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CISA, FBI provide updates on destructive malware targeting organizations in Ukraine, including WhisperGate malware

CISA, FBI provide updates on destructive malware targeting organizations in Ukraine, including WhisperGate malware

U.S. cybersecurity agencies updated their earlier advisory to include additional Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) for WhisperGate and provided technical details for HermeticWiper, IsaacWiper, HermeticWizard, and CaddyWiper destructive malware. Since January, these threat vectors have been deployed against organizations in Ukraine…

ESET, CERT-UA respond to Sandworm attack on Ukrainian energy provider using Industroyer2 malware

ESET, CERT-UA respond to Sandworm attack on Ukrainian energy provider using Industroyer2 malware

ESET researchers have collaborated with CERT-UA to respond to a cyber incident affecting an energy provider in Ukraine. The Sandworm attackers are said to have attempted to deploy the Industroyer2 malware against high-voltage electrical substations in Ukraine. The attack used…

FBI detects RagnarLocker ransomware targeting critical infrastructure sectors

FBI detects RagnarLocker ransomware targeting critical infrastructure sectors

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said it had identified at least 52 entities across ten critical infrastructure sectors that were affected by RagnarLocker ransomware. As of January 2022, entities in the critical manufacturing, energy, financial services, government, and…

US Senate passes legislative package that steps up cybersecurity at critical infrastructure entities, federal networks

US Senate passes legislative package that steps up cybersecurity at critical infrastructure entities, federal networks

The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed ‘a landmark legislative package’ that would require critical infrastructure owners and operators and civilian federal agencies to report to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) if they experience a substantial cyber-attack. The bill…

Claroty reports close to 800 ICS vulnerabilities, with 34 percent targeting IoT, IoMT, IT assets

Claroty reports close to 800 ICS vulnerabilities, with 34 percent targeting IoT, IoMT, IT assets

Industrial cybersecurity company Claroty revealed that 797 industrial control system (ICS) vulnerabilities were published in the second half of last year, affecting 82 ICS vendors. Of these, 21 vendors are newly affected, had no recently published disclosures, and have equipment…

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