The National Cyber Security Centre SK-CERT warns against fraudulent e-mails designed to give the impression that they are sent by the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic. The e-mail promises a refund. This is a large-scale phishing campaign. It abuses claims that are not based on truth. A real aim of the campaign is…
Acer Company that manufactures laptops has not been lucky in the cybersecurity field recently. However, this can also be said about the REvil ransomware gang whose website has been inaccessible. 42nd week also brought interesting surveys, one of which says that sometimes we are too cautious. Acer again under attack Acer, PC and Device Maker,…
Europe is preparing a new regulation. This time for domain registration. REvil is behind most of ransomware attacks, but Pacific City Bank was attacked by AvosLocker ransomware. However, there are also good news – Security Service of Ukraine arrested another cybercriminal. Odd practices in Apple Apple has again silently fixed a zero-day vulnerability with the…
October is the month of cyber security; a new ransomware has been found; and today, malware is sold very cheaply. In addition, a former member of the REvil group is arguing with his former colleagues for money and young cybersecurity talents were competing in Prague. Cybersecurity month has started As every year, also this October…
Apple has not been able to update the Finder; cybercriminals are being associated with Mafia and the data leaks continue. There also appeared a manual of Conti ransomware attack and finally one attacker got into jail for his role in a seven-year scheme. Botched update In the latest macOS Big Sur update, Apple tried to…
The National Cyber Security Centre SK-CERT warns of critical vulnerabilities in SAP products. SAP is one of the largest software manufacturers in the world. Its products focus mainly on customer relationship management, supply chain management, human resources, expenditure management and other areas. Software solutions from SAP are used worldwide not only in the private but…
On Friday, July 2, in the evening, the world was shaken by a massive ransomware attack targeting a remote server management application called the Kaseya Virtual Server Administrator, used for remote management of end user stations [1]. It is not uncommon that the major attack took place just before the Fourth of July holiday with a shorter…
The cybercriminal group REvil seems unstoppable and is beginning to realize its value. After the attack on hundreds of companies, they demand a record amount as a ransom. After the ransomware attacks on Irish hospitals and healthcare organisations, state budget reserves are likely to be depleted due to bailout provision. Recently, however, security forces have…
On 1 July, the US National Security Agency (NSA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the British National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued a joint security recommendation containing information on malicious activities of the Russian military intelligence service GRU, which started in 2019 and continues to this…
The National Cyber Security Centre SK-CERT warns against the ongoing campaign that abuses the identity of Slovenská pošta. The campaign is currently running via SMS messages (also called smishing). However, the attacker may also abuse other forms of communication (e.g. e-mails). This is a large-scale phishing campaign. It uses statements that are not based on…
