Tag: cyber attack
Iran’s Mahan Air says its has foiled a cyber attack –...
A cyber attack against Iranian private airline Mahan Air has been foiled, Iranian state media reported on Sunday, adding that the airliner's flight schedule...
Probe into Indonesian police hack underway
Indonesian police are investigating claims by a hacker who said stolen personal data of thousands of police officers has been stolen, the latest cyberattack...
New Zealand banks, post office hit by outages in apparent cyber...
Websites of a number of financial institutions in New Zealand and its national postal service were briefly down on Wednesday, with officials saying they...
Biden sees cyberattacks as possible precursor to “real shooting war”
President Joe Biden warns if the US ends up in a "real shooting war" with a "major power" it could be the result of...
South Africa’s Transnet says will soon lift force majeure after cyberattack
South African state logistics firm Transnet said it would soon lift a force majeure for its container terminals that it declared following a cyberattack...
Transnet says has identified and isolated the source of IT disruption
State-owned firm Transnet said on Friday it had identified and isolated the source of the disruption to its IT systems, which impacted its container...
Cyber attack disrupts South African container terminals, sources say
A cyber attack disrupted operations at South Africa's busiest container terminals, the biggest on the continent, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter...
Cyber attack on Polish officials came from Russia, Kaczynski says
Top Polish government officials have been hit by a far-reaching cyber attack conducted from Russian territory, Poland's de facto leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on...
Qatar’s Al Jazeera network says it combated cyber attack
Pan-Arab satellite network Al Jazeera said it was subjected to continual hacking attempts over recent days but the cyber attack on Qatar's flagship broadcaster...
One password allowed hackers to disrupt Colonial Pipeline, CEO tells senators
The head of Colonial Pipeline told US senators on Tuesday that hackers who launched last month’s cyber attack against the company and disrupted fuel...
Microsoft says group behind SolarWinds hack now targeting government agencies, NGOs
The group behind the SolarWinds cyber attack identified late last year is now targeting government agencies, think tanks, consultants, and non-governmental organizations, Microsoft Corp...
Axa division in Asia hit by ransomware cyber attack
French insurer Axa said on Sunday that one of its businesses in Asia was hit by a ransomware attack, adding that it was investigating...
Israel says it thwarted foreign cyber attack on defence industry
Israel said on Wednesday it thwarted a cyber attack on its defence industry by a hacking group known as Lazarus, which the United States...
Australia’s Nine network hit by suspected cyber attack: source
Australian broadcaster Nine Entertainment was unable to air its Sunday news bulletin from its Sydney headquarters due to “technical difficulties” which a source with...
Ukraine accuses Russian hackers of new cyber attack
Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) said on Tuesday it had prevented a large-scale cyber attack by Russian hackers targeting classified government data.
The SBU said...
Britain must boost cyber-attack capacity, PM Johnson says
Britain needs to boost its capacity to conduct cyber attacks on foreign enemies, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said before the publication of a national...
Ukraine accuses Russian networks of new massive cyber attacks
Ukraine on Monday accused unnamed Russian internet networks of massive attacks on Ukrainian security and defence websites, but gave no details of any damage...
Feature: Maritime cyber security – best practices and lessons learnt
In this feature we look at a seminar on the maritime cyber security domain, an overview of the International Maritime Organisation’s cyber security doctrine...
ISS: Africa can’t risk a major maritime cyber attack
Cyber attacks against African maritime infrastructure threaten the continent’s recovery from COVID-19 and its long-term development and security aspirations. According to maritime cyber defence...
Iran says one of two cyber attack targets was country’s ports...
One of the targets of large cyber attacks on two Iranian government institutions this week was the electronic infrastructure of the country’s ports, an...
Russia behind Norwegian cyberattack – claim
Russia was behind a cyberattack launched against the Norwegian parliament in August, the Norwegian foreign minister said in an accusation Russia denied.
On September 1,...
UN shipping agency says cyber attack disables website
UN shipping agency the International Maritime Organization (IMO) said on Thursday its website and intranet had been disabled by a sophisticated cyber attack and...
Hungarian banks, telecoms services briefly hit by cyber attack: Magyar Telekom
Some Hungarian banking and telecommunication services were briefly disrupted by a powerful cyber attack last Thursday launched from computer servers in Russia, China and...
South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria have seen millions of cyber attacks...
In South Africa, there were almost 10 million malware attacks and a staggering 43 million Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUA) detections, according to Kaspersky security...
Norway’s parliament says it was hit by ‘significant’ cyber attack
The Norwegian parliament suffered a cyber attack during the past week and the e-mail accounts of several elected members as well as employees were...
