Finland Blames Chinese Hacking Group APT31 for Parliament Cyber Attack
Mar 28, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Malware The Police of Finland (aka Poliisi) has formally accused a Chinese nation-state actor tracked as APT31 for orchestrating a…
Month: March 2024
Government lifts chip strategy with a bit more cash
The government has unveiled £16.6m of funding, which it said has been earmarked for the development of semiconductors that power electric cars and the green…
Cisco warns of password-spraying attacks targeting VPN services
Cisco has shared a set of recommendations for customers to mitigate password-spraying attacks that have been targeting Remote Access VPN (RAVPN) services configured on Cisco…
C2A Security’s EVSec Risk Management and Automation Platform Gains Automotive Industry Favor as Companies Pursue Regulatory Compliance
In 2023, C2A Security added multiple OEMs and Tier 1s to its portfolio of customers, successful evaluations, and partnerships such as BMW Group, Daimler Truck…
PyPI Suspends New Projects and Users Due to Malicious Packages
PyPI hit by malware attack! Malicious packages targeting crypto wallets & browser data. Platform suspends new users & projects. Learn how to stay safe and…
HM Treasury builds out its data science team
The UK’s HM Treasury has expanded its headcount of data scientists as part of its plans to drive “data transformation” across the department. According to…
How Pentesting-as-a-Service can Reduce Overall Security Costs
If your job involves keeping applications or data secure, you know how important penetration testing can be in identifying potential weaknesses and vulnerabilities. But you…
C2A Security’s EVSec Platform Gains Automotive Industry Traction for Compliance
C2A Security’s DevSecOps Platform, ‘EVSec’, has been gaining widespread traction as the automotive industry rushes to meet cybersecurity regulations and industry standards, such as UN…
NHS patient data published on the Dark Web
In a concerning development, a well-known ransomware collective known as INC Ransom has recently disclosed a portion of pilfered data linked to the UK’s National…
Zero-day exploitation surged in 2023, Google finds
2023 saw attackers increasingly focusing on the discovery and exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in third-party libraries (libvpx, ImagelO) and drivers (Mali GPU, Qualcomm Adreno GPU),…
Facebook spied on Snapchat users to get analytics about the competition
Social media giant Facebook snooped on Snapchat users’ network traffic, engaged in anticompetitive behavior and exploited user data through deceptive practices. That’s according to a…
Darcula Phishing Network Leveraging RCS and iMessage to Evade Detection
A sophisticated phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called Darcula has set its sights on organizations in over 100 countries by leveraging a massive network of more than…