Russia and China have heaped pressure on Joe Biden with provocative military drills in the Pacific and the South China Sea ahead of the US President’s showdown with Vladimir Putin in Geneva today. USAF stealth fighters were scrambled to Hawaii on Sunday as Moscow launched its biggest naval exercises in the Pacific since the Cold…
Sol Oriens, a US subcontractor for the Department of Energy that works on nuclear weapons was hit by a cyberattack last month that was allegedly the work of the infamous REvil ransomware gang. REvil posted a statement to its website that states that the malicious organization boasts the right to forward all relevant documentation and…
McDonald’s has suffered from a data breach that has impacted customers and employees located in South Korea and Taiwan. The breach, which was the result of a cyberattack, also affected company operations in the United States. An unauthorized third party allegedly broke into the system of McDonald’s Cope. and accessed a relatively small number of…
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management Agreement Comes in Advance of Biden Meeting With Putin on Wednesday Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • June 15, 2021 President Joe Biden met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday. (Photo: NATO via Flickr/CC) The U.S. and its NATO…
Entornointeligente.com / Communique is first time alliance has asserted it needs to respond to Beijing’s growing power Joe Biden and the Nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, meet during the summit in Brussels on Monday. Photograph: Stéphanie Lecocq/AFP/Getty Images Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor and Julian Borger in Washington Nato leaders have declared China presents…
Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Leading Industrial Nations Call on Moscow to Crack Down on Domestic Cybercriminals Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • June 15, 2021 Count of victims of Avaddon, which has targeted businesses and governments across the globe – with Russia remaining a notable exception (Source: Advanced Intelligence)…
Lawmakers in Hungary have passed legislation prohibiting the sharing with minors of any content seen as promoting homosexuality and gender change. Speaking before the legislation was passed Hungary’s Momentum Movement MEP Katalin Cseh said the law would make it very hard for LGBTQ people to live in the country. She told BBC World News: “I…
A cyberattack on SITA that impacted multiple airlines across the globe was likely the work of a Chinese nation-state threat actor known as APT41, according to new research from security experts at Group-IB. The attack was disclosed in March and affected airlines such as Air India, Air New Zealand, Singapore Airlines, Finnair, and more. SITA…
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said the alliance needs to manage a difficult relationship with Russia and, at a time of high tension, dialogue was even more important. “We need to talk to Russia because Russia is our neighbour, we need to strive for a better relationship,” he told BBC Hardtalk. “But even without…
Cybercrime , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Russian President Says He’s Open to Cybercriminal Extraditions – If They Are Mutual Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • June 15, 2021 Russian President Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday indicated he would consider handing over Russian cybercriminals to the United States…
