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Russia-based Nobelium, the group that also pulled off the SolarWinds hack, gained access to the Constant Contact account of the USAID to send more than 3,000 phishing emails to 150 organizations.
Thinkstock The Russian hacking group behind the supply chain attack that poisoned software updates for the SolarWinds Orion platform has been perfecting its email-based attacks over the past few months to plant backdoors inside organizations. These efforts recently escalated with an attack launched from a hijacked email marketing account belonging to USAID and targeted around 3,000 people across over 150 organizations in 24 countries. The hacking group, known in the security industry as APT29, Cozy Bear, The Dukes and Nobelium, has been tied to the Russian Foreign Intelligence ...
How information sharing can help organisations strengthen their cyber defences 27 May 2021 Keeping pace with attackers The nature and impact of fraud across industry sectors has evolved significantly as adversaries have advanced their knowledge, with tactics, techniques and procedures continuing to change. Attackers are well-resourced, and racing to make use of new technologies. Organisations also need to remain vigilant to keep pace; for companies across the world cybersecurity is a pressing concern. The need has become even more acute with the Covid-19 pandemic. Organisations have had to ...
How information sharing can help organisations strengthen their cyber defences 26 May 2021 Keeping pace with attackers The nature and impact of fraud across industry sectors has evolved significantly as adversaries have advanced their knowledge, with tactics, techniques and procedures continuing to change. Attackers are well-resourced, and racing to make use of new technologies. Organisations also need to remain vigilant to keep pace; for companies across the world cybersecurity is a pressing concern. The need has become even more acute with the Covid-19 pandemic. Organisations have had to ...
Some Bangladeshi organisations running Microsoft Exchange mail servers have been compromised by cyberattacks, says the e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-GOV CIRT) in an advisory. It named a few business groups that have already been compromised and asked others to check their systems. The advisory mentioned the name of HAFNIUM, a Chinese hacker group, which has carried out such attacks across the globe. The BGD e-GOV CIRT has asked a number of state-owned and private organisations to carry out scans of their mail servers to see if any malware had been injected into their sys...