A European Commission-funded biometric “gait recognition” program to study how to more easily identify people crossing the European Union’s external borders by examining their unique walking styles began last week. The initiative, called the PopEye Project, is supported by a €3.2 million (USD $3.5 million) grant that covers a three-year pilot testing the technology, according to TechTransfer, a program at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels and a partner on the effort. Horizon Europe, a European U
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On 16 March 2024, Sentinel Labs identified a suspicious Linux binary uploaded from Ukraine. Initial analysis showed surface similarities with the infamous AcidRain wiper used to disable KA-SAT modems across Europe at the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (commonly identified by the ‘Viasat hack’ misnomer). Since our initial finding, no similar samples or variants have been detected or publicly reported until now. This new sample is a confirmed variant called ‘AcidPour’, a wiper with si
EU Health Sector: Ransomware Accounts for 54% of Cybersecurity Threats
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) released a report on 5 July with its first cyber threat landscape for the health sector. The report found that ransomware accounts for 54% of cybersecurity threats in the health sector.
The comprehensive analysis maps and studies cyberattacks, identifying prime threats, actors, impacts, and trends for a period of over 2 years, providing valuable insights for the healthcare
The Polish government warns that a cyberespionage group linked to Russia's intelligence services targets diplomatic and foreign ministries from NATO and EU member states in an ongoing campaign that uses previously undocumented malware payloads. The group, known in the security industry as APT29, Cozy Bear, and NOBELIUM, is believed to be part of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and is the group behind the 2020 supply chain attack against software company SolarWinds that led to the co
Ports in Europe are preparing for a major regulatory change next year in how the hundreds of companies in their global supply chains address cybersecurity as ports have become a target for criminal hacker groups and state-sponsored attacks.
Cybersecurity rules approved by the European Union (EU) for pharmaceuticals, transportation, energy and other critical infrastructure companies are set to take effect in 2024 and will require hundreds of firms that operate out of Europe’s big ports to use ba
For years, cyber threat professionals have warned against installing Kaspersky on any computer. Now, German cybersecurity agency BSI on 16 March 2022 urged consumers not to use anti-virus software made by Russia's Kaspersky, warning the firm could be implicated in hacking assaults amid Russia's war in Ukraine. Russia's military and intelligence activities in Ukraine, and its threats to EU and NATO allies, particularly Germany, mean there is "a considerable risk of a successful IT attack", the
It has been over two years since the UK’s data protection watchdog warned the behavioral advertising industry that it is ‘totally out of control.’ The UK’s Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) reportedly has not taken any action to stop the systematic unlawfulness of the tracking and targeting industry abusing Internet users’ personal data to try to manipulate their attention. That is not in terms of enforcing the law against offenders and stopping what digital rights campaigners have descr
Activity Summary - Week Ending 9 April 2021:
- Red Sky Alliance identified 34,654 connections from new unique IP Addresses
- Analysts identified 2,753 new IP addresses participating in various Botnets
- Vacar Auto Electronics Co. is Keylogged
- Babydraco Webshells
- RemRAT Botnet
- April 15th is Coming - US IRS scams
- Accellion and UC
- Brown University under attack
- EU Government Institutions
- PLA Shanghai Police – Hacked files
Link to full report: IR-21-099-001_weekly_099_FINAL.pdf
