Austal USA, a shipbuilding company and contractor for the US Departments of Defense (DoD) and Homeland Security (DHS), confirmed a hack and is actively analyzing the impact of the event. The Australian-based company produces high-performance aluminum vessels. Among the several contracts held by Austal USA, an American subsidiary of the company, is the construction of 127-meter-long […]

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HTC Global Services, an IT services and business consulting organization, has admitted that it was the victim of a cyberattack following the ransomware group ALPHV’s publication of screenshots containing stolen data. HTC has yet to make an official statement on its website, but it issued an announcement acknowledging the cyberattack on its X/Twitter page that […]

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Researchers revealed 21 new Sierra vulnerabilities impact more than 86,000 online exposed devices. Sierra AirLink routers users risk remote code execution, unauthorized access, cross-site scripting, authentication bypass, and denial of service attacks. The affected routers are used by government organizations, police units, energy, transportation, manufacturing, healthcare sector, etc. So, the attackers getting a foothold into […]

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The history of ransomware is being written right now, as you read this text. But, over time, several key events led to the emergence of the sophisticated attacks we see today. From a rudimentary AIDS Trojan in 1989 to today’s advanced, multi-million-dollar attacks, ransomware evolved from theft to a tool for significant geopolitical and economic disruption. […]

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