Cyberthreat News For the Week Leading Up to the Presidential Election
The FBI and other federal agencies have released a webpage with the latest cyberthreat news ahead of next week’s election. The page includes statements from the agencies on foreign actors trying to influence or disrupt the electoral process through social media disinformation campaigns and phishing attacks.
A ransomware attack wiped four months of data from the Sri Lankan government cloud system. The country isolated the system after the attack to protect its systems from future attacks.
Hackers embedded ransomware in a file that was sent to German political parties as part of a larger cyber espionage campaign. The backdoor malware established persistent access for attackers to engage in follow-on data theft, reconnaissance and surveillance activities.
Researchers uncovered a flaw in an unmanaged remote access software product that allows malicious hackers to take control of the device and access sensitive data. The flaw is being used in a targeted campaign against organizations in the military, software, supply chain and healthcare sectors.
In 2021, an Illinois hospital became the first facility to cite a ransomware attack as its primary reason for closing. The attack crippled the facility’s finances.
Cybercriminals are targeting Ukrainian law enforcement agencies as part of a wider campaign against the Ukraine and Western interests, according to the International Criminal Court. The attack comes as the ICC probes evidence of Russian war crimes committed in Ukraine.
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