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A malware cyberattack on emissions testing company Applus Technologies is preventing vehicle inspections in eight states, including Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, Utah, and Wisconsin. On Tuesday, March 30th, vehicle emissions testing platform Applus Technologies suffered a “malware” attack that caused them to disconnect their IT systems. “Unfortunately, incidents such as this are fairly common and…
The United States and its allies accused China on Monday of a global cyberespionage campaign, mustering an unusually broad coalition of countries to publicly call out Beijing for hacking. The United States was joined by NATO, the European Union, Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan, and New Zealand in condemning the spying, which US Secretary of State…
The ransomware campaign in question is targeting organizations from an extensive array of sectors in the US and worldwide, with the FBI declaring in a TLP:GREEN flash alert published last week that Avaddon affiliates are trying to breach the networks of manufacturing, healthcare, and other private sector organizations around the world. Whilst the FBI offered this…
Facebook said it disrupted efforts by hackers in China to spy on supporters of Uyghurs (Representational) San Francisco: Facebook on Wednesday said it disrupted efforts by hackers in China to spy on supporters of the Uyghur minority living outside that country. A group of well-resourced hackers in China targeted hundreds of Uyghur activists, journalists, and…
Ne’er-do-wells leaked personal data — including phone numbers — for some 553 million Facebook users this week. Facebook says the data was collected before 2020 when it changed things to prevent such information from being scraped from profiles. To my mind, this just reinforces the need to remove mobile phone numbers from all of your…
Cyber skills development platform provider Immersive Labs today announced that it raised $75 million in Series C funding. The round brings the total raised by the company to $123 million. Founded in 2017, by a former employee of the UK’s GCHQ intelligence agency, the company has offices in Bristol and Boston, helping both private and…