Baltic countries blame Russia for GPS jamming of commercial flights
State officials from Lithuania and Estonia are among those raising the alarm about Russian interference with navigation signals.
France seeks new EU sanctions to target Russian disinformation
A draft proposal, offered ahead of European elections in June, reportedly would allow the EU to impose tougher restrictions on individuals and entities involved in Russia-backed influence operations worldwide.
'Crude' ransomware tools proliferating on the dark web for cheap, researchers find
Cheap ransomware is being sold for one-time use on dark web forums, allowing inexperienced freelancers to get into cybercrime without any interaction with affiliates. Researchers at the intelligence unit at the cybersecurity firm Sophos found 19 ransomware varieties being offered for sale or advertised as under development on four forums from June 2023 to February 2024.
Ransomware attack has cost UnitedHealth $872 million; total expected to surpass $1 billion
he ransomware attack on a company owned by healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group (UHG) has so far caused $872 million in losses, according to the corporation’s latest earnings report. UnitedHealth owns Change Healthcare, a key cog in the U.S. healthcare industry that was crippled by a ransomware attack in February. Change Healthcare and UHG subsidiary Optum took hundreds of systems offline as a result of the incident and faced criticism from the White House and Congress over its handling of the ransomware attack.
Cisco: Hacker breached multifactor authentication message provider on April 1
Cisco said one of the providers it uses to send multifactor authentication (MFA) messages was breached by a threat actor on April 1. In emails to customers, Cisco said the incident specifically affected Duo — a multifactor authentication company it acquired in 2018. The attacker breached the system of a telephony supplier that Duo uses to send MFA messages through texts and phone calls to its customers.
Over 500 people targeted by Pegasus spyware in Poland, officials say
Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar says an investigation into Pegasus use by current and former government officials has expanded to hundreds more people than initially reported.
CISA: Email from federal agencies possibly accessed in Russian breach of Microsoft
CISA publicly released an emergency directive issued to federal agencies earlier this month, detailing how a breach at Microsoft could have affected the government.
Researchers discover new ransomware gang ‘Muliaka’ attacking Russian businesses
A previously unknown ransomware gang has been attacking Russian businesses with malware based on the leaked source code from the Conti hacking group. The gang, which researchers at the Moscow-based cybersecurity company F.A.C.C.T. have dubbed “Muliaka," or Muddy Water in English, has left minimal traces from its attacks but has likely been active since at least December 2023.
Romania-linked ‘Rubycarp’ hackers look for cryptomining, phishing DDoS opportunities
Rubycarp has been in operation for at least a decade, and its campaigns appear to overlap with other cybercrime groups, according to researchers at Sysdig.
Russian developer of Trickbot malware sentenced to five years in prison
A Russian developer of Trickbot malware has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday.
Technology News Government News Get more insights with the Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud. Learn more. In alerting about two Citrix bugs, CISA recommends immediate attention for one
Two bugs in Citrix technology are drawing serious attention this week from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. CISA says federal agencies much patch one of the vulnerabilities — tagged as CVE-2023-6548 — by January 24. It’s one of the rare times the cyber agency has put a remediation date of less than three weeks on a vulnerability. CISA did not respond to requests for comment about why the remediation timeline was shorter than most. The other bug — listed as CVE-2023-6548 — must be fixed by February 7. CISA’s alerts are aimed at federal agencies but often serve as general warnings for the public.
Further analysis of Denmark attacks leads to warning about unpatched network gear
What happened in Denmark can also happen to you, cybersecurity researchers are warning in a new report that examines attacks against the country’s energy sector last year. Waves of incidents in May that seemed like a highly-targeted effort by a nation-state actor — perhaps Russia’s Sandworm hacking group — might have been less connected than originally thought, according to a new report by Forescout. The researchers say their analysis found two distinct waves against Danish energy providers, and evidence suggests they were unrelated.
After ransomware claims, Xerox says subsidiary hit with cyberattack
The printing and business services giant said its XBS division "experienced a security incident." A cybercrime gang called INC said it was responsible.