Thought Leadership
Falsified reality
Everyone has heard or read about them, and some people may even have fallen for them: Deepfakes are increasingly blurring the boundaries between reality and fiction and pose a significant threat to the reliability of our digital identity.
Complexity of operations
Since 2023, Earth Estries has evolved into one of the most aggressive Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, primarily targeting critical industries such as telecommunications companies and government agencies in the US, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and South Africa.
Spying
The USA assumes that Chinese hackers have penetrated the systems of at least eight US telecommunications providers in order to spy on high-ranking politicians.
Study
Cyber attacks have caused British companies to lose around 44 billion pounds (53 billion euros) in sales over the past five years, according to a study by Howden.
Nearest Neighbor Attack
The Russian hacker group ATP28 has attacked a US company using a new technique called “Nearest Neighbor Attack” and gained remote access to its Wi-Fi network.
Unpatched security vulnerabilities
Several security breaches were observed at companies from different industries in which firewall devices from Palo Alto Network were involved.
IntelBroker gets involved again
Cyber criminals claim to have gained access to an internal database of the car manufacturer Ford. The compromised data records include sensitive information from more than 44,000 customers.
Ransomware?
In its latest quarterly report, the US oil services provider Halliburton quantified the financial consequences of a serious IT security incident. According to the report, the costs amounted to around 35 million US dollars by the end of September.
Unusual Ransom
A hacker who calls himself “Grep” has not only stolen sensitive company data from the French electrical engineering group Schneider Electric, but is now also making fun of the long-established company.
Kamala Harris also affected
Weeks ago, an attack by suspected Chinese hackers on American telecommunications providers became known. Now it appears that prominent targets could be affected.