Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
This is an interesting story from Cedric Pernet at TechRepublic looking at the types of threats and attacks faced by journalists: State-sponsored cyberespionage campaigns continue targeting journalists and media | TechRepublic It gives you an idea of the investment in time, money and technical resources state sponsored hacking groups make. …
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A cyber gang, Predatory Sparrow, have claimed to have taken control of plant at a steel works in Iran and caused it to malfunction. There is CCTV footage showing the machinery malfunctioning and plant workers fleeing the area. Predatory Sparrow: Who are the hackers who say they started a fire …
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I have written a couple of time about the vulnerabilities in VMware – they are patched now but the article below shows there are groups still trying to attack those organisations, slow to patch, with an active exploit. Iran’s Rocket Kitten likely behind VMware exploitation • The Register Why bother. …
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 …
The National Cyber Security Centre – in association with partners – has issued an advisory about an Iranian state sponsored hacking group “MuddyWaters”. Joint advisory on MuddyWater actor – NCSC.GOV.UK If you are interested in some of the background and how these type of nation backed groups operate the article …
