Papua New Guinea’s finance department acknowledged late Thursday that its payment system, which manages access to hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid money, was hit with a ransomware attack.
The attack on the Department of Finance’s Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) occurred at 1 a.m. local time on Oct. 22, according to a statement released by John Pundari, finance minister and acting treasurer.
Microsoft: Russian-Backed Hackers Targeting Cloud Services
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Microsoft said Monday the same Russia-backed hackers responsible for the 2020 SolarWinds breach continue to attack the global technology supply chain and have been relentlessly targeting cloud service companies and others since summer.
The group, which Microsoft calls Nobelium, has employed a new strategy to piggyback on the direct access that cloud service resellers have to their customers’ IT systems, hoping to “more easily impersonate an organization’s trusted technology partner to gain access to their
Sophisticated hackers could crash the US power grid, but money, not sabotage, is their focus |
For now, the capability remains in the hands of nation-state actors. But "sophistication can ultimately be bought," EEI Vice President for Security and Preparedness Scott Aaronson said.
DOE Secretary Jennifer Granholm in June told CNN that enemies of the United States have the capability to shut down the U.S. power grid, and "there are very malign actors trying, even as we speak."
Hackers target global IT supply chain
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HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - A group of Russian hackers has targeted a global IT supply chain by going after service providers that customize and manage cloud services and other technologies on behalf of their customers.
The hackers are looking for weaknesses with these IT service providers to gain access to their customers' network.
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Hackers-for-hire are biggest cybersecurity threat -EU agency | Reuters
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A 3D printed model of men working on computers are seen in front of displayed binary code and words "Hacker" in this illustration taken, July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
BRUSSELS, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Hackers-for-hire emerged as the biggest threat to online security in the last 15 months, with the COVID-19 pandemic and home working creating opportunities for cybercriminals, EU cybersecurity agency ENISA said in its annual report on Wednesday.
North Korea Hackers Take Aim At South Korean Supply Chain: Is America Next? - ClearanceJobs
A North Korean state-sponsored hacking group has reportedly switched its focus, and cybersecurity , researchers warned that the group known as Lazarus has expanded its supply chain attack capabilities.
According to high profile North Korean defector Kim Kuk-song, the unit is known internally in North Korea as the 414 Liaison Office.
EU Cybersecurity Agency Warns of Threat From Hackers-for-Hire
Hackers-for-hire emerged as the biggest threat to online security in the last 15 months, with the COVID-19 pandemic and home working creating opportunities for cybercriminals, EU cybersecurity agency ENISA said in its annual report on Wednesday.
The study, which covered the period April 2020 to July 2021, seeks to help governments and companies understand cybersecurity threats and develop techniques to tackle the problem.
Hackers leak private details of thousands in Israeli army, threaten Gantz - Israel News -
A group of hackers leaked the private details of hundreds of IDF personnel and thousands of teenagers nearing enlistment age online on Tuesday, only a day after posting personal photographs of Defense Minister Benny Gantz, one of which showed the former army chief of staff pretending to milk a
Chinese hackers believed responsible for cyber attack on Hillel Yaffe Medical Center | JNS |
In a Conde Nast Traveler magazine reader poll just out, Israel scored in the Top 20, at No. 15, in a survey of readers' favorite countries. And Israel's southern Negev Desert region made Time Magazine's list of the "World's Greatest Places in 2021."
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