On November 24, 2023, members of the Dutch press were told of a significant cybersecurity incident involving NXP, a Dutch microchip designer and manufacturer. Reports say that the company fell victim to Chinese hackers belonging to the ‘Chimera‘ group, who…
On November 8, 2023, the Industrial and Commerce Bank of China (ICBC)’s Financial Services (FS) division in New York City fell victim to a ransomware attack that disrupted specific systems within the division. In response, ICBC FS promptly isolated the…
On Friday, November 10, 2023, a significant cybersecurity incident rattled major Australian ports managed by (Dubai Ports) DP World Australia, the nation’s largest container terminal operator. DP World handles 40% of maritime freight at the crucial ports of Melbourne, Sydney,…
Since the seventh of October, the violence in Israel has been supplemented with a number of interventions in cyberspace. Responsibility for many of these incidents has been claimed by “hacktivist” cyber auxiliaries, several of them traditionally aligned with Russia. I’ll…
Bermuda recently became the latest victim of a cyberattack with ties to Russian threat actors. The breach was discovered in the island nation’s public infrastructure on the night of September 20, 2023. The attack, which began on the night of…
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has evolved into a slow, grinding war, an apparent deadlock in cyberspace has led pro-Russian threat actors to turn their attention to foreign targets seen as responsible for keeping Ukraine in the fight. This increase…
For the past 24 hours, Swiss government and infrastructure websites have been crippled by a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, claimed by a pro-Russian hacking group known as ‘NoName057(16)‘. The ongoing attacks are occurring just days ahead of a…
The Iranian nation-state affiliated group, Charming Kitten, is actively targeting as-of-yet unidentified victims across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and India using a new malware named BellaCiao. Associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Charming Kitten has a…
