Written by AJ Vicens May 9, 2022 | CYBERSCOOP The new president of Costa Rica declared a national emergency over the weekend as fallout continues from a late-April ransomware attack.…
Tag: Transportation
Automotive parts maker Denso confirms cyberattack
Written by Suzanne Smalley Mar 16, 2022 | CYBERSCOOP The global automotive components manufacturer Denso said in a press release this week that its German operations had been “illegally accessed…
Suspected cyberattack on parts supplier forces Toyota to shut down Japan plants
Written by Joe Warminsky Feb 28, 2022 | CYBERSCOOP Toyota said Monday that it was suspending operations at all 14 of its plants in Japan after a domestic supplier of…
National Cyber Director Chris Inglis calls for 'new social contract' to redistribute risk
Written by Tim Starks Feb 22, 2022 | CYBERSCOOP Cyberspace needs a “new social contract” where “isolated individuals, small businesses and local governments” no longer shoulder “absurd levels of risk,”…
Years of hacks against aviation, transportation industries are tied to one group, researchers say
Written by AJ Vicens Feb 15, 2022 | CYBERSCOOP Analysts have noticed various attempts in recent years by hackers trying to breach entities in the aviation and aerospace industries, as…
Ransomware spree hitting European oil, transport companies
Written by Tim Starks Feb 4, 2022 | CYBERSCOOP European oil and transportation services have spent all week under attack by ransomware. The latest victim, aviation services company Swissport, announced…
‘Tropic Trooper’ Reemerges to Target Transportation Outfits
Analysts warn that the attack group, now known as ‘Earth Centaur,’ is honing its attacks to go after transportation and government agencies. They’ve been an active threat group since 2011,…
Malicious Exchange Server Module Hoovers Up Outlook Credentials
“Owowa” stealthily lurks on IIS servers, waiting to harvest successful logins when an Outlook Web Access (OWA) authentication request is made. Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown malicious IIS module,…
Collecting In the Dark: Tropic Trooper Targets Transportation and Government
Trend Micro – Trend Micro – While analyzing samples, we found that the C&C server was already inactive. Without knowing the traffic between SmileSvr and C&C server, we could not…