The Aggah APT group, believed to be of Pakistani origin, apparently was behind a recent spear-phishing campaign targeting manufacturing firms in Taiwan and South Korea, according to the Anomali Threat Research Team.
As ransomware-as-a-service operations continue to compete for affiliates, the operators behind LockBit have unveiled a new version of their crypto-locking malware boasting fresh features, some borrowed from rivals. Separately, a relatively unsophisticated newcomer called Hive has debuted.
In the latest weekly update, four editors at Information Security Media Group discuss important cybersecurity issues, including the evolution of fraud trends and the challenges in implementing the "zero trust" framework in the OT environment.
The World Bank has launched a cybersecurity fund for low- and middle-income nations to support public sector efforts to conduct cybersecurity maturity assessments, offer technical assistance and support training and staff development.
Researchers at cybersecurity firm ClearSky say an Iranian APT group, dubbed "Siamesekitten," is targeting Israeli companies in a supply chain attack campaign. The attackers are luring victims with fake job offer emails that direct recipients to websites that download malware.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of the cybercrime-as-a-service model and how law enforcement could potentially disrupt it. Also featured: T-Mobile probes a massive data breach; tackling abuse in the workplace.
T-Mobile USA says its massive data breach is worse than it first reported: The count of prepaid and postpaid customers whose information was stolen has risen to 14 million. Also revised upward: its count of 40 million exposed credit applications from former customers and prospects.
A hacker stole $97 million in cryptoassets from the Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Liquid. The attack came just days after a hacker stole $612 million from the crypto platform Poly Network.
A Nigeria-based ransomware gang is conducting a campaign that dangles a $1 million bribe - or a portion of any ransom collected - to employees of targeted organizations if they will install DemonWare ransomware on their corporate network.
Richard Harrison, CISO at healthAlliance in New Zealand, is focused on visibility and "security by design" from initiation through design-build-operate process, to achieve excellence in security operations
Implementing the "zero trust" model in the OT environment can prove to be more difficult than in the IT environment because many OT systems are older, cannot easily be replaced and may be difficult to monitor, according to two experts.
The Brazilian government has confirmed that its National Treasury fell victim to a ransomware attack on Aug. 13. The scope of the incident remains unclear, although officials say it did not damage structural systems.
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