Poland’s most powerful politician has acknowledged that the country bought advanced spyware from the Israeli surveillance software maker NSO Group, but denied that it was being used to target his political opponents.
Thousands of School Websites Go Offline Due to Ransomware Attack on Finalsite
Thousands of school websites around the world went offline this week as a result of a ransomware attack on Finalsite, a US-based company that provides digital marketing and communications solutions to schools.
On its website, Finalsite claims that 8,000 schools across 110 countries use its services, and it launches 300 new websites every year.
Rights Group Verifies Polish Senator Was Hacked With Spyware
Amnesty International said Thursday it has independently confirmed that powerful spyware from the Israeli surveillance software maker NSO Group was used to hack a Polish senator multiple times in 2019 when he was running the opposition’s parliamentary election campaign.
Virginia Still Working to Fix Issues After Ransomware Attack
The information technology agency that serves Virginia’s legislature is still working to fix problems caused by a ransomware attack earlier this month, a state official said Tuesday.
Targeted Links Used to Steal Tens of Millions in Global Scam Campaign
By impersonating 121 brands, scammers managed to defraud users in over 90 countries of an estimated $80 million per month, Singapore-based threat hunting and intelligence firm Group-IB reveals.
Belgian Military in Five-Day Battle Against Cyberattack
The Belgian military said on Tuesday it had been hit with a cyberattack five days ago and was still battling to restore affected parts of its system.
Military spokesman Olivier Severin told AFP that elements hit by last Thursday’s attack, which contaminated services connected to the internet, were still being analysed and restored.
Russian Hacker Extradited to US for Trading on Stolen Information
A Russian national was extradited to the United States from Switzerland over the weekend, to face charges for his alleged role in a scheme whose participants traded on information stolen from hacked U.S. companies.
FBI Sees APTs Exploiting Recent ManageEngine Desktop Central Vulnerability
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released an alert regarding the exploitation of a recent vulnerability in Zoho’s ManageEngine Desktop Central product.
Ransomware Operators Leak Data Stolen From Logistics Giant Hellmann
Logistics giant Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has confirmed that attackers were able to exfiltrate data from its systems during a cyberattack earlier this month.
Ransomware Persists Even as High-Profile Attacks Have Slowed
In the months since President Joe Biden warned Russia’s Vladimir Putin that he needed to crack down on ransomware gangs in his country, there hasn’t been a massive attack like the one last May that resulted in gasoline shortages. But that’s small comfort to Ken Trzaska.











