Tag: group
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Payment Giant Verifone Disputes Iranian Hacking Group Hit
Tehran-Linked Handala Hackers Disrupt Medtech Giant Stryker, Claim Verifone Breach. As the United States and Israel continue their war with Iran, Tehran-linked hacking group Handala has entered the fray, claiming credit for wiping systems at medical technology firm Stryker, which confirmed the attack, as well as breaching payment device maker Verifone, which denied being breached.…
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Coalition of information-sharing groups warns of cyber, physical attacks
A joint advisory says Iran-linked groups are targeting U.S. critical infrastructure using DDoS, phishing and other retaliatory techniques. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/information-sharing-groups-warns-cyber-physical-attacks/814539/
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Officials worry Salt Typhoon apathy is killing momentum for tougher telecom security rules
Cyber officials lamented Wednesday that its a challenge to make the wider population appreciate the gravity of the threat the hacking group presents. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/salt-typhoon-china-telecom-hack-impact-new-jersey/
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US-Medizintechnikunternehmen als Cyberwarfare-Opfer
Handala, eine pro-palästinensische Hackitivisten-Gruppe, hat über soziale Kanäle bekanntgegeben das US-Medizintechnikunternehmen Stryker gehackt zu haben. Das Unternehmen selbst hat die Attacke gegenüber Medien wie Reuters bestätigt. Sergey Shykevich, Threat Intelligence Group Manager bei Check Point Research, erklärt: ‘Wenn die Angaben zutreffen, stellt der Angriff von Handala auf Stryker eine erhebliche Eskalation dar es ist das […]…
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Euro1 million online fraud scheme uncovered, three suspects arrested
A criminal group suspected of running an online fraud scheme in Germany, which defrauded victims of around Euro1 million, has been dismantled through judicial cooperation … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/12/eurojust-online-fraud-scheme-phishing-germany/
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ESET Expands Threat Intelligence Offering For MSSPs With New eCrime Reports
ESET announced a major addition to its threat intelligence portfolio Thursday with the debut of enhanced reports covering cybercriminal groups and affiliates, in a move to better empower MSSPs and their end customers to defend against financially motivated attacks. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/eset-expands-threat-intelligence-offering-for-mssps-with-new-ecrime-reports
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WhatsApp is giving parents peace of mind over their kids’ privacy
WhatsApp has introduced parent-managed accounts designed for pre-teens, giving parents and guardians new controls over contacts, group participation, and how the app is used. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/12/whatsapp-parent-managed-accounts-contacts-controls/
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Iran-linked group says it hacked US company in retaliation for Minab school bombing
Hacker group Handala claimed responsibility for attack that caused ‘global disruption’ to Stryker Corporation’s systemsAn Iran-linked group said it hacked a US medical company, causing “global disruption” to its systems, in retaliation for the bombing of the Minab school in Iran, in an attack seen as widening the Middle East into the cyber realm.Handala, a…
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War spreads into cyberspace after Iran-linked hackers hit medtech giant Stryker
An Iran-linked hacking group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on U.S. medical device giant Stryker, marking a potential escalation of cyber activity tied to the … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/12/iran-linked-hacking-group-stryker-cyberattack/
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North Korean fake IT worker tradecraft exposed
Opportunistic and broadly targeted: These suspect code silos were abused in a variety of illicit projects split between targeting job-seeking programmers and fake IT worker operations.”Based on our visibility, malware operations targeting individual developers seeking employment are most common,” Oliver Smith, senior threat intelligence engineer at GitLab, told CSO. “Threat actors appear to have a…
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North Korean fake IT worker tradecraft exposed
Opportunistic and broadly targeted: These suspect code silos were abused in a variety of illicit projects split between targeting job-seeking programmers and fake IT worker operations.”Based on our visibility, malware operations targeting individual developers seeking employment are most common,” Oliver Smith, senior threat intelligence engineer at GitLab, told CSO. “Threat actors appear to have a…
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Iran Claim Massive Cyber-Attack on MedTech Firm Stryker
The pro-Iran Handala group claims to have wiped 200,000 systems in destructive wiper malware attack on US firm Stryker First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/iran-massive-wiper-attack-medtech/
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Iran-Backed Hackers Claim Wiper Attack on Medtech Firm Stryker
A hacktivist group with links to Iran’s intelligence agencies is claiming responsibility for a data-wiping attack against Stryker, a global medical technology company based in Michigan. News reports out of Ireland, Stryker’s largest hub outside of the United States, said the company sent home more than 5,000 workers there today. Meanwhile, a voicemail message at…
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Medical device giant Stryker confirms cyberattack as employees say devices were wiped
The medical device manufacturer Stryker confirmed reports Wednesday that a cyberattack has disrupted operations after a hacker group claimed to have targeted the company in retaliation for U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/stryker-cyberattack-iran-hackers
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Pro-Iran hacktivist group says it is behind attack on medical tech giant Stryker
The hacktivist group claimed the attack was in retaliation for a U.S. strike on a Tehran school that killed more than 175 people, most of them children. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/stryker-hack-pro-iran-hacktivist-group-handala-says-it-is-behind-attack/
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ShinyHunters claims new campaign targeting Salesforce Experience Cloud sites
