UK teenagers charged over Lapsus$ gang membership. Lapsus$: Two UK teenagers charged with hacking for gang – BBC News This extortion gang has been responsible for some of the most high profile cyber security breaches in recent months: Lapsus$ ransomware gang at Smart Thinking Solutions
National Cyber Security Centre Threat Report 1 April 2022
Weekly Threat Report 1st April 2022 – NCSC.GOV.UK
Researchers expose a vulnerability in electric vehicle charging stations
This is not in the wild (yet), but researchers at Oxford University have been able to disrupt the charging cycle of the Combined Charging System used by electric vehicles, from a distance using easily available equipment. Infoseccers abort DC charging via wireless hack • The Register Here is the research: …
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There may not be direct cyber attacks from the Russia Ukraine conflict but others are taking advantage of the situation
Researchers at Google have been tracking various phishing cyber attacks, that are exploiting the Russia Ukraine conflict, but originate from other countries. China, Iran, North Korea, Russia and others using Ukraine invasion in phishing attacks: Google – The Record by Recorded Future Both state sponsored and financially motivated groups are …
Zero Day attacks – are always going to be a problem and now the cyber-criminals are getting faster at exploiting them
Hackers are getting faster at exploiting zero-day flaws. That’s going to be a problem for everyone | ZDNet For my full story on this cyber security problem we all face see here at Octagon Technology.
