A malicious Android application disguised as a chat platform has been linked to the Indian Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group DONOT, which specializes in intelligence gathering. The connection, made by researchers at Cyfirma, highlights the group’s continued efforts to collect strategic data in South Asia and leverage seemingly innocent platforms for covert operations. Named “Tanzeem” and “Tanzeem Update,” the app appears to target specific individuals and groups, including those potentially affiliated with terrorist organizations. Though…

Critical national infrastructure (CNI) is at risk in countries across the globe. When attackers target CNI systems—which include power plants, emergency services, hospitals, and transportation—it can cause life-threatening disruptions. We’ve seen this often with AT&T’s outages earlier this year preventing emergency calls, and more recently with the FBI’s LockBit Hack, where the notorious ransomware gang claimed to resume operations by posting stolen data from five companies, despite a recent global law enforcement crackdown. With AI…

The infrastructure of Ukraine’s state registers has been fully restored following a large-scale cyber-attack which was attributed to Russia’s military intelligence services (GRU). Olga Stefanishyna, the Ukrainian Minister of Justice and Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, announced in a Facebook post on January 20 that the Unified and State Registers were now “fully operational.” Russian attackers were unsuccessful in their objectives during the cyber-attack and no information from the registers…

According to this recent report by McKinsey, 87% of consumers say they won’t do business with your company if they have concerns about your security practices. So if you’re serious about protecting your company’s reputation and bottom line, data privacy can never take a back role. To be able to transfer data efficiently over networks, one of the key technologies you will want to implement is the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP). But still with HTTP, there are…

En términos de ser más intencional, Rossmiller está trabajando para: cambiar los estilos de liderazgo para satisfacer las necesidades del momento; estar más presente; comunicar claramente a su equipo y a la comunidad universitaria lo que está sucediendo dentro de TI; empoderar a cada trabajador individual; y escuchar activamente al personal para poder comprender realmente sus puntos. Dice que también está tratando de reducir el ritmo y solicitar retroalimentación como parte de sus esfuerzos de…

The US has sanctioned Chinese state cyber actors over the recent compromises of the Department of the Treasury and multiple telecoms providers, respectively. Shanghai-based Yin Kecheng was involved in the hack of US Treasury computers via third-party cybersecurity vendor BeyondTrust in December 2024, according to the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The attackers were able to access unclassified documents held in certain Treasury Departmental Offices (DO) workstations. Bloomberg reported that…

Ferrari amplía el acuerdo de colaboración con su partner tecnológico DXC. El fabricante italiano busca potenciar el desarrollo de las próximas generaciones de sistemas de información y entretenimiento en los vehículos de la casa, permitiendo a los conductores estar más cerca de la funcionalidad de alto rendimiento. Así, gracias a su amplia experiencia en la industria del automóvil, DXC ayudará a garantizar que los sistemas de infoentretenimiento de Ferrari estén diseñados para brindar una experiencia…

A former CIA analyst shared top secret documents on social media and then tried to cover his tracks by destroying his personal devices, according to the Department of Justice (DoJ). Asif William Rahman, 34, of Vienna, is facing a maximum term of 10 years behind bars after pleading guilty on Friday to two counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information related to national defense.  A CIA employee since 2016, Rahman “repeatedly” accessed and…

En el caso de España, el 81% de las empresas considera la IA y la IA generativa como una de las tres principales prioridades estratégicas para este año 2025, ubicándose por encima de la media mundial (75%) y en los primeros lugares de la clasificación, solo superado por India (82%). Respecto al aporte de la IA, el 29% de las compañías españolas considera que la IA está aportando un valor significativo a su negocio, ubicándose…