U.S. and Allies Warn of Iranian Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure in Year-Long Campaign

U.S. and Allies Warn of Iranian Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure in Year-Long Campaign

U.S. and Allies Warn of Iranian Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure in Year-Long Campaign Oct 18, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Intelligence / Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from Australia, Canada, and the U.S. have warned about a year-long campaign undertaken by Iranian cyber actors to infiltrate critical infrastructure organizations via brute-force attacks. Read more…

SolarMarker Malware Evolves to Resist Takedown Attempts with Multi-Tiered Infrastructure

SolarMarker Malware Evolves to Resist Takedown Attempts with Multi-Tiered Infrastructure

SolarMarker Malware Evolves to Resist Takedown Attempts with Multi-Tiered Infrastructure The persistent threat actors behind the SolarMarker information-stealing malware have established a multi-tiered infrastructure to complicate law enforcement takedown efforts, new findings from Recorded Future show. “The core of SolarMarker’s operations is its layered infrastructure, which consists of at least two clusters: Read more…

U.S. Government Releases New AI Security Guidelines for Critical Infrastructure

U.S. Government Releases New AI Security Guidelines for Critical Infrastructure

U.S. Government Releases New AI Security Guidelines for Critical Infrastructure The U.S. government has unveiled new security guidelines aimed at bolstering critical infrastructure against artificial intelligence (AI)-related threats. “These guidelines are informed by the whole-of-government effort to assess AI risks across all sixteen critical infrastructure sectors, and address threats both Read more…

Phobos Ransomware Aggressively Targeting U.S. Critical Infrastructure

Phobos Ransomware Aggressively Targeting U.S. Critical Infrastructure

Phobos Ransomware Aggressively Targeting U.S. Critical Infrastructure U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned of Phobos ransomware attacks targeting government and critical infrastructure entities, outlining the various tactics and techniques the threat actors have adopted to deploy the file-encrypting malware. “Structured as a ransomware as a service (RaaS) model, Phobos ransomware actors Read more…

Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attacks

U.S. Sanctions 6 Iranian Officials for Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attacks

U.S. Sanctions 6 Iranian Officials for Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attacks Feb 03, 2024NewsroomIntelligence Agency / Cyber Security The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against six officials associated with the Iranian intelligence agency for attacking critical infrastructure entities in the U.S. and other countries. The Read more…

Largest Ever Cyber Attack

Russian Hackers Launch ‘Largest Ever Cyber Attack’ on Danish Critical Infrastructure

Russian Hackers Launch ‘Largest Ever Cyber Attack’ on Danish Critical Infrastructure Nov 16, 2023NewsroomCyber Warfare / Threat Intelligence Russian threat actors have been possibly linked to what’s been described as the “largest cyber attack against Danish critical infrastructure,” in which 22 companies associated with the operation of the country’s energy Read more…