Dalla commissione Industria del Parlamento europeo è arrivato il primo sì al Cyber Resilience Act, un provvedimento che mira a garantire la sicurezza informatica dei prodotti digitali, come router di connessione Wi-Fi, cellulari, citofoni smart e baby monitor. Le norme in discussione – approvate in prima lettura dalla commissione parlamentare con 61 voti favorevoli, 1 contrario e 10 astensioni ..
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Norwegian recycling giant Tomra has taken some of its systems offline after falling victim to what it describes as “an extensive cyberattack”. A multinational company, Tomra manufactures waste collection and sorting products, including reverse vending machines and food sorters. The company operates close to 100,000 recycling systems worldwide. On Monday, Tomra announced that some of ..
A Nigerian national who had been living in the United Arab Emirates has been sentenced to more than eight years in a US prison for his role in an $8 million cybercrime scheme. The man, 31-year-old Olalekan Jacob Ponle, aka Mark Kain and Mr Woodbery, was involved in a business email compromise (BEC) scheme for ..
A threat actor infected their own computer with an information stealer, which has allowed Israeli threat intelligence company Hudson Rock to uncover their real identity. Using the online moniker ‘La_Citrix’, the threat actor has been active on Russian speaking cybercrime forums since 2020, offering access to hacked companies and info-stealer logs from active infections. La_Citrix, ..
Daniel Kelley is the first ex-Blackhat in SecurityWeek’s series: Hacker Conversations. He spoke openly on his journey into and out of the cybercriminal world – motivations, experiences, trial, sentence and the future. Kelley was just 18 years old when he was arrested and charged on thirty counts – most infamously for the 2015 hack of ..
The owner of the infamous cybercrime website BreachForums has pleaded guilty in a US court to conspiracy to commit device fraud, access device fraud, and possession of child pornography. The man, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, 21, of Peekskill, New York, was arrested on March 15, 2023, being charged with conspiracy to commit access device fraud. Fitzpatrick, ..
SecurityWeek is publishing a weekly cybersecurity roundup that provides a concise compilation of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar. We provide a valuable summary of stories that may not warrant an entire article, but are nonetheless important for a comprehensive understanding of the cybersecurity landscape. Each week, we will curate and present ..
“A causa di un attacco hacker nella notte, ieri mattina (12 luglio 2023), per sicurezza, sono stati disattivati i servizi digitali interni. Non saranno quindi disponibili fino ad ulteriore aggiornamento i servizi allo sportello e le utenze telefoniche, tra cui il numero verde dell’URP, 800.532532”. Lo ha annunciato il Comune di Ferrara sul proprio sito ..
After being notified by several security firms, Microsoft has revoked many signed drivers that had been leveraged by threat actors, in many cases by Chinese cybercriminals. Signed drivers can be highly useful to threat actors, allowing them to gain complete control of an already-compromised system. These drivers can be used to manipulate system processes, evade ..
Russian spies and cybercriminals are actively exploiting still-unpatched security flaws in Microsoft Windows and Office products, according to an urgent warning from the world’s largest software maker. In an unusual move, Microsoft documented “a series of remote code execution vulnerabilities” impacting Windows and Office users and confirmed it was investigating multiple reports of targeted code ..
