Danish wind turbine giant Vestas Wind Systems has been hit by what appears to be a ransomware attack that took out parts of its internal IT infrastructure and caused unspecified data compromise.
North Korean Hacker Group Intensifies Espionage Campaigns
A North Korea-linked threat actor tracked as TA406 has intensified its attacks in 2021, particularly credential harvesting campaigns, Proofpoint reports.
US Indicts Iranians for Election Meddling
The US Justice Department announced indictments Thursday of two Iranians who allegedly took part in an online “disinformation and threat” campaign to influence American voters in the 2020 presidential election.
Supply Chain Security Fears Escalate as Iranian APTs Caught Hitting IT Services Sector
Fears of software supply chain attacks escalated again this week with a new warning from Microsoft that it has caught Iranian threat actors breaking into IT services shops in India and Israel and using that access to hit the real targets.
Israel Defence Minister’s Cleaner Charged With Spying for Iran
A man employed in the home of Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz was charged Thursday with attempting to spy for the Black Shadow hackers, who are purportedly linked to Iran.
Cloud Data Protection Startup Laminar Closes $32M Funding Round
Public cloud data protection provider Laminar on Wednesday emerged from stealth with $32 million in Series A funding. To date, the startup has raised $37 million in venture capital investments.
The new investment round was led by Insight Partners. Meron Capital, SentinelOne, and TLV Partners also participated.
U.S., U.K. and Australia Warn of Iranian APTs Targeting Fortinet, Microsoft Exchange Flaws
Chrome 96 Plugs High-Risk Browser Flaws
Google this week announced the availability of Chrome 96 in the stable channel with fixes for 25 security flaws, including 18 bugs reported by external security researchers.
Blacksmith: Rowhammer Fuzzer Bypasses Existing Protections
A group of security researchers devised a new attack that completely bypasses the existing mitigations against the Rowhammer vulnerability in dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips.
Hackers Targeted Afghan Officials on Facebook Amid Taliban Offensive
Facebook revealed Tuesday it had worked to block a hacker group that targeted the accounts of people tied to Afghanistan’s then-government and security forces as the Taliban was moving in to take power.