Russia's war with Ukraine has triggered a surge in ideologically motivated hacktivism that persists to this day, posing by far the most significant impact on the cyber threat landscape for financial services, according to a report by the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center.
Italian sports car maker Ferrari confirmed Monday that it was hit with a ransomware extortion attempt by an unknown threat actor in which customer data was exposed.
This healthcare roundup includes a new pixel disclosure notice; Independent Living Systems' updates a breach notice; and 50% of Barcelona hospital's systems are up after cyberattack.
Cyberespionage groups linked to China were responsible for over 50% of the exploits in 2022 that the firm said it could confidently track to 13 advanced persistent threat groups (APTs), followed by Russia and North Korea. Overall, groups with links to nation-states accounted for 80% of the zero-day exploits.
AT&T Cybersecurity points out that the VMware ESXi server issue has not gone away, while researchers confirm that security teams need to prioritize a patch ASAP.
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, also known as "Pompompurin" within the online hacking community, was arrested at his New York home around 4:30 p.m. last Wednesday and charged with one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud, an FBI agent said in a sworn statement filed in Southern District of New York court last week.
Federal agencies, along with Microsoft, detail three threats facing critical infrastructure entities like healthcare: Black Basta, Killnet and LockBit.
