Tag: cyberattack

Verizon’s data breach report: What the numbers say

May 14, 2019

What are some of the most interesting takeaways from Verizon’s latest annual security report? Data breach, yawn. Those two little words that occur so frequently in the media and will have you switching off. Last week, Verizon released their 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) which provides valuable insight spanning across 86 countries and 41,686 incidents. The … More Verizon’s data breach report: What the numbers say

Bug in EA’s Origin client left gamers open to attacks

April 23, 2019

The gaming company has rolled out a fix for the remote code execution vulnerability, so make sure you run the platform’s latest version. Electronic Arts (EA) has fixed a security flaw in the Windows version of its gaming client Origin that allowed attackers to remotely execute code on an affected computer. The vulnerability was discovered by … More Bug in EA’s Origin client left gamers open to attacks

ICAO victim of a major cyberattack in 2016

March 1, 2019

The organization was the victim of a water-hole attack, likely attributable to the APT LuckyMouse group. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was a victim of a large-scale cyberattack back in 2016. Indeed, in November of that year, a cyber-intelligence analyst at Lockheed Martin contacted the international organization after finding that cybercriminals took control of … More ICAO victim of a major cyberattack in 2016

Criminal hacking hits Managed Service Providers: Reasons and responses

February 19, 2019

Recent news articles show that MSPs are now being targeted by criminals, and for a variety of nefarious reasons. Why is this happening, and what should MSPs do about it? If you are an MSP, as in managed service provider, or your organization uses the services of an MSP, then you need to be aware … More Criminal hacking hits Managed Service Providers: Reasons and responses

LoJax: First UEFI rootkit found in the wild, courtesy of the Sednit group

September 28, 2018

ESET researchers have shown that the Sednit operators used different components of the LoJax malware to target a few government organizations in the Balkans as well as in Central and Eastern Europe. UEFI rootkits are widely viewed as extremely dangerous tools for implementing cyberattacks, as they are hard to detect and able to survive security … More LoJax: First UEFI rootkit found in the wild, courtesy of the Sednit group