Report: Recent 10x Increase in Cyberattacks on Ukraine
As their cities suffered more intense bombardment by Russian military forces this week, Ukrainian Internet users came under renewed cyberattacks, with one Internet company providing service there saying they blocked ten times the normal number of phishing and malware attacks targeting Ukrainians. John Todd is general manager of Quad9, a free "anycast" DNS platform. Quad9 insulates its users from a range of cyberattacks by blocking DNS requests for known-bad domain names. READ MORE...
Ubisoft confirms 'cyber security incident', resets staff passwords
Video game developer Ubisoft has confirmed that it suffered a 'cyber security incident' that caused disruption to its games, systems, and services. The announcement comes after multiple Ubisoft users had reported issues last week accessing their Ubisoft service. Data extortion group LAPSUS$, who has claimed responsibility for hacking Samsung, NVIDIA, and Mercado Libre thus far, appears to be behind this incident. READ MORE...
Over 500,000 Patients Hit by Data Breaches at Healthcare Firms in Alabama, Colorado
The information of more than half a million individuals was likely compromised after three healthcare services providers in Alabama and Colorado suffered cybersecurity breaches. The most recent cyberattack - and most impactful - targeted South Denver Cardiology Associates and resulted in the data of more than 287,000 patients being exfiltrated. The Colorado firm identified the attack on January 4 and later discovered that an unknown party had access to certain systems in its network between January 2 and January 5, 2022. READ MORE...
Ransomware Gang Threatens to Leak Files Stolen From Tire Giant Bridgestone
A well-known ransomware group is threatening to leak files stolen from tire and rubber giant Bridgestone Americas. The cyberattack came to light in late February. Bridgestone at the time decided to disconnect many of its manufacturing and retreading facilities in the Americas from its network, which led to some plant operations getting shut down and employees being sent home. The company has 50 production facilities and 55,000 employees. READ MORE...
Hackers Target German Branch of Russian Oil Giant Rosneft
The German subsidiary of Russian energy giant Rosneft has been hit by a cyberattack, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) said on Monday, with hacker group Anonymous claiming responsibility. Rosneft Deutschland reported the incident in the early hours of Saturday morning, the BSI said. Anonymous had published a statement on Friday claiming responsibility for the attack and saying it had captured 20 terabytes of data. READ MORE...
- ...in 1879, theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, responsible for the Theory of Relativity, is born in Ulm, Germany.
- ...in 1923, American photographer Diane Arbus, known for her images of ordinary people and outsiders, is born in New York City.
- ...in 1994, version 1.0.0 of the Linux kernel is released by Linus Torvalds and other various contributors.
- ...in 2009, the first officially-recognized National Pi Day was celebrated in honor of the indispensable mathematical constant.
