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Report: Cyberattack Disrupts Operations at Simpson Manufacturing Introduction Simpson Manufacturing, a prominent engineering, manufacturing, and building products company based in California, has recently experienced a cyberattack that has caused disruptions in its IT infrastructure and applications. The attack occurred on October 10, prompting the company to take certain systems offline in order to mitigate the…
Taiwan Probes Firms Suspected of Selling Chip Equipment to China‘s Huawei Despite US Sanctions Taiwan authorities are currently investigating four Taiwan-based companies for their alleged involvement in helping China‘s Huawei Technologies to build semiconductor facilities. The investigation will determine whether these companies violated regulations that prohibit the sale of sensitive technologies and equipment to China….
Cybercrime: NATO Investigating Breach and Leak of Internal Documents Introduction NATO is currently investigating claims made by a politically motivated hacktivist group known as SiegedSec, stating that they have successfully breached the defense alliance’s computer systems. If proven true, this would mark the second time in three months that SiegedSec has infiltrated NATO‘s systems. The…
A New Threat Actor Claims to Have Stolen Sony’s Data: What Actually Happened? A new threat actor called “Ransomed” or “RansomedVC” has emerged on the Dark Web, claiming to have stolen files from Sony. However, there is ongoing debate regarding the actual source of the data and its value. The group announced its alleged breach…
Sony Investigating After Hackers Offer to Sell Stolen Data Sony, the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant, has launched an investigation after a cybercrime group claimed to have compromised the company’s systems and offered to sell stolen data. The group, known as RansomedVC, listed Sony on its Tor-based website and provided several files as evidence of…
Industrial Cybersecurity Firm Discovers Vulnerabilities in Omron PLC and Engineering Software Japanese electronics giant Omron has recently addressed programmable logic controller (PLC) and engineering software vulnerabilities that were discovered by industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos during the analysis of a sophisticated piece of malware. These vulnerabilities were identified during the investigation of a malware known as…
Massive Data Leak Exposes South African Department of Defence Personnel Details A 1.6TB file containing personnel details of the South African Department of Defence has been discovered on a leak site. The data leak was claimed by a group called “Snatch,” who stated that the file contained “exclusive information with billion dollar contracts, generals’ call…
Tesla Data Breach Exposes Vulnerabilities and Raises Ethical Questions Introduction Tesla, the renowned electric vehicle manufacturer, recently suffered a significant data breach that compromised personal information and exposed internal company documents. In a filing with Maine’s attorney general, Tesla admitted that the breach was a result of “insider wrongdoing.” The breach, which affected over 75,000…
Cybercrime Researchers Uncover Real Identity of CypherRAT and CraxsRAT Malware Developer Internet Security Breach A cybersecurity company, Cyfirma, claims to have identified the real identity of the developer behind the CypherRAT and CraxsRAT malware. The individual, operating under the online handle ‘EVLF DEV,’ has been selling these remote access trojans (RATs) to various threat actors…
Research Reveals the Vulnerabilities of Hospital Mergers in Cybersecurity The Vulnerable Period: Hospital Mergers and Cybersecurity The effects of hospital mergers on patient data security have been explored in a recent study conducted by Nan Clement, a Ph.D. candidate in economics at the University of Texas at Dallas. By analyzing hospital merger records and data…