Emergency. Ransomware halts beer production at Belgium’s Duvel brewery
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FBI cybercrime seizure takes down one-time Ukraine IT Army collaborator
It’s not clear whether the seizure has anything to do with the IT Army’s activities.
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Ransomware spree hitting European oil, transport companies
European oil and transportation services have spent all week under attack by ransomware. The latest victim, aviation services company Swissport, announced Friday that ransomware struck part of its IT infrastructure, causing flight delays and knocking its website offline. The company said last month that in 2019, it fueled 2.3 million flights, and claims 2,000 employees at 40 airports across six countries. ⚠️ A part of #Swissport’s IT infrastructure was subject to a ransomware attack. The attack has been largely contained, and we are working actively to fully resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Swissport regrets any impact the incidence has had on our service delivery. — Swissport (@swissportNews) February 4, 2022 The announcement comes one day after reports of attacks on oil port terminals in Belgium and the Netherlands. Earlier this week, two German oil companies became ransomware victims as well, forcing one of the companies into operating at […]
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If hackers are exploiting the Log4j flaw, CISA says we might not know yet
Federal officials cautioned Monday that, while the widespread Log4j vulnerability hasn’t led to any major known intrusions in the U.S., there could be a “lag” between when the flaw became known, and when attackers exploit it. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly said that there were months between the discovery of the vulnerability that led to the 2017 Equifax breach, which exposed the personal information of nearly 150 million Americans, and word of the breach itself, invoking one of the most notable hacks in history. “We do expect Log4j to be used in intrusions well into the future,” Easterly said on a call with reporters. “There may be a lag between when this vulnerability is being used and when it is being actively deployed.” Apache Struts, an open-source tool, was at the center of the Equifax breach, and Apache’s Log4j is a ubiquitous open-source logging tool. Easterly said […]
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Intruders leverage Log4j flaw to breach Belgian Defense Department
Parts of the Belgian Defense Ministry’s computer networks have been down since Thursday after a cyber incident in which attackers exploited the Apache Log4j vulnerability, government officials said. “All weekend our teams have been mobilized to control the problem, continue our activities and warn our partners,” spokesperson Olivier Séverin told news publication VRT. “The priority is to keep the network operational. We will continue to monitor the situation.” Log4j is a widely used logging software present in hundreds of millions of devices. Hackers associated with the governments of China, Iran, North Korea and Turkey have all raced to take advantage of the exploit, according to Microsoft and Mandiant researchers. Ransomware groups have also sought to exploit the vulnerability. The Belgian Defense Ministry is the first reported high-profile government victim of the vulnerability, but unlikely to be the last given the ubiquity of Log4j in a host of enterprise software popular […]
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Dutch police bust alleged ‘Fraud Family’ phishing service members
Dutch police have arrested two people for their alleged involvement in a phishing fraud-as-a-service scheme, one of them a 15-year-old suspect and the other a 24-year-old due to appear in court on Friday. Authorities got an assist from security vendor Group-IB in the arrests for the “Dutch-speaking syndicate that develops, sells and rents sophisticated phishing frameworks,” according to the company. Group-IB had dubbed the syndicate and its “massive” operation “Fraud Family.” The unnamed 24-year-old is accused of developing the phishing service kits, while the 15-year-old allegedly sold them. The younger suspect was released pending further investigation. Dutch police also said they searched a third 18-year-old suspect. Group-IB said the Fraud Family operation, which has mainly hit victims in the Netherlands and Belgium since at least 2020 but perhaps as far back as 2018, is focused on stealing banking credentials. The criminals advertised their service to less-skilled cyber crooks on the […]
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Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944
“… these men came here – British and our Allies, and Americans – to storm these beaches for one purpose only, not to gain anything for ourselves, not to fulfill any ambitions that America had for conquest, but just to preserve freedom. . . . Many thou… Continue reading Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944
Belgium’s Interior Ministry Faces Cyber Attack
As per a report published in the Security Week, the Belgium interior ministry has revealed that they were at the receiving end of a ‘sophisticated cyber attack’. They are calling it ‘cyber espionage’. However, the spokesperson of the ministry has confi… Continue reading Belgium’s Interior Ministry Faces Cyber Attack
Belgium uproots cyber-espionage campaign with suspected ties to China
A Belgian government ministry said this week that it was the victim of a cyber-espionage campaign that began two years ago, one that has apparent links to Beijing. The Federal Public Service Interior said it began an investigation in March after Microsoft revealed that Chineses state-sponsored hackers had used zero-days to attack its Exchange Server technology. The ministry called in the Centre for Cyber Security Belgium for aid. “The complexity of this attack indicates an actor who has cyber capacities and extensive resources,” the ministry aid in a statement on it website Tuesday. “The perpetrators acted in a targeted manner, which suggests espionage.” A ministry spokesperson didn’t immediately answer a message about whether the attack it endured dating back to 2019 were explicitly linked to the espionage Microsoft first alleged two months ago, instead of merely triggering a probe that uncovered a separate campaign. The earliest reported attacks exploiting the […]
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Belgium’s Interior Ministry uncovers 2-year-long compromise of its network
Belgium’s Federal Public Service Interior (i.e., the country’s Interior Ministry) has suffered a “complex, sophisticated and targeted cyberattack.” What happened? When Microsoft released out-of-band security updates for Exchange… Continue reading Belgium’s Interior Ministry uncovers 2-year-long compromise of its network