Ransomware Attack Played Major Role in Shutdown of Illinois Hospital
St. Margaret’s Health is shutting down hospitals and other facilities in Peru and Spring Valley, Illinois, and says a 2021 ransomware attack is partly to…
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New Research Shows Potential of Electromagnetic Fault Injection Attacks Against Drones
New research shows the potential of electromagnetic fault injection (EMFI) attacks against unmanned aerial vehicles, with experts showing how drones that don’t have any known…
Romanian Operator of Bulletproof Hosting Service Sentenced to Prison in US
A Romanian national who operated a bulletproof hosting service used by trojans such as Gozi, Zeus, and SpyEye was sentenced to three years in prison…
Virtual Event Today: CISO Forum 2023 – Register to Join
SecurityWeek’s 2023 CISO Forum Virtual Summit is taking place June 13-14 as a fully immersive online experience. Designed for senior level cybersecurity leaders to discuss,…
CosmicEnergy ICS Malware Poses No Immediate Threat, but Should Not Be Ignored
The recently discovered CosmicEnergy malware, which is designed to target industrial control systems (ICS), does not pose an immediate threat to operational technology (OT), but…
Patch Tuesday: Critical Flaws in Adobe Commerce Software
Silicon Valley software giant Adobe on Tuesday shipped patches for critical flaws in multiple products, including a dozen issues that expose Adobe Commerce users to…
Chinese Cyberspies Caught Exploiting VMware ESXi Zero-Day
A Chinese cyberespionage group tracked as UNC3886 has been observed exploiting a VMware ESXi zero-day vulnerability to escalate privileges on guest virtual machines, Mandiant warns.…
Microsoft Patches Critical Windows Vulns, Warn of Code Execution Risks
Microsoft’s security response team on Tuesday rolled out a massive batch of software updates to address major security gaps in its flagship Windows operating system…