Category: EN

News brief: Hafnium, Scattered Spider hackers arrested

<p>This week, international cybersecurity law enforcement took action against headline-making cybercriminals and state-sponsored threat actors.</p> <p>Italian authorities detained an individual for allegedly working as a contractor for China’s Ministry of State Security. He is charged with stealing COVID-19 research and…

Qilin Leads in Exploiting Unpatched Fortinet Vulnerabilities

The Qilin group has surged to prominence by aggressively exploiting critical vulnerabilities in Fortinet devices, underscoring a broader trend of sophisticated cyber extortion tactics targeting data-dependent sectors. Global ransomware victims dropped to 463, a 15% decline from May’s 545, yet…

Tradecraft in the Information Age

Long article on the difficulty (impossibility?) of human spying in the age of ubiquitous digital surveillance. This article has been indexed from Schneier on Security Read the original article: Tradecraft in the Information Age

IT Giant Ingram Micro Restores Operations Following Ransomware Attack

In a significant cybersecurity incident that underscored the persistent threat of ransomware attacks on global IT infrastructure, Ingram Micro Holding Corporation successfully restored its business operations after a four-day battle against malicious actors who infiltrated its internal systems. The attack,…