Australia to embed intelligence officers within some private companies – cyber...
Australia will embed intelligence officers in some private companies, the head of the country’s chief cyber intelligence agency said on Tuesday, as Canberra seeks...
Musk confirms Tesla Nevada factory was target of ‘serious’ cyber attack
Elon Musk said on Thursday that Tesla Inc’s factory in Nevada was a target of a “serious” cyber security attack, confirming a media report...
New Zealand’s stock exchange hit by second cyber attack
Trading on New Zealand’s stock exchange was halted for several hours on Wednesday after what appeared to be a second offshore cyber attack in...
Taiwan says China behind cyber attacks on government agencies, emails
Taiwan said on Wednesday hacking groups linked to the Chinese government had attacked at least ten government agencies and some 6 000 email accounts...
Israel says it thwarted foreign cyber attack on defence industry
Israel said on Wednesday it thwarted a cyber attack on its defence industry by a hacking group known as Lazarus, which the United States...
Twitter says about 130 accounts were targeted in cyber attack this...
Twitter Inc disclosed late on Thursday that hackers targeted about 130 accounts during the cyber attack this week, an incident in which profiles of...
Iran threatens retaliation after what it calls possible cyber attack on...
Iran will retaliate against any country that carries out cyber attacks on its nuclear sites, the head of civilian defence said, after a fire...
South Africa’s Life Healthcare hit by cyber attack
South Africa’s Life Healthcare said on Tuesday its southern African operation was hit by a cyber attack affecting its admissions systems, business processing systems...
Japan defence ministry investigating potential hack of next-gen missile details: Asahi
Japan’s defence ministry is investigating a possible leak of details of a new state-of-the-art missile in a large-scale cyber attack on Mitsubishi Electric Corp,...
Foreign state suspected of Austrian cyberattack
Austria suspects a foreign country is behind a serious cyberattack on information systems at its Foreign Ministry, the ministry said.
“Given the type and...
Georgian police investigate massive cyber attack
Georgian police are investigating a massive coordinated cyber attack that took thousands of websites offline and could have been carried out from abroad, the...
North Korea denies it amassed $2 billion through cyberattacks on banks
North Korea denied on Sunday allegations that it had obtained $2 billion through cyberattacks on banks and cryptocurrency exchanges, and accused the United States...
Foreign state behind attack on Czech ministry
A foreign state staged the latest cyber-attack targeting the Czech Foreign Ministry, the Senate’s security committee said, though it did not identify the nation...
BASF, Siemens, Henkel, Roche target of cyber attacks
German blue-chip companies BASF, Siemens, Henkel along with a host of others said on Wednesday they had been victims of cyber attacks, confirming a...
Inside the West’s failed fight against China’s ‘Cloud Hopper’ hackers
Hacked by suspected Chinese cyber spies five times from 2014 to 2017, security staff at Swedish telecoms equipment giant Ericsson had taken to naming...
Hackers hit global telcos in espionage campaign
Hackers have broken into the systems of more than a dozen global telecoms companies and taken large amounts of personal and corporate data, researchers...
U.S. cyber attacks on Iranian targets not successful, Iran minister says
U.S. cyber attacks against Iranian targets have not been successful, Iran’s telecoms minister said on Monday, after reports that the Pentagon had launched a...
Iran says it dismantled a U.S. cyber espionage network
Iran said on Monday it had exposed a large cyber espionage network it alleged was run by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and...
Russia thwarts U.S. cyber attacks on its infrastructure
Russia has uncovered and thwarted attempts by the United States to carry out cyber attacks on the control systems of Russian infrastructure, Russian news...
Norsk Hydro expects cyber attack costs of nearly $52 mln in...
Norsk Hydro said the March cyber attack that paralysed its computer networks would cost the aluminium maker up to 450 million Norwegian crowns ($52...
Digital and electronic attacks a growth threat – Ansys
Local digital technology group Ansys has warned of the growing risk of digital and electronic attacks in both the public and private...
ISS: Be ready for the next global cyberattack
On 12 May, more than 150 countries were attacked by ransomware with over 200 000 computers infected. Ransomware is a type of...
Oddities in WannaCry ransomware puzzle cybersecurity researchers
The WannaCry malware that spread to more than 100 countries in a few hours is throwing up several surprises for cybersecurity researchers,...
IAEA chief – Nuclear power plant was disrupted by cyber attack
A nuclear power plant became the target of a disruptive cyber attack two to three years ago, and there is a serious...
UK firms to trial sharing of cyber attack data
Britain will try to bolster defences against cyber attack by encouraging companies to overcome their reluctance to admit computer security breaches and...
