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
Cloud Security , Endpoint Security , Security Operations FireEye Acquisition Opens New Doors for Private Equity Firm Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • June 5, 2021 Symphony Technology Group’s acquisition on Wednesday of FireEye Products Business in a $1.2 billion deal will set up the private equity group to better compete with security giants such…
Governance & Risk Management , Incident & Breach Response , Legislation & Litigation Class Actions Filed Against Each Company After Hacking Incidents Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) , Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • July 6, 2021 U.S.-based pharmacy and supermarket chain Kroger and U.K.-based British Airways have each agreed to settle class action lawsuits filed…
Russia said Washington’s actions contradicted a stated US desire to normalise relations with Moscow. The sanctions are hostile steps that heighten the countries’ confrontation, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said. Loading At the same time, an official with the US Department of Justice said the government was examining “dozens” of Russian companies for potential supply…
Hundreds of businesses around the world, including one of Sweden’s largest grocery chains, grappled on Saturday with potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities after a software provider that provides services to more than 40,000 organizations, Kaseya, said it had been the victim of a “sophisticated cyberattack.” Security researchers said the attack may have been carried out by REvil,…
Governance & Risk Management , IT Risk Management , Patch Management Company Also Plans to Upgrade All Page Loads to HTTPS Rashmi Ramesh • July 16, 2021 Google will soon release a security update to address eight vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser, including a high-severity zero-day flaw that’s being exploited in the wild….
Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service Company Says It Will Take Several Days to Restore Supply Chain Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • May 12, 2021 Photo: Pete D via Flickr/CC Colonial Pipeline Co. announced Wednesday that it had restarted its operations following a ransomware attack last Friday that forced the company to…
