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Authoritarian Trends: Malaysia Next With An “Internet Killswitch”
SiegedSec Promising “Seven Days of Siege”, Supply Chain Attacks Against Israel
Since yesterday, the mixed-bag threat actor, SiegedSec, claims to have begun releasing new data from breaches related to their hacktivism against organizations accused of aiding Israel. Before I get into this story/profile, I just wanted to bring up the fact…
Ukrainian “Cyber Resistance” Hackers Leak Months Of Medvedev Email Communication To InformNapalm
New Threat Actor Drop: ARCUS MEDIA
“Irleaks” Threat Actor Claims Massive Dataleaks Against Major Iranian Companies, Draws Speculation
A report this week by Hudson Rock researchers made waves as it outlined two dataleaks published by a threat actor known as “Irleaks“. If the threat actor’s claims were to be believed, it would have been one of the largest…
NXP Faces Prolonged Breach by Chimera Group
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…
LockBit Ransomware Gang Threatens Chinese Finance Giant
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…
Australian Ports Sustain Major Cyber Attacks
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,…
The Cyber Auxiliaries Against Israel Look Very Familiar
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…