Security News
For years it seemed as though the construction industry was "Immune" to security attacks, according to a research paper [PDF] by the Association of General Construction of America in 2021. Why? "Threat actors know that the construction industry is in some areas behind in data security and privacy initiatives. This is in large part because this industry, to date, avoided heavy regulation in data security and privacy laws. The limited regulation and guidance in the construction industry may have contributed to less focus on cyber security than in other industries."
Simpson Manufacturing disclosed via a SEC 8-K filing a cybersecurity incident that has caused disruptions in its operations, which are expected to continue. [...]
Lyca Mobile has released a statement about an unexpected disruption on its network caused by a cyberattack that may have also compromised customer data.In response to the situation and to determine the impact on customer data, Lyca Mobile says it has launched an urgent investigation that involves third-party IT experts.
Sony says that it is investigating allegations of a cyberattack this week as different hackers have stepped up to claim responsibility for the purported hack. "We have successfully all of Sony systems," read a note posted on RansomedVC's onion leak site.
The Government of British Overseas Territory Bermuda has linked a cyberattack affecting all its departments' IT systems since Thursday to hackers based out of Russia. "The public is advised that the Government Is currently experiencing internet/email and phone service interruptions. All Departments are impacted," the Bermuda Government said.
The Clorox Company, makers of bleach and other household cleaning products, doesn't expect operations to return to normal until near month end as it combs over "Widescale disruption to operations" caused by cyber baddies. In the latest update to the SEC [PDF], the company said it "Began manual ordering and processing procedures shortly thereafter at a reduced rate of operations. The company is operating at a lower rate of order processing and has recently begun to experience an elevated level of consumer product availability issues."
Today, cyberattacks have become the norm, transforming how we think about war and international conflict as a whole. As cyberwarfare has evolved, Chinese-linked cyberattacks have increased.
MGM Resorts International disclosed today that it is dealing with a cybersecurity issue that impacted some of its systems, including its main website and online reservations. "MGM Resorts recently identified a cybersecurity issue affecting some of the Company's systems," the company announced on its profile page on X. The company says that it started an investigation immediately after detecting the issue "And took prompt action to protect our systems and data, including shutting down certain systems."
Payment processing firm Square says a widespread outage that took down a large part of the company's infrastructure last week was caused by a DNS issue. The 14-hour-long outage affected Square payment acceptance and other services and led to customers being unable to log into their accounts or process payments starting Thursday, around noon.
A Mirai botnet variant called Pandora has been observed infiltrating inexpensive Android-based TV sets and TV boxes and using them as part of a botnet to perform distributed denial-of-service attacks. Doctor Web said the compromises are likely to occur either during malicious firmware updates or when applications for viewing pirated video content are installed.