In early June, sporadic but serious service disruptions plagued Microsoft’s flagship office suite — including the Outlook email and OneDrive file-sharing apps — and cloud computing platform. A shadowy hacktivist group claimed responsibility, saying it flooded the sites with junk traffic in distributed denial-of-service attacks. Initially reticent to name the cause, Microsoft has now disclosed ..
Tag : Cybercrime
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 crucial for a comprehensive understanding of the cybersecurity landscape. Each week, we will curate and present ..
Non c’è pace per gli utenti di Libero che a distanza di qualche mese devono fare ancora i conti questa mattina con il down della piattaforma che da qualche ora risulta inaccessibile. Problemi di accesso alla piattaforma vengono segnalati dai clienti da ogni parte d’Italia: impossibile accedere alle mail, fare il login o in alcuni ..
Two Russian nationals have been charged in the US with hacking the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox and conspiring to launder the proceeds. The individuals, Alexey Bilyuchenko, 43, and Aleksandr Verner, 29, allegedly attempted to launder 647,000 Bitcoins from their hack of Mt. Gox. According to court documents, the two and other co-conspirators hacked Mt. ..
A threat actor tracked as ‘Asylum Ambuscade’ has been engaging in both cybercrime and espionage campaigns for roughly three years, cybersecurity firm ESET reports. Also tracked as TA445, the group was initially detailed in March 2022, after it was observed targeting European government personnel involved in helping Ukrainian refugees. Asylum Ambuscade has been active since ..
INTRODUZIONE Evento centrale del semestre di Presidenza Italiana del Consiglio d’Europa, il 13 maggio 2022 si è tenuta a Strasburgo, alla presenza del Ministro della Giustizia Marta Cartabia, la cerimonia di apertura per la firma del Secondo Protocollo Addizionale alla Convenzione di Budapest. La Convenzione – trattato internazionale di riferimento per l’azione di autorità giudiziarie ..
Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic believes that the North Korean advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Lazarus Group is responsible for the recent theft of cryptocurrency from Atomic Wallet. A decentralized cryptocurrency wallet service with roughly five million users, Atomic is available on all major operating systems, including Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. Atomic ..
U.S. and British cybersecurity officials warned Wednesday that a Russian cyber-extortion gang’s hack of a file-transfer program popular with corporations could have widespread global impact. Initial data-theft victims include the BBC, British Airways and Nova Scotia’s government. “This is potentially one of the most significant breaches of recent years,” said Brett Callow, an analyst at ..
Texas startup Keep Aware has attracted $2.4 million in early stage venture capital investment to work on technology to protect web browsers from malicious hacker attacks. Keep Aware, based in Austin, said the seed-stage funding was led by LiveOak Venture Partners. The company said Runtime Ventures and prominent angel investors in the cybersecurity industry also ..
Nelle intrusioni ransomware l’attaccante prende il controllo di un sistema ICT e chiede un riscatto per restituire la disponibilità e la confidenzialità delle informazioni memorizzate sul sistema. In dettaglio, l’attaccante cripta delle informazioni sul sistema attaccato e gli utenti potranno usare il sistema solo dopo aver pagato un riscatto per ottenere la chiave per decriptare. ..
