Here is today’s reminder of the insider threat. Street Insider reports: ALT5 Sigma Corporation filed a lawsuit in Delaware Chancery Court on November 4 against Wellington Peel, LLC, Jean-Francois Amyot, Hugues Benoit and Prime Delta Corp., seeking a temporary restraining order and injunctive relief related to alleged unauthorized access of company information. The company discovered…
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Everest Group Interview on Collins Aerospace Breach — Daily Dark Web
Daily Dark Web has published an interesting interview with Everest Group about the Collins Aerospace cyberattack that affected several airports. In the interview, Everest disputes several claims made by Collins or in the media regarding the incident. Collins’ parent company, RTX, had described the attack as a “ransomware” incident, but Everest asserts there was no…
Clop Ransomware group claims the breach of The Washington Post
Pierluigi Paganini reports: The Clop Ransomware group announced the hack of the prestigious American daily newspaper The Washington Post. The cybercrime group created a page for the university on its Tor data leak site and announced it will leak the stolen data soon. The group claimed the company was breached due to its neglect of security, despite its…
Pro-Russian hackers target Belgian telecom websites in DDoS attack
Belgian News Agency reports: A DDoS cyberattack briefly disrupted the websites of Belgian telecom operators Proximus and Scarlet on Wednesday morning. The pro-Russian hacker group NoName057 claimed responsibility for the attack via Telegram. Ghent University Hospital was also hit by a DDoS attack around the same time. Proximus spokesperson Fabrice Gansbeke confirmed that technicians detected…
Kr: Investigation shows KT concealed malware infections, security failures leading to hacking breach
Chang Dong-woo reports: KT Corp., South Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier, was found to have concealed critical malware infections and failed to report the security breaches that led to a recent hacking and data theft incident, a government-led investigation revealed Thursday. The joint government-private investigation team, which is examining KT’s recent cyberattack linked to illegal micro…
Swedish IT Company Data Breach Exposes Personal Details of 1.5 Million Users
Divya reports: Swedish authorities have launched formal investigations into a significant data breach affecting Miljödata, a prominent IT company whose security lapse exposed the personal information of over 1.5 million individuals. The Swedish Data Protection Authority (IMY) initiated the probe following the August attack, which resulted in sensitive data being published on the Darknet and affecting multiple…