Al Arabiya English with the Associated Press reports: Hackers said they had taken down the website of Bahrain’s international airport on Tuesday which was unavailable until at least 1:45 p.m. GST. It briefly came back online and was down again shortly after. A statement posted online by a group calling itself al-Toufan, or “The Flood”…
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New Picus Red Report warns of “Swiss Army knife” malware
The versatility of the latest malware is demonstrated by the fact that a third of the total sample analyzed by Picus Labs is capable of exhibiting more than 20 individual Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs). San Francisco, US, 14th February 2023– Picus Security, the pioneer of Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS), has released The Red Report 2023, an in-depth analysis…
Community Health Systems estimates 1 million patients impacted by vendor’s GoAnywhere breach
Sometimes our first report of a data breach comes in an 8-K filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such is the case with a breach affecting Community Health Systems, Inc. in Tennessee. In its 8-k filing of February 13, CHS discloses that they were recently notified by Fortra, LLC, a third party vendor of…
Pepsi Bottling Ventures suffers data breach after malware attack
Bill Toulas reports: Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC suffered a data breach caused by a network intrusion that resulted in the installation of information-stealing malware and the extraction of data from its IT systems. […] “Based on our preliminary investigation, an unknown party accessed [our internal IT systems] on or around December 23, 2022, installed malware,…
Kimmel Center, Philadelphia Orchestra websites hit by cyber attack
Peter Dobrin reports: A cyber attack Friday crippled ticket sales and ticketing functions at the city’s largest arts presenter. Websites for the Kimmel Center and Philadelphia Orchestra were down, and patrons were left with scant information about the exact nature of the disruption. Read more at The Philadelphia Inquirer.
B&G Foods attacked by Daixin Team; files leaked
B&G Foods describes itself as a “multibillion dollar company with more than 50 brands and one purpose: Delicious food from our family to yours.” Some of the California firm’s brands are Crisco, Green Giant, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cream of Wheat, and Vermont Maid Syrup. But a recent cyberattack by Daixin Team has allegedly resulted in…