Category: CYBER SECURITY

Swedish supermarket chain Coop has shut down approximately 500 stores after they were affected by an REvil ransomware attack targeting managed service providers through a supply-chain attack.

A massive REvil ransomware attack affects multiple managed service providers and their clients through a reported Kaseya supply-chain attack.

An Irish court has ordered VirusTotal to provide the information of subscribers who downloaded or uploaded confidential data stolen from Ireland’s national health care service during a ransomware attack.

The Lorenz ransomware uses a combination of RSA and AES-128 in CBC mode to encrypt files on an infected system. A password is generated at random for each file, and an encryption key is then derived using the CryptDeriveKey function.

Tech giant Microsoft said Russian state-sponsored Nobelium hacking group has won access to one of its customer-service agents.

Eclypsium researchers have identified multiple vulnerabilities affecting the BIOSConnect feature, allowing attackers to remotely execute code within the BIOS of impacted devices.

Taiwanese memory and storage chip maker ADATA suffer a massive data leak in the Ragnar Locker Ransomware attack where hackers have published download links for more than 700GB of archived data.

According to Ha Tae-Kyung on June 17, according to the Office of the People’s Power, a hacking attack occurred on the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute on May 14. Through the vulnerability of the virtual private network (VPN) system, the history of accessing the internal server by an ‘unidentified’ outsider was confirmed.

Russia has banned Opera VPN and VyprVPN after classifying them as threats according to current Russian law.

Last week, Volkswagen AG’s US unit disclosed a data breach at a vendor that impacted more than 3.3 million customers in North America.

In general, Grooming is when an adult forges a relationship with a child by filling a need in their life or take advantage of a child’s vulnerabilities. This is a process that can occur over a period of time to ultimately exploit children through sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, or trafficking.

The Russia-linked hacking group REvil reportedly launched a cyberattack against a U.S. government contractor, Sol Oriens, which works for the Department of Energy on nuclear weapons issues.

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (VWGoA) is the North American subsidiary of the German Volkswagen Group. It is responsible for US and Canadian operations for Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, and VW Credit, Inc.