Salesforce customers have, once again, been targeted by the ShinyHunters group or, at least, it’s what the group claims. Attackers modified and abused benign … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/11/shinyhunters-salesforce-aura-data-breach/
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Medtech Firm Stryker Disrupted by Pro-Iran Hackers
Iran Expands Targeting, Including AWS, Google and Microsoft Infrastructure. Michigan-based medical technology giant Stryker appears to have been hacked by a pro-Iranian group called Handala, leading to global operations being disrupted, IT devices remotely wiped and terabytes of data being stolen. Experts said Handala appears to be a faketivist group run by Tehran. First seen…
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Salesforce issues new security alert tied to third customer attack spree in six months
Researchers said the threat group behind the campaign is associated with ShinyHunters, an outfit that’s previously stolen data from Salesforce instances for extortion attempts. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/salesforce-experience-cloud-customers-attacks/
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BlackSanta Malware Targets HR Staff with Fake CV Downloads
Aryaka researchers have identified a new threat from a Russian-speaking group using ‘BlackSanta’ malware. By disguising attacks as job applications, hackers are bypassing security to target recruitment workflows. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/blacksanta-malware-hr-staff-fake-cv-downloads/
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Why zero trust breaks down in IoT and OT environments
Tags: access, attack, automation, breach, cloud, control, credentials, cyber, firewall, firmware, group, identity, infrastructure, iot, network, nist, resilience, risk, service, tool, update, zero-trustThe IoT and OT blind spot: IoT and OT environments consistently exhibit three characteristics that create persistent security blind spots.First, visibility is incomplete by design. Devices are frequently deployed by facilities teams, engineering groups, or third-party integrators rather than security organizations. Asset inventories lag reality. Telemetry is sparse, proprietary, or intermittent. Many devices communicate only…
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Announcing the 2026 CSO Hall of Fame honorees
Tags: ai, ceo, cio, ciso, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, finance, google, group, infrastructure, international, jobs, resilience, risk, risk-management, sans, technologySelim Aissi, CEO & CSO, AGARobert S. Allen, Global CISO & Responsible AI Officer, GallagherMohit Chanana, CISO, Chevron Phillips ChemicalEdna Conway, Chief Operations & Risk Officer, TPO GroupJuan Gomez-Sanchez, VP, Cyber Resilience, McLane Company, Inc.Gary Harbison, Global CISO, Johnson & JohnsonMalcolm Harkins, Chief Security & Trust Officer, HiddenLayerBarry Hensley, CSO, Brown & BrownShaun Khalfan, SVP,…
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CSO Awards 2026 celebrates world-class security strategies
4Wall Entertainment HMSA Aaron’s LLC Horizon BCBSNJ Accenture K&N Engineering Inc Adobe LyondellBasell Industries Aflac McDonald’s Ally Financial Medtronic PLC AmeriHealth Caritas Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) Avangrid Moelis & Company Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation Monster Energy California Housing Finance Agency MultiCare Health System Carvana National Cybersecurity Alliance Casey’s New Albany Floyd County Schools…
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YouTube draws a line on deepfakes involving politicians and journalists
With deepfakes becoming more common, YouTube has expanded access to its AI-driven likeness detection system to a pilot group of government officials, journalists and political … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/11/youtube-likeness-detection-journalists-political-candidates/
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Google Warns of AI”‘Driven Adaptive Malware Rewriting Its Own Code
The cybersecurity landscape experienced a major shift in 2025 as threat actors transitioned from experimenting with artificial intelligence to fully integrating it into real-world cyber operations. According to new insights from the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) and Mandiant, attackers are now deploying adaptive malware and autonomous AI agents that dynamically modify their behavior during…
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Bitdefender Threat Debrief – March 2026
<div cla Ransomware Group AtomSilo Returns After 5 Year Absence First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/bitdefender-threat-debrief-march-2026/
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Iranian APT Hack Targets US Airport Bank and Software Company
Critical infrastructure organizations continue to face sustained pressure from nation-state cyber operations. Airports, financial institutions, and software companies represent high-value targets because of the operational and economic disruption that a successful intrusion can create. New reporting from SecurityWeek details how an Iranian advanced persistent threat group conducted cyber intrusions against organizations, including a U.S. airport,…
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Groups Aim to Strengthen Health Ecosystem Incident Response
To help strengthen the health ecosystem’s overall incident response preparedness, the Health Sector Coordinating Council in coordination with the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center will in July host a first-ever nationwide virtual cyber exercise, said Greg Garcia, of the HSCC. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/groups-aim-to-strengthen-health-ecosystem-incident-response-i-5531
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US military contractor likely built iPhone hacking tools used by Russian spies in Ukraine
Google found a series of hacking tools they said were used by a Russian espionage group and a cybercriminal group in China. Sources from a U.S. government defense contractor said some of those hacking tools were theirs. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/us-military-contractor-likely-built-iphone-hacking-tools-used-by-russian-spies-in-ukraine/
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U.S. military contractor likely built iPhone hacking tools used by Russian spies in Ukraine
Google found a series of hacking tools they said were used by a Russian espionage group and a cybercriminal group in China. Sources from a U.S. government defense contractor said some of those hacking tools were theirs. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/us-military-contractor-likely-built-iphone-hacking-tools-used-by-russian-spies-in-ukraine/