Sharad Natani reports: Pharmaceutical giant Alkem Laboratories confirmed Friday that a cybersecurity incident led to a fraudulent transfer of Rs 52 crore from one of its subsidiaries. While the company maintained the impact was minimal and confined to a specific incident, the disclosure raises concerns about vulnerabilities in India’s pharmaceutical sector to cyberattacks. Without revealing…
Category: Non-U.S.
Ransomware wrecks Paraguay’s largest telco
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: If you’re not subscribed to Catalin Cimpanu’s Risky Business Newsletter, you’re missing out. From the newsletter: A ransomware attack has wreaked havoc inside the network of Tigo, the largest mobile operator and internet service provider in Paraguay. The incident took place last Thursday, January 4, and…
Finland warns of Akira ransomware wiping NAS and tape backup devices
Bill Toulas reports: The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) is informing of increased Akira ransomware activity in December, targeting companies in the country and wiping backups. The agency says that the threat actor’s attacks accounted for six out of the seven cases of ransomware incidents reported last month. Wiping the backups amplifies the damage of the attack and allows…
UK CISO’s are cowing to ransomware demands more than you think, here’s why they shouldn’t pay up
Emma Woollacott reports: One-third of UK-based CISOs have confessed to paying ransomware groups millions of dollars in recent years in a bid to alleviate the impact of an attack, according to new research. Analysis from security firm Trellix found four-in-ten UK CISOs have managed a ransomware attack in the last five years – and in…
Politically motivated hacks: Moscow ISP hit in response to Kyivstar cyberattack; Taiwan bombarded with cyberattacks ahead of election
Politically motivated hacks continue. Two current examples outside of the U.S.: James Pearson and Tom Balmforth report: Hackers linked to Ukraine’s main spy agency have breached computer systems at a Moscow-based internet provider in retaliation for a Russian cyber attack against Ukrainian telecom giant Kyivstar, a source with direct knowledge of the operation told Reuters…
How 50% of telco Orange Spain’s traffic got hijacked — a weak password
Kevin Beaumont explains: So here’s a funny story. Earlier today, I noticed Orange Spain had an outage, caused by what appeared to be a BGP hijack: […] So, how did it happen? The threat actor accessed Orange’s RIPE account. RIPE look after internet IP addresses, basically the phone book of the internet. From their RIPE…