Nation-state actors associated with Russia, North Korea, Iran, and China are experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) to complement their ongoing cyber attack operations. The findings come from a report published by Microsoft in collaboration with OpenAI, both...
Australia has been targeted by ongoing “sophisticated” cyber attacks from a “state-based actor,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned at a press conference today. Morrison said the attacks were targeting “all levels of government,” as well as businesses, political organizations, essential servic...
Australia's prime minister revealed Friday his country was under a broad cyberattack from a "state-based actor" targeting government, public services and businesses, with suspicions falling on China. Warning Australians of "specific risks" and an increased tempo of attacks, Scott Morrison told a p...
The three federal agencies encourage companies to establish a set of mitigation strategies in order to reduce the likelihood of cyberattacks compromising their networks. Some of them are: Update and patch systems and products as quickly as possible after fixes are published. To optimize and speed ...
Security researchers are increasingly finding it challenging to attribute cyberattacks due to surging cooperation between nation-state hackers and ransomware groups, especially for espionage purposes. They say it reflects the blurring of the lines between state-directed and criminal activities. Article Unp...
Chinese state-sponsored cyber group APT40 intensified its attacks on government and critical infrastructure networks in the Pacific region by deploying fileless malware and modified commodity malware, prompting Samoa's cybersecurity agency to issue an urgent advisory. Article Warning: Cybercrime Services ...
The identity and motive of the attackers are not yet known, but the skills needed to mount such an attack suggest a foreign state actor trying to undermine Australia's national security or economic interests. In recent years, cyberattacks on ports and shipping have become more common. For inst...
The NSA has linked APT29 to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Services (SVR). The news comes as the U.S. formally attributed the recentSolarWinds supply-chain attackto the SVR and issued sanctions on Russia for cyberattacks and what President Biden called out as interference with U.S. elections...
“Yahoo and other companies have launched programs to detect and notify users when a company strongly suspects that a state-sponsored actor has targeted an account.” Confirmation of the major cyber breach comes two months after Yahoo sealed a deal to sell its core internet business to te...