In this weekly update, four editors at Information Security Media Group delve into key 2023 cybersecurity issues, spotlighting efforts by the Biden administration, proposed U.S. healthcare cybersecurity laws, and crucial upcoming dates for the information security community.
Albania's Parliament and a telecommunications service provider faced online attacks on Christmas day, according to the Albanian National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cyber Security. Iranian hackers called Homeland Justice have claimed responsibility for the latest wave of attacks.
Cyberspace aggression against Israel has intensified since the onset of war in the Gaza Strip, changing from online vandalism to attacks aimed at disruption and sowing fear, says Israel's cybersecurity agency. A prominent attack vector is phishing emails.
Microsoft said Iranian state hackers are using a newly developed backdoor to target organizations in the American defense industrial base. The Iranian state threat actor that Microsoft tracks as Peach Sandstorm employed a custom backdoor named FalseFont.
A group known as Predatory Sparrow claimed responsibility for a Monday cyberattack that shut down a majority of gas stations across Iran as officials blamed the attack on foreign powers. The group has previously taken credit for a number of attacks targeting Iran's fuel supply and rail system.
As Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine continues, Moscow's strategy for targeting Ukrainian allies centers on "painting the picture of incompetent governments that can't protect from the Russian might" via misinformation and disinformation campaigns, said Ian Thornton-Trump, CISO of Cyjax.
Ukraine's domestic security agency on Wednesday fingered Russian military hackers as being responsible for hacking Kyivstar, in a statement acknowledging damage to the telecom operator's digital infrastructure. Ukraine's top telecom operator was the target of a Tuesday cyberattack.
Russia and China are expert at picking the "most difficult nexuses" in society - such as free speech protections in the United States - and using them against us, said Jeff Moss, creator of the Black Hat conference, as he outlined near-term geopolitical challenges facing cybersecurity defenders.
North Korean hacking group Lazarus Group is exploiting Log4Shell to target manufacturing, agriculture and physical security sectors, resulting in the deployment of a tailored implant on compromised systems. The attack campaign targeted publicly accessible VMware Horizon servers.
Ukrainian telecom operator Kyivstar was the target of a cyberattack that knocked internet access and mobile communications offline on the same day Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Washington to boost the case for additional military aid.
Yossi Appleboum, CEO of Sepio Systems in Israel, discusses the international support for Israel in the Israel-Hamas war and what his employees are doing to support the war effort, how the war is affecting Sepio Systems' performance and how generative AI can be "not a tool but a member of your team."
The U.K. government accused Russia's domestic intelligence agency of running a yearslong campaign to interfere in British politics. U.S. federal prosecutors unsealed a criminal indictment against two FSB agents, accursing them of phishing campaigns against national security government employees.
After the latest Israel-Hamas war began, Kollender found herself trying to return to her homeland, but "no airline was flying to or from Israel," she said. In this episode of CyberEd.io's podcast series "Cybersecurity Insights," she discussed her personal views about the Israel-Hamas war.
Researchers from Jamf Threat Labs said they have managed to manipulate the code in a compromised iPhone to effectively make it appear as if the device is entering Lockdown Mode - but "without any of the protections that would normally be implemented by the service."
A Russian military hacking intelligence group is winning the race to exploit known vulnerabilities before system administrators can apply patches, warns Proofpoint. The firm has seen a spike in activity from TA422, also known as APT28, Fancy Bear and Forest Blizzard.
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