Apple released an emergency software patch to fix a security vulnerability that researchers said could allow hackers to directly infect Apple devices without any user action. The researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab said the flaw allowed spyware from the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire firm, NSO Group, to directly infect the iPhone of…
Some grieved, some helped and some worried. Two decades after the terror attacks on the United States on 11 September, 2001, four people from around the world reflect on how they reacted that day, and what’s changed since. Video by Alexandra Ostasiewicz and Dan Lytwyn
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Commemorations have taken place on the 20th anniversary of the 11 September attacks. A minute’s silence was held at the exact time each hijacked plane crashed. George W Bush, who was the US president at the time, gave a speech in Pennsylvania, where one of the planes crashed into a field after passengers overpowered the…
Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks Group Specializing in Big Game Hunting Has Amassed Millions in Ransom Payments Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • September 13, 2021 REvil ransom note seen by victims of the ransomware attack involving Kaseya’s software (Source: Cisco Talos) Has the notorious REvil ransomware group resumed…
In the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks, the US saw a sharp rise in hate crimes. The attackers targeted those they believed to be Arab Muslims. The innocent victims included Balbir Singh Sodhi, an American-Sikh who had a beard and wore a turban and ran the family gas station in Mesa, Arizona. His murder,…
Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service , Endpoint Security Some Reports Suggest BlackMatter Was Attacker Mihir Bagwe • September 13, 2021 (Image Source: Flickr) Olympus, a Japanese company that manufactures optics and reprography products, has reported that a portion of its IT system in the EMEA region was affected by a “potential cybersecurity incident” on…
North Korea has announced it fired a new long-range cruise missile over the weekend. Despite international condemnation, the East Asian country keeps testing missiles, some of which are in violation of UN Security Council resolutions and have resulted in tough sanctions. Why does Pyongyang continue with these launches, if they come at such a hefty…
Breach Notification , Critical Infrastructure Security , Incident & Breach Response At Least 10 Indonesian Government Ministries and Agencies Affected Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • September 13, 2021 Insikt Group, the threat research division of threat intelligence firm Recorded Future, says it has discovered Chinese hackers have breached the internal records of at least…
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