A foreign government is believed to have orchestrated a cyberattack on the Dutch police force, exposing the contact details of nearly 63,000 officers. The breach, which occurred on September 26, 2024, was a sophisticated operation targeting a specific police account.

Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the seizure of 107 internet domains linked to Russian state-sponsored threat actors, used to carry out computer fraud and abuse.

Despite the indictment of one of its alleged members, the North Korean APT group known as Stonefly (aka APT45) continues to target U.S. companies, according to warnings from Symantec threat analysts. Stonefly, also referred to as Andariel and OnyxFleet, is linked to the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), a North Korean military intelligence agency.

Source: Stanchion Payments

Stanchion, a global PayTech company and a pioneer of Payment Fabric Technology, announced today that it has joined the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) as a new Associate Participating Organisation.

Active Directory (AD), Microsoft’s widely used directory service for Windows domain networks, has become a common target in cyber intrusions due to its complex structure and permissive default settings.

On Saturday, MoneyGram revealed on social media that a network outage was disrupting several of its systems. By Monday, the company acknowledged it was dealing with a cybersecurity breach affecting certain systems.

After a significant cyber incident that disrupts business operations, organizations often take steps to improve their cybersecurity and resilience, which sometimes includes switching cybersecurity providers. The recent massive global outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike sensor update has had this exact impact on many companies in Germany. According to a report by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and Germany's digital association Bitkom, this outage has caused many organizations to reconsider their cybersecurity strategies and partners.