CSIS Security Group has released its latest Threat Matrix report shedding light on the dynamic and complex cyber threat landscape in the first half of 2024. The report reveals a stark increase in the frequency and sophistication of cyberattacks, including those attributed to nation-state actors, hacktivism, and refined cyber techniques …
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Here on IoT Evolution World — on our Smart City Sentinel news site, too — the name Netmore Group has appeared quite a bit in the back half of 2024. Let’s briefly recap; i.e. what companies have opted to work with Netmore Group, and why: Yorkshire Water selected Netmore Group …
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Good afternoon, readers. Thanksgiving 2024 is officially in the books; I hope everyone is returning safely from all the holiday festivities. Today, we’re kicking off our first Internet of Things-focused article of the week with a story involving Royal Mail and Wiliot. For any unaware, Royal Mail is a long-established …
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Capita has warned investors that it might face a financial setback of up to £20 million due to last month’s cyberattack that resulted in disturbances for the firm’s customers. Capita informed the London Stock Exchange in a statement on Wednesday that despite successfully minimising the effects of the cyberattack, it …
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Significant outages in critical infrastructure services caused by cyberattacks are thankfully very rare. That’s why incidents such as Colonial Pipeline achieve significant press and media attention and top-level political engagement: they have rarity value. Computer code on a screen with a skull representing a computer virus / malware attack. getty …
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A week after the U.K.’s Royal Mail experienced a “cyber incident,” the company says it is still experiencing “severe service disruption” to its outgoing international postal operations, with no clear end in sight. Why it matters: The problems have prevented a large portion of mail from leaving the U.K., leaving …
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A WIRED investigation this week found that the app SweepWizard, which some US law enforcement agencies use to coordinate raids, was publicly exposing sensitive data about hundreds of police operations until WIRED disclosed the flaw. The exposed data included personally identifying information about hundreds of officers and thousands of suspects, …
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Cyber disruptions to the UK’s Royal Mail service, first reported on Wednesday as a “cyber incident,” has now been identified as a ransomware attack, linked to the Russian-affiliated LockBit gang, Computing wrote today. LockBit encryptor found in use. The Telegraph broke the news of the confirmed ransomware attack yesterday, with …
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As Ransomware Group Blames Somebody – Anybody – Else, Could Its Days Be Numbered? Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • January 13, 2023 Royal Mail postbox in Scotland (Image: Mathew Schwartz) What’s the term for when a ransomware group blames a geopolitically awkward attack it appears to have carried …
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Prolific criminal hackers were behind a cyberattack on the UK’s Royal Mail that has shut down its ability to send international letters and parcels, according to two people familiar with the matter. A ransomware gang known as LockBit targeted the British business and used encryption to lock some of its …
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