Hackers Target Indian Nuclear Power Plant – Everything We Know So Far

A story has been making the rounds on the Internet since yesterday about a cyber attack on an Indian nuclear power plant. Due to some experts commentary on social media even after lack of information about the event and overreactions by many, the incident received factually incorrect coverage...

Hackers Target Indian Nuclear Power Plant – Everything We Know So Far

A story has been making the rounds on the Internet since yesterday about a cyber attack on an Indian nuclear power plant. Due to some experts commentary on social media even after lack of information about the event and overreactions by many, the incident received factually incorrect coverage...

City of Johannesburg, on Second Hit, Refuses to Pay Ransom

The city of Johannesburg, South Africa, is refusing to pay a ransom of four Bitcoins to a hacker group who accessed the city’s network and stole sensitive data, threatening to release it if the ransom wasn’t paid. It’s the second time in several months that the city has been hit with a cyberattac...

Country of Georgia Suffers Widespread Cyberattack

A cyberattack hit the small country of Georgia, Monday, knocking 2,000 websites as well as the national TV station offline in the largest cyberattack the nation has ever seen. The relatively unsophisticated defacement attack—which replaced normal functionality with an image of former Georgian...

Experts on demand: Your direct line to Microsoft security insight, guidance, and expertise

Microsoft Threat Experts is the managed threat hunting service within Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection ATP that includes two capabilities: targeted attack notifications and experts on demand. Today, we are extremely excited to share that experts on demand is now generally available a...

Celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month with These Tips From a Survey of 1,200 Security Pros

Held every October, National Cybersecurity Awareness Month NCSAM is a collaborative effort between government and industry meant to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity. NCSAM is focused largely on consumer awareness, but for cybersecurity leaders, it is also a great opportunity ...

Details of the Olympic Destroyer APT

Interesting details on Olympic Destroyer, the nation-state cyberattack against the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea. Wired's Andy Greenberg presents evidence that the perpetrator was Russia, and not North Korea or China...

A week in security (September 23 – 29)

Last week on Labs, we highlighted an Emotet campaign using Snowden’s new book as a lure, discussed how 15,000 webcams are vulnerable to attack, how insurance data security laws skirt political turmoil, and how the new iOS exploit checkm8 allows permanent compromise of iPhones. Other cybersecurity...

New Clues Show How Russia’s Grid Hackers Aimed for Physical Destruction

A fresh look at the 2016 blackout in Ukraine suggests that the cyberattack behind it was intended to cause far more damage...

NotPetya

Wired has a long article on NotPetya. EDITED TO ADD 9/12: Another good article on NotPetya...

An Unprecedented Cyberattack Hit the US Power Grid

Exposed Facebook phone numbers, an XKCD breach, and more of the week's top security news...

European Central Bank Shuts Down 'BIRD Portal' After Getting Hacked

The European Central Bank ECB confirmed Thursday that it had been hit by a cyberattack that involved attackers injecting malware into one of its websites and potentially stealing contact information of its newsletter subscribers. Headquartered in Germany, the European Central Bank ECB is the...

European Central Bank Shuts Down 'BIRD Portal' After Getting Hacked

The European Central Bank ECB confirmed Thursday that it had been hit by a cyberattack that involved attackers injecting malware into one of its websites and potentially stealing contact information of its newsletter subscribers. Headquartered in Germany, the European Central Bank ECB is the...

Software Vulnerabilities in the Boeing 787

Boeing left its software unprotected, and researchers have analyzed it for vulnerabilities: At the Black Hat security conference today in Las Vegas, Santamarta, a researcher for security firm IOActive, plans to present his findings, including the details of multiple serious security flaws in the...

Critical Flaws Found in VxWorks RTOS That Powers Over 2 Billion Devices

Security researchers have discovered almost a dozen zero-day vulnerabilities in VxWorks, one of the most widely used real-time operating systems RTOS for embedded devices that powers over 2 billion devices across aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, automotive, consumer electronics, networkin...

Hackers Expose Russian FSB Cyberattack Projects

More nation-state activity in cyberspace, this time from Russia: Per the different reports in Russian media, the files indicate that SyTech had worked since 2009 on a multitude of projects since 2009 for FSB unit 71330 and for fellow contractor Quantum. Projects include: Nautilus -- a project for...

Turla renews its arsenal with Topinambour

Turla, also known as Venomous Bear, Waterbug, and Uroboros, is a Russian speaking threat actor known since 2014, but with roots that go back to 2004 and earlier. It is a complex cyberattack platform focused predominantly on diplomatic and government-related targets, particularly in the Middle Eas...

British Airways Fined £183 Million Under GDPR Over 2018 Data Breach

Britain's Information Commissioner's Office ICO today hit British Airways with a record fine of £183 million for failing to protect the personal information of around half a million of its customers during last year's security breach. British Airways, who describes itself as "The World's Favorite...

Second Florida City Pays Hackers $500k Post-Ransomware Attack

UPDATE A city in Florida has paid hackers almost $500,000 after suffering a ransomware attack that locked down its email systems and servers – only the latest municipality to be hit by ransomware and pay the ransom. The Florida municipality, Lake City, has a population of 12,046 and is located in...

Iran Targeting U.S. With Destructive Wipers, Warns DHS

The Department of Homeland Security is warning that Iranian hackers are targeting U.S. agencies with destructive “wiper” malware. The statement comes as tensions continue to build between the U.S. and Iran. Christopher Krebs, the director of the Department of Homeland Security DHS Cybersecurity a...