On 23 February, on Russia’s military holiday and two days after Russian president Vladimir Putin recognised the independence of the self-proclaimed DNR and LNR, most key Ukrainian government institutions had their websites attacked in a presumed DDoS campaign. As of 16:30 Kyiv time, the websites of the Ukrainian parliament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Council of Ministers, (including […]Read More
India’s only state-owned and operated container terminal has reportedly started turning away ships after suffering what is believed to be a ransomware attack on its computer systems. Media reports indicate that the terminal discovered the attack on February 21 and today began diverting ships to the other terminals in the complex located near Mumbai. The […]Read More
Built-in clause for new private cargo terminals to renew concession period JNPCT is not accepting vessels alongside due to outage of the system and has diverted one vessel A suspected cyber-attack of the management information system (MIS) has crippled the container terminal run by the state-owned port authority at Jawaharlal Nehru Port from Monday, forcing […]Read More
When it comes to penetration testing, having the right tools is essential. And Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) tools can be a gold mine with loads of information to offer that make penetration testing essential. We’ll be looking at the six best OSINT tools and how they can help with penetration testing. Penetration testing basics: Among all […]Read More
In the past few months, a new wave of cyberattacks has been flooding Iran. These attacks are far from minor website defacements – the recent wave is hitting national infrastructure and causing major disruptions to public services. This article provides an in-depth technical analysis of one of the attacks against the Iranian national media corporation, […]Read More
Kyiv, Ukraine—A powerful Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack hit Ukraine Tuesday, targetting the websites of the country’s armed forces, defense ministry, public radio and two biggest national banks—Privatbank and Oschadbank—and knocking some services offline. The attack, which worked by flooding the sites with an overwhelming amount of web traffic, left many Ukrainians unable to […]Read More
Microsoft Teams continues to grow in popularity. Teams counts 270 million monthly active Teams users; that’s up a tidy 20 million from July 2021. As this popularity grows, hackers will continue to increase how often they target it as a launchpad for phishing and malware attacks. Starting in January 2022, Avanan observed how hackers are dropping […]Read More
SpaceX launched even though the space weatherman predicted tricky conditions could follow a solar flare SpaceX last week launched 49 shiny new Starlink broadband-beaming satellites, which is good. But 40 of them have already, or will shortly, meet their demise due to a geomagnetic storm that struck a few days after their ascent. Which is […]Read More
Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: Dimitro Sevastopol/35 images via Pixabay) In a report published Monday, Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team outlines a specific Russian cyberespionage campaign conducted on a Ukrainian network in 2021. This comes as Russia has amassed 100,000 or more troops at Ukraine’s eastern border while it reportedly mulls invasion. See Also: Case Study: The Road to […]Read More
In June 2019, three Israeli computer engineers arrived at a New Jersey building used by the F.B.I. They unpacked dozens of computer servers, arranging them on tall racks in an isolated room. As they set up the equipment, the engineers made a series of calls to their bosses in Herzliya, a Tel Aviv suburb, at […]Read More
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