk to Users, Who Included Dutch Prime Minister Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • April 20, 2021 KPN Telecom offices in Amersfoort, the Netherlands (Photo: Vysotsky via Wikimedia Commons) A bombshell news report suggests that Dutch mobile network…
The University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) in Scotland is fending off “an ongoing cyber incident” that has shut down its campuses. In a message to students and staff yesterday afternoon, the institution, which spans 13 locations across the northernmost part of the UK, warned that “most services” – including its Brightspace virtual learning…
