Maria Wilson
Women leaders hit by ROMCOM attacks
Leading women politicians have become the latest targets of the now-notorious Void Rabisu threat actor following a cyber-campaign aimed at the Women Political Leaders (WPL) Summit in Brussels in June. A new report from Japan-based cybersecurity company Trend Micro shines a light on Void Rabisu’s extensive recent cyber-espionage activities.
SiegedSec threat actors breach NATO – October 6th
Cybersecurity firm, CloudSEK is looking deeper into the leaked data from NATO, an attack claimed by the SiegedSec threat actors. SiegedSec threat actors, who announced this attack on a Telegram group, claim to not be a state-sponsored group. Instead, their attacks are based on 'hacktivism' or 'just for fun'. This attack on NATO has reportedly compromised 845MB of sensitive information from the organization, impacting 31 nations. NATO is now investigating the SiegedSec claims and is working together with firms to strengthen their cybersecurity efforts so this kind of attack will not be replicated.
$7.3-million lost through Android phone hacks – September 21st
Singaporean police have warned Android phone users of a new malware variant that is capable of resetting Android phones to factory settings. Reports say that more than $7.3 million has been lost through threat actors using the malware variant. The malicious code is hidden in social media posts, advertising the sale of different items. It is then downloaded when the applicant clicks on the link to make a payment.