“Big-game hunter” REvil has menaced the world for 3 years with massive attacks.
Russia’s FSB ‘shuts down’ notorious REvil ransomware gang
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Friday that it has raided and shut down the operations of the notorious REvil ransomware gang. The unprecedented move — which will undoubtedly send a message to other ransomware groups operating out of the country — saw the Russian authorities conduct raids at 25 addresses across the […]
侵入型ランサムウェア攻撃を受けたら読むFAQ
ランサムウェアを用いた攻撃は、一台から数台の端末の感染被害から、業務停止を引き起こす大規模な感染被害に至るものまでさまざまです。本FAQでは、企業や組織の内部ネットワークに攻撃者が「侵入」した後、情報窃取やランサムウェアを用いたファイルの暗号化などを行う攻撃の被害に遭った場合の対応のポイントや留意点…
Finalsite ransomware attack forces 5,000 school websites offline
Finalsite, an internet software house that provides school districts with website design, hosting, and content management solutions, has been hit by a ransomware attack. Earlier this week, school districts whose websites are hosted by Finalsite discovered that they were no longer accessible or displayed errors. While at the time Finalsite blamed the issues on “performance difficulties” […]
The year the tide turned on ransomware
This year was rife with ransomware. 2021 witnessed the attack on IT software company Kaseya that knocked 1,500 organizations offline, the CD Projekt Red hack that saw threat actors make off with source code for games including Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3, and several high-profile attacks targeting big-name tech companies, from Olympus to Fujitsu and […]
6 things in cybersecurity we didn’t know last year
The past twelve months in cybersecurity have been a rough ride. In cybersecurity, everything is broken — it’s just a matter of finding it — and this year felt like everything broke at once, especially towards the end of the year. But for better or worse, we end the year knowing more than we did […]
食の安全を、サイバーセキュリティが左右する──「THE WORLD IN 2022」 FOOD SECURITY
急速なデジタル化に伴い、サイバー攻撃に対する脆弱さが露呈した食品業界。安心・安全・安価な食品を継続的に供給するには、システムのみならず、業界全体のアップデートも不可欠だ（雑誌『WIRED』日本版VOL.43より転載）。
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Hackers backed by Iran are targeting US critical infrastructure, US warns
Vulnerabilities already patched by Microsoft and Fortinet are being exploited en masse.
US says Iran-backed hackers are now targeting organizations with ransomware
The U.S. government, along with counterparts in Australia and the U.K, have warned that Iranian state-backed hackers are targeting U.S. organizations in critical infrastructure sectors — in some cases with ransomware. The rare warning linking Iran with ransomware landed in a joint advisory Wednesday, issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal […]