Total collapse of the electrical grid in Nigeria has caused widespread blackouts across the largest economy in Africa
1 year agoIn her SOTU, EU Commission Chief von der Leyen shares a chilling opinion she says summarizes a group of scientists/experts: "Mitigating the *risk of extinction from AI* should be a global priority alongside other societal scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war."
1 year agoMetrics show that service has been restored on SpaceX Starlink satellite internet platform (AS14593) after an hour outage affecting multiple countries; the operator has not issued an explanation; incident duration ~50m
1 year agoReal-time network data show SpaceX Starlink satellite internet platform is currently experiencing an international outage; reason unknown
Warningwarning Confirmed: An internet disruption has been registered in Iran for the second night in a row from ~1:00 am local time; Network data show connectivity falling down to 71% of ordinary levels
US @CISAgov seeing a "deepening & a broadening" of cyber risk, per CISA Executive Assistant Director Eric Goldstein Generative #ArtificialIntelligence "democratizing" capabilities of more cyber threat actors while boosting ability of major cyber adversaries, he warns
Biggest cyber adversaries per @CIA's Cohen, China is 1, followed by Russia. Iran & North Korea "tied for 4th"
In 2020 Ukraine saw 880 cyber attacks. So far this year Kyiv has seen some 3000 cyber attacks, Security Service of Ukraine [SBU] Cyber Security Head Illia Vitiuk tells #BllingtonCyberSecurity Summit. These are people "who have order from their military to destroy Ukraine"
1 year agoBritain and the US target a Russian cybergang called TrickBot, which had attacked hospitals and other facilities in the West with ransomware. The gang "has ties to Russian intelligence services," according to @USTreasury. (interesting the sanctions list email addresses too)
"Concurrently, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed indictments against nine individuals in connection with the Trickbot malware and other ransomware schemes, including seven of the individuals designated today." - US State Dept. statement
Cyber threat from China "the thing I probably worry the most about" per @CISAJen
Foreign spy agencies looking "to target & exploit the US space industry.harm US commercial firms and broader US national & economic security" per bulletin from @NCSCgov @FBI @RealAFOSI
The authorities of Kazakhstan blocked the website of the Tsargrad TV channel due to propaganda of extremism
Biden signs an executive order banning US companies from investing in China's artificial intelligence sector
Russian State Duma banned registration on Russian sites using foreign e-mail
Moscow City Court sentenced Group-IB founder Ilya Sachkov to 14 years in prison on charges of treason
WhatsApp Down For Users Worldwide. On Wednesday, WhatsApp experienced a significant outage that affected users worldwide, disrupting the ability to send or receive messages on the platform. The problems began around 4 p.m. ET, impacting the world's most popular messaging app
Chinese hackers breach government email accounts through Microsoft cloud. USG discovered the security gap last month, officials say
The Russian Railways company is restoring the operation of the company's mobile application and website after a cyber attack, the Russian Railways press service reported
Hackers linked with Wagner PMC claimed attack against satellite communications provider Dozor-Teleport
Russian satellite operator Dozor Teleport (AS41942) left the global routing table at about 02:00 UTC earlier today. It is now unreachable, reportedly due to a cyber attack. 4 of 5 routes previously announced by AS41942 were withdrawn, one is now announced by Amtel-Svyaz (AS51764), parent company of Dozor Teleport.
National Security Cyber Section launched to combat cyber threats from nation states like North Korea, aiming to enhance coordination between criminal and national security investigations
1 year agoRoskomnadzor has blocked media, associated with Evgeniy Prigozhin
Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor announced possible internet restrictions in regions with declared counter-terrorism operation
1 year agoRussian most popular social network is blocking Prigozhin statements
Several Swiss government websites attacked by hackers on Monday morning. The attack was claimed by the pro-Russian hacker group 'NoName'
1 year agoBanking services partially not working for customers in Moscow, after issues at Infotel ISP which provides internet services for Central Bank of Russia
The SEC announced that it has filed a lawsuit against the cryptocurrency exchange, Binance
Broadcasting of MIR TV company was hijacked starting 12:41 and before 13:18, aired fake address of Putin, - statement of company
1 year agoMicrosoft is attributing attacks exploiting the CVE-2023-34362 MOVEit Transfer 0-day vulnerability to Lace Tempest, known for ransomware operations & running the Clop extortion site. The threat actor has used similar vulnerabilities in the past to steal data & extort victims
