Polish state news agency hit by cyberattack, officials claim Russian involvement: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/31/polish-state-news.html
Before you head out for the weekend, check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Massive cyberattack in America's heartland disabled over 600,000 routers
--Five campaigns used OpenAI's technology to manipulate public opinion,
--Cloudflare thwarted Russian phishing and spy campaign aimed at cash-strapped Ukrainians,
--Pegasus spyware used against Russian and Belarusian journalists and activists,
--Canadian superstation hit by Play ransomware attack,
--Cyberattack on Christie's didn't harm auctions,
--Japanese man busted for using AI to create malware,
--Malware cocktail delivered via cracked MS Office versions,
--Student wanted for DDoS attacks on Texas state exams,
--much more
https://www.metacurity.com/p/massive-cyberattack-americas-heartland-disabled-600000-routers
Cyberattacks targeting US and allies having 'strategically consequential effects' https://therecord.media/nato-article-5-cyberattacks-emily-goldman-cyber-command-cycon
Auction house Christie's alerts the FBI and UK police about the hack that hobbled its website earlier this month, and begins telling clients of compromised data (Zachary Small/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.…
This https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.04821 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_ees…
Polnischer Geheimdienst prüft Falschmeldung
Nach einer Falschmeldung über eine angebliche Teilmobilmachung in Polen prüft der Inlandsgeheimdienst, ob die staatliche Nachrichtenagentur PAP Ziel eines russischen Cyberangriffs geworden ist. "Alles deutet darauf hin, dass wir es mit einer Cyberattacke zu tun haben, die von der russischen Seite aus gesteuert wurde", sagte der polnische Digitalisierungsmi…
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The US and global partners dismantle the 911 S5 proxy botnet, "likely the world's largest botnet ever" affecting 19M unique IPs, and arrest its administrator (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomp…
EU-Cybersicherheitschef: Zahl der Störattacken hat sich verdoppelt
In der EU haben Cyberattacken von Gruppen, die von Russland unterstützt werden, in den vergangenen Monaten deutlich zugenommen. Die Zahl der Angriffe politisch motivierter Hacker gegen europäische Infrastrukturen habe sich vom vierten Quartal 2023 bis zum ersten Quartal 2024 verdoppelt, sagte der Leiter der Europäischen Behörde für C…
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The US and global partners dismantle the 911 S5 proxy botnet, "likely the world's largest botnet ever" affecting 19M unique IPs, and arrest its administrator (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomp…
EU Agency for Cybersecurity head Juhan Lepassaar says disruptive digital attacks, many tied to Russia-backed groups, have doubled in the EU in recent months (Derek Gatopoulos/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/europe-elec