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Australian-listed BlueScope on Friday confirmed it was the victim of a cyber incident. In a statement issued to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), BlueScope told shareholders its IT systems had been affected by the incident, causing disruptions to parts of the company’s operations. The incident, according to chief financial officer Tania Archibald, was detected in […] More
Multiple supercomputers across Europe have been infected this week with cryptocurrency mining malware and have shut down to investigate the intrusions. Security incidents have been reported in the UK, Germany, and Switzerland, while a similar intrusion is rumored to have also happened at a high-performance computing center located in Spain. The first report of an […] More
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The level of awareness and concerns over data privacy online is growing in Brazil, with more users looking to increase control over how their data is handled, according to new research. According to a global study on data privacy by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, 74% of Brazilian Internet users polled have reported trying to remove their […] More
Getty Images/iStockphoto The criminal group behind the REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware is extorting a New York-based law firm, threatening to release sensitive files on the company’s celebrity clients unless the the firm pays a whopping $42 million ransom demand. The extortion attempt is the result of a ransomware infection that Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks (GSMS) […] More
Romanian law enforcement has cracked down today on a hacker group that was preparing to launch ransomware attacks on Romanian hospitals. Three hackers were arrested and had their homes searched in Romania and a fourth in the Republic of Moldova. Romanian authorities said the four were members of a hacking group that went online as […] More
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced the availability of Messenger Rooms, its video-calling service for social interactions. Facebook’s social take on Zoom has rolled out to the US, Canada, and Mexico and will expand across the globe next week. Zuckerberg announced the video-calling product last month, saying video had been especially important during the COVID-19 […] More
Hackers believed to be operating in the interests of the Chinese government have targeted the air-gapped networks of the Taiwanese and the Philippine military. Trend Micro says the attacks have been carried out by a group known as Tropic Trooper, also known as KeyBoy. Attacks involved the use of USBferry, a malware strain that contains […] More
