Poisoning Attempt was a Second Cyber Attack on Florida Water Plant

An article in ZDNet has revealed that Oldsmar (Florida, US) treatment plant, which was in news due to a poisoning attempt through a cyber attack, was also at the receiving end of another cyber attack that happened before this. The investigation mention… Continue reading Poisoning Attempt was a Second Cyber Attack on Florida Water Plant

Revealed: Sophisticated ‘Watering Hole’ Attack – But By Whom?

Google revealed a novel, complex, well-engineered campaign of targeted attacks. But there are more questions than answers.
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Android ‘ActionSpy’ Malware Targets Turkic Minority Group

Researchers warn that the Earth Empusa threat group is distributing the spyware by injecting code into fake and watering-hole pages. Continue reading Android ‘ActionSpy’ Malware Targets Turkic Minority Group

Chinese Hackers Carried Out Country-Level Watering Hole Attack

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered an espionage campaign that has targeted a national data center of an unnamed central Asian country in order to conduct watering hole attacks.

The campaign is believed to be active covertly since fall 2017 but w… Continue reading Chinese Hackers Carried Out Country-Level Watering Hole Attack

Beware of watering hole attacks!

Hackers have plenty of ways to breach your systems. They can use complex programs to exploit software bugs, send emails to dupe you into downloading malware, or insert a malware-infected USB drive directly into your computer. However, another increasi… Continue reading Beware of watering hole attacks!

New Petya Distribution Vectors Bubbling to Surface

Microsoft has made a definitive link between MEDoc and initial distribution of the Petya ransomware. Kaspersky Lab, meanwhile, has identified a Ukrainian government website used in a watering hole attack. Continue reading New Petya Distribution Vectors Bubbling to Surface