February 22, 2024 at 02:49PM Russian-linked threat actors carried out Operation Texonto, a multi-wave campaign targeting Ukraine. The operation involved PsyOps and spear-phishing to spread misinformation and steal Microsoft 365 credentials across Europe. It ran in two waves from October-December 2023. The tactics employed aimed to influence Ukrainian citizens and featured fake Microsoft login pages … Read more
January 5, 2024 at 11:24AM A settlement between Merck and its insurers has been reached over the damage caused by NotPetya, an attack attributed to Russia. Merck made a $1.4 billion claim under its ‘all-risks’ coverage, but faced exclusion due to the standard war clause. Legal definition of cyberwar remains unresolved as the case settled. … Read more
January 4, 2024 at 09:37AM An Iran-linked hacktivist group named “Cyber Toufan al-Aqsa” has breached over 100 Israeli and international organizations, wiping servers and leaking sensitive data. The group has targeted diverse sectors and continues to perform follow-on email attacks. Their actions have caused significant damage and are linked to Iran, posing a serious threat … Read more
November 6, 2023 at 06:00AM Israeli higher education and tech sectors were targeted in a series of cyber attacks by the Iranian nation-state hacking crew known as Agonizing Serpens. The attacks aimed to steal sensitive data and deploy wiper malware to cover their tracks and render infected endpoints unusable. The group has been linked to … Read more
October 30, 2023 at 01:10PM A pro-Hamas hacktivist group has developed a new Linux-based wiper malware called BiBi-Linux Wiper. The malware targets Israeli entities during the ongoing Israeli-Hamas war. BiBi-Linux Wiper is destructive and can potentially destroy an entire operating system if run with root permissions. It overwrites files and renames them with the string … Read more