Python-based Spy RAT Emerges to Target FinTech
The Evilnum APT has added the RAT to its arsenal as part of a big change-up in its TTPs. Continue reading Python-based Spy RAT Emerges to Target FinTech
Category Archives: U.K.
Hackers Look to Steal COVID-19 Vaccine Research
The Russia-linked APT29 has set its sights on pharma research in Western nations in a likely attempt to get ahead on a cure for coronavirus. Continue reading Hackers Look to Steal COVID-19 Vaccine Research
Anonymous offshoots rush to avenge Assange arrest with cyberattacks
Hackers have launched a series of uncoordinated cyberattacks against British and Ecuadorian targets over the past week in apparent retaliation for the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. A member of a group calling itself the Philippine Cyber Eagles, an Anonymous offshoot with fewer than 20 Twitter followers as of Friday morning, earlier this week released a 44 MB file containing documents purportedly stolen from police agencies throughout the United Kingdom. The file does not appear to contain personal information, though it does include spreadsheets, press releases, and Microsoft Excel files dated from February 2019. That data dump came on the same day another self-described Anonymous group claimed to knock offline Police.UK, a Home Office website, with a distributed denial-of-service attack — a blunt digital assault technique that overwhelms sites with falsified traffic. Other groups launched similar attacks against town councils in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and Bedale, located north of Leeds. […]
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Dixons Carphone: 2017 data breach affected 10 million
European electronics and telecom retailer Dixons Carphone said a breach of its systems last year could have resulted in attackers accessing roughly 10 million records, including customers’ personal data. On June 13, the company first announced that its networks had been compromised by intruders, and that it was working with authorities. Since then, “we have been putting further security measures in place to safeguard customer information, increased investment in cyber security and added additional controls,” Dixons Carphone said Monday in a statement. The company revealed that although it has evidence “some” data may have been siphoned out of the company’s systems, the exfiltrated information does not include credit card or bank account details. There is also no proof any fraud has occurred because of the breach, the company said. The intruders accessed non-financial personal information, such as names, addresses and email addresses. They also accessed the records of 5.9 million […]
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U.K. attorney general: Allies must collaborate on attribution of international cyberattacks
Britain’s top prosecutor says that countries need to work together to determine the identity of attackers behind cross-border cyberattacks. In a Wednesday speech at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, a British think tank, U.K. Attorney General Jeremy Wright made the case that the world needs to do more to make sure that international law is enforced when it comes to cybercrime. To that end, he argued that the U.K. and its allies should make attribution a priority. “Cyberspace is not – and must never be – a lawless world. It is the U.K.’s view that when states and individuals engage in hostile cyber-operations, they are governed by law just like activities in any other domain,” Wright said. “The question is not whether or not international law applies, but rather how it applies and whether our current understanding is sufficient.” In his speech, Wright went at length to legally justify […]
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U.K. to establish new innovation center for cybersecurity technology development
The United Kingdom will invest up to $19 million over the next three years in an innovation center aimed at building up the country’s cybersecurity personnel and technology. According to the U.K. government, the new center in London will provide opportunities for collaboration between large firms and startups in cybersecurity technology development. The center will also offer technical mentoring, business support and advice for companies advancing the U.K. cybersecurity sector, which is estimated to be worth about $29 billion annually. “As a government, we want to support entrepreneurs and innovators every step of the way from the initial first idea to setting up a company to developing the prototype and the product and becoming a leading player in cyber across the world,” U.K. Minister of Digital Matt Hancock said in a video accompanying the government’s statement. The center will be developed and designed by the winner of a competition sponsored by the […]
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