May 16, 2024 at 04:09PM Researchers suggest that the attacker is probably connected to China, as an earlier version of the malware was employed by a China-based nation-state attack group. Based on the meeting notes, the key takeaway is that researchers believe the attacker is likely China-affiliated, as a previous version of the malware was … Read more
February 26, 2024 at 10:21AM UnitedHealth Group’s subsidiary Change Healthcare experienced a cyberattack on February 21, allegedly by a state-sponsored threat actor. This prompted a nationwide prescription processing outage as over 100 applications were affected. Change Healthcare is actively working to restore its impacted systems and has not reported a significant impact on its financial … Read more
February 2, 2024 at 08:07AM Cloudflare was impacted by the Okta supply-chain attack last fall, with cyberattackers accessing their internal systems. The attackers, reportedly a nation-state, sought widespread access to Cloudflare’s global network. While limited source code and documentation were accessed, no customer data or systems were compromised due to network segmentation and security measures. … Read more
January 22, 2024 at 05:05PM Microsoft’s corporate systems fell victim to a cyberattack by the Russian nation-state actor behind the 2020 SolarWinds Orion software breach. The intrusion, discovered on Jan. 12, breached a small percentage of corporate email accounts, including those of senior leadership, cybersecurity, and legal teams. Microsoft pledged to enhance cybersecurity measures and … Read more
October 26, 2023 at 10:08AM Congress passed a bipartisan bill to fund the federal government for another 45 days, averting a shutdown. The Office of Management and Budget advised agencies to prepare for a potential shutdown in mid-November. A shutdown could increase insider threats, motivate nation-state actors to attack, hinder regulatory requirements, and affect understaffed … Read more