Sergiu Gatlan reports: A Chinese-speaking threat actor has deployed a new backdoor in multiple cyber-espionage operations spanning roughly two years and targeting military organizations from Southeast Asia. For at least a decade, the hacking group known as Naikon has actively spied on organizations in countries around the South China Sea, including the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand,…
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Hackers are attacking the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain
Dan Patterson reports: Hackers have targeted companies that distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to a degree previously unreported, according to research from IBM Security. Starting last year, attackers attempted to access sensitive information about the vaccine’s “cold chain” distribution system. IBM Security said the phishing attack targeted 44 companies in 14 countries across Europe, North America, South America…
NYDFS Issues Report on the SolarWinds Attack and Covered Entities’ Responses
Kate Hanniford of Alston & Bird writes: Following the SolarWinds cyber espionage attack (the “Attack”) and the resulting focus on supply chain risk, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has issued a report detailing the impact on and responses by its regulated covered entities to the Attack. Although there have been no reported instances of…
Fourth time’s a charm – OGUsers hacking forum hacked again
Lawrence Abrams reports: Popular hacking forum OGUsers has been hacked for its fourth time in two years, with hackers now selling the site’s database containing user records and private messages. OGUsers is a hacking forum known for the sale of stolen social media accounts hacked through SIM-swapping attacks, credential stuffing attacks, and other means. More recently, OGUsers members…
DigitalOcean says customer billing data accessed in data breach
Zack Whittaker reports: DigitalOcean has emailed customers warning of a data breach involving customers’ billing data, TechCrunch has learned. The cloud infrastructure giant told customers in an email on Wednesday, obtained by TechCrunch, that it has “confirmed an unauthorized exposure of details associated with the billing profile on your DigitalOcean account.” The company said the…
De: Grocer Tegut is the target of a cyber attack
Osthessen reports that the supermarket chain Tegut has suffered a cyberattack by unknown persons. Tegut operates more than 280 supermarkets in six areas of Germany. Tegut has posted a prominent notice about the attack on its web site. In translation, it says: Strangers have carried out a so-called cyber attack on the company’s IT network. All…