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Sharad Natani reports: Pharmaceutical giant Alkem Laboratories confirmed Friday that a cybersecurity incident led to a fraudulent transfer of Rs 52 crore from one of its subsidiaries. While the company maintained the impact was minimal and confined to … Continue reading Pharma Giant Alkem Laboratories Faces Security Breach, Rs 52 Crores at Stake
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: If you’re not subscribed to Catalin Cimpanu’s Risky Business Newsletter, you’re missing out. From the newsletter: A ransomware attack has wreaked havoc inside the network of Tig… Continue reading Ransomware wrecks Paraguay’s largest telco
Bill Toulas reports: The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) is informing of increased Akira ransomware activity in December, targeting companies in the country and wiping backups. The agency says that the threat actor’s attacks accoun… Continue reading Finland warns of Akira ransomware wiping NAS and tape backup devices
Emma Woollacott reports: One-third of UK-based CISOs have confessed to paying ransomware groups millions of dollars in recent years in a bid to alleviate the impact of an attack, according to new research. Analysis from security firm Trellix found four… Continue reading UK CISO’s are cowing to ransomware demands more than you think, here’s why they shouldn’t pay up
Politically motivated hacks continue. Two current examples outside of the U.S.: James Pearson and Tom Balmforth report: Hackers linked to Ukraine’s main spy agency have breached computer systems at a Moscow-based internet provider in retaliation for a … Continue reading Politically motivated hacks: Moscow ISP hit in response to Kyivstar cyberattack; Taiwan bombarded with cyberattacks ahead of election
Kevin Beaumont explains: So here’s a funny story. Earlier today, I noticed Orange Spain had an outage, caused by what appeared to be a BGP hijack: […] So, how did it happen? The threat actor accessed Orange’s RIPE account. RIPE look after interne… Continue reading How 50% of telco Orange Spain’s traffic got hijacked — a weak password
CBC reports: A data breach involving email has exposed the personal and pregnancy information of an unknown number of clients of the Midwives of Windsor, CBC News has learned. The breach was reported to Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissio… Continue reading Personal, pregnancy details of Midwives of Windsor patients breached
Ben Knight and Harrison Tippet report: Victoria’s court system has been hit by a ransomware attack, which independent experts believe was orchestrated by Russian hackers. A spokesperson for Court Services Victoria (CSV) said hackers accessed an a… Continue reading Russian hackers believed to be behind cyber attack on Victoria’s County Court
Yasmine Ghania and Moira Wyton report: Cybersecurity experts are warning of “significant” data privacy risks after a Vancouver rape crisis centre told clients and donors a computer server containing their sensitive personal information and … Continue reading Theft of Vancouver rape crisis centre server containing sensitive data raises privacy concerns
Coco Feng reports: Four cyber attackers in China have been arrested for developing ransomware with the help of ChatGPT, the first such case in the country involving the popular chatbot that is not officially available locally. The attack was first repo… Continue reading ChatGPT-aided ransomware in China results in four arrests as AI raises cybersecurity concerns