Apparently there was an acute danger of ransomware from the Hive gang in Potsdam. The city prevented that from happening. It is not clear when it will be online again.​ The city administration in Potsdam has been offline for almost five weeks, with one very short interruption. For the first time…

Behind SwiftSlicer is the Russian hacker group Sandworm, and this malware was discovered by ESET security researchers following a cyberattack against a Ukraine-based entity. Lately, the Sandworm group has attacked Ukraine several times, notably with the CaddyWiper destroyer . Although we are talking about Windows in this case, the Sandworm…

Trading in the City of London has been plunged into chaos after a Russian-linked ransomware gang attacked a company that plays a key role in Britain’s financial system. Lockbit, the group behind the cyber attack against Royal Mail last month, targeted trading software provider Ion Group on Tuesday. The London-based company plays…

New versions of the Prilex point-of-sale malware can block secure, NFC-enabled contactless credit card transactions, forcing consumers to insert credit cards that are then stolen by the malware. On a payment terminal, contactless transactions use NFC (Near Field Communication) chips embedded in credit cards and mobile devices to conduct close-proximity payments…

Questionable energy-saving devices and dangerous disco balls: the network agency has once again taken millions of devices out of circulation. Some could even interfere with military radio traffic. Last year, the Federal Network Agency stopped the sale of more than 15 million banned products. Among them were almost 2.8 million “energy-saving…

Two security holes — one particularly gnarly — could allow hackers the freedom to do as they wish with the popular edge equipment. A security vulnerability has been found in Cisco gear used in data centers, large enterprises, industrial factories, power plants, manufacturing centers, and smart city power grids that could…

Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins made $21 million in bitcoin through what a judge called “digital extortion.” TAMPA — A federal judge sentenced a Canadian man to 20 years in prison Tuesday for his role in a ransomware scheme that netted him $21 million and caused an estimated $40 million in losses worldwide. …

By 2025, around 1,000 insurance applications are to be migrated to AWS. Zurich wants to be able to save 30 million dollars a year with this. The Swiss insurance group Zurich Insurance Group is converting its IT infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS). This emerges from a media release by the…

Two more supply chain security flaws have been disclosed in AMI MegaRAC Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) software, nearly two months after three security vulnerabilities were brought to light in the same product. Firmware security firm Eclypsium said the two shortcomings were held back until now to provide AMI additional time to…