Top news of the week: 23.03.2021.
Threats And Attacks
Finland IDs Hackers Linked to Parliament Spying Attack
Finland’s domestic security agency said the China-linked APT31 was likely behind a cyberspying attack on the information systems of the Nordic country’s parliament.
Polish State Websites Hacked and Used to Spread False Info
Two Polish government websites were hacked Wednesday and used briefly to spread false information about a non-existent radioactive threat, in what a Polish government official said had the ...
Shell Says Personal, Corporate Data Stolen in Accellion Security Incident
Oil and gas giant Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) is the latest company to have confirmed impact from the December 2020 cyber-attack on Accellion’s File Transfer Appliance (FTA) file sharing ...
Electricity Distribution Systems at Increasing Risk of Cyberattacks, GAO Warns
The report details both the extent of risks and the scale of potential impact from cyber-attacks on the grid’s distribution systems.
Pulling Together the History of Cybersecurity in 2020
Excerpt from THE history of the cybersecurity industry.
Cyber Warfare ft. Microsoft
Scathing attack on Microsoft may be a telling sign of the ensuing global Cyberwar Given the large-scale digital transformation of industries accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world ...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared that Britain needs to boost its cyber capability to conduct cyber attacks on foreign hostile actors.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared that Britain needs to boost its cyber capability to conduct cyber attacks on foreign hostile actors. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that his ...
Energy giant Shell discloses data breach caused by Accellion FTA hack
Oil and gas giant Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) discloses a data breach resulting from the compromise of its Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) file sharing service. Energy giant Shell ...