Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Cyberattack Hits Estes Express Lines’ IT Systems
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Estes Express Lines on Oct. 3 confirmed that its IT systems were the target of an ongoing cyberattack, but said its trucks were still moving freight. Read via Transport Topics.
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ICO tells public authorities to stop using spreadsheets in FOI
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
One too many accidental data breaches from use of spreadsheets in Freedom of Information (FoI) responses mean it’s time for the public sector to use alternative approaches. Read via UK Authority.
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Ukraine attacks Russian Black Sea navy HQ in Crimea
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
At least one Ukrainian missile struck the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea navy in the Crimean port of Sevastopol on Friday, and a major cyberattack interrupted internet services on the peninsula, Russian-installed officials said. Read via Reuters.
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Cybercriminals Using PowerShell to Steal NTLMv2 Hashes from Compromised Windows
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
A new cyber attack campaign is leveraging the PowerShell script associated with a legitimate red teaming tool to plunder NTLMv2 hashes from compromised Windows systems primarily located in Australia, Poland, and Belgium. Read via The Hacker News.
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Maidstone: Secondary school hit by cyber attack
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
A secondary school in Kent has been hit by a criminal cyber attack, with pupil and parental data encrypted. Read via BBC News.
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Government denies U-turn on encrypted messaging row
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The government has denied it is changing plans to force messaging apps to access users’ private messages if requested by the regulator Ofcom. Read via BBC Technology.
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Russian cyber-attacks ‘relentless’ as threat of WW3 grows, expert warns
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Cyberattacks by the UK’s enemies are becoming “relentless” as we enter a “new era” of global conflict, an expert has warned. An attack on security firm Zaun, which holds information on militarily sensitive sites, has been described as ‘serious and of huge concern’. Read via The Independent.
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Group behind cyber attacks at local hospitals taken down by FBI
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
A criminal ransomware network connected to a cyber attack at some of Connecticut’s hospitals has been taken down by the FBI, according to the Department of Justice. Read via EyeWitnessNews.
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University of Michigan shuts down network after cyberattack
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The University of Michigan has taken all of its systems and services offline to deal with a cybersecurity incident, causing a widespread impact on online services the night before classes started. Read via BleepingComputer.
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Security Threat After Cyber Attack on London Metropolitan Police Contractor
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
London Metropolitan Police disclosed over the weekend that hackers had infiltrated the IT systems of a third-party supplier, resulting in the theft of sensitive data about police force employees. Read via Australian Cyber Security Magazine.
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