Cyberattack

Network Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

Retail businesses should make time in the coming days to assess their cybersecurity readiness ahead of the annual crush of Black Friday and Cyber Monday shoppers, according to CompTIA, the leading nonprofit association for the technology industry and workforce. “Proactive steps taken ahead of time to protect your assets is considerably easier than dealing with…

News

Issued by: Dark Reading

After announcing that it had experienced a major outage at the beginning of the month, The British Library confirmed on Nov. 14 that the disruption was due to a ransomware attack. And recovery has been slow. Three weeks after the attack, the library’s website is still offline. The IT outage affects the library’s online systems,…

News

Issued by: DataBreach Today

The FBI and U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are urging critical infrastructure organizations to implement mitigation techniques to thwart a cybercriminal group known as Scattered Spider that targets major companies and their IT help desks. A joint advisory describes the hacking group, also known as Octo Tempest and UNC3944, as having expertise in social…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Dark Reading

Financial disclosures filed over the past year show that Rackspace Technology has continued to rack up expenses and losses following last year’s December ransomware attack on one of its hosted Microsoft Exchange servers. So far, the incident costs have soared well into eight figures. Rackspace is a Texas-based, cloud computing services provider, largely for small…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: DataBreach Today

A San Diego public hospital is diverting ambulances and patients to other facilities as it deals with a cyberattack detected early Thursday. The medical center is the latest among a growing roster of regional healthcare providers forced to suddenly shift patients to neighboring entities due to a cybersecurity crisis. Tri-City Medical Center is an acute…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: SecurityWeek

The charges stem from alleged fraud and internal control failures related to known cybersecurity weaknesses that took place between the company’s October 2018 initial public offering (IPO) and its December 2020 revelation of a sophisticated cyberattack dubbed “SUNBURST.” The software supply chain cyberattack involved Russia-linked threat actors breaching SolarWinds systems in 2019, or possibly even…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Dark Reading

Cargo containers filled with imports and exports from all over the world have been stuck at the Port of Nagoya following a ransomware attack on its networks early Tuesday morning. The port is the largest in Japan and the central shipping hub for international carmaker Toyota. According to its operator, Nagoya Harbor Transportation, it received…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Dark Reading

The Iran-linked threat group known as APT35 (aka Charming Kitten, Imperial Kitten, or Tortoiseshell) has updated its cyberattack arsenal with improved abilities to hide its actions, as well as an upgraded custom backdoor that it’s distributing via a spear-phishing campaign. The advanced persistent threat (APT) has been alleged to be operating out of Iran and…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Affairs

A cyberattack on the Cornwall Community Hospital in Ontario, Canada, is causing delays to scheduled and non-urgent care. The cyber attack was discovered on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, it is investigating the incident with the help of cybersecurity experts. “On April 11, 2023, Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH) identified a network issue, which an investigation has…