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On Tuesday, security firm FireEye revealed that it was hit by a state-sponsored cyberattack through which the attackers stole its Red Team tools, a collection of scripts, scanners, and techniques used to train clients on how to improve their security defenses. The attackers operated clandestinely using tactics that counter security defenses and examination, and ones that Mandia said were not seen by FireEye or its partners before.
The European Medicines Agency responsible for COVID-19 vaccine approval has suffered a cyberattack of an undisclosed nature, according to a statement posted on their website. The EMA is a decentralized agency for the European Union responsible for evaluating, monitoring, and supervising new medicines introduced to the EU. In a statement on their website, the European Medicines Agency has stated that they have suffered a cyberattack and are investigating with law enforcement.
The European Medicines Agency responsible for COVID-19 vaccine approval has suffered a cyberattack of an undisclosed nature, according to a statement posted on their website. The EMA is a decentralized agency for the European Union responsible for evaluating, monitoring, and supervising new medicines introduced to the EU. In a statement on their website, the European Medicines Agency has stated that they have suffered a cyberattack and are investigating with law enforcement.
The attacker targeted and was able to access certain Red Team assessment tools that the company uses to test its customers' security. "The attackers tailored their world-class capabilities specifically to target and attack FireEye. They are highly trained in operational security and executed with discipline and focus. They operated clandestinely, using methods that counter security tools and forensic examination."
Foxconn Technology Group confirmed Tuesday that a November cyberattack knocked some of its U.S. operations offline. "We can confirm that an information system in the U.S. that supports some of our operations in the Americas was the focus of a cybersecurity attack on November 29," Foxconn said in a statement on Tuesday.
Electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn has confirmed that some of its systems have been targeted in a cyberattack, after a group of hackers started leaking files allegedly stolen from the company. A cybercriminal gang that targets organizations using the DoppelPaymer ransomware claimed on December 6 on a website where it posts data stolen from victims that it breached Foxconn.
Italian police have arrested two people allegedly for using malware to steal 10 GB of confidental data and military secrets from defense company Leonardo S.p. A. Leonardo is one of the world's largest defense contractors, with 30% of the company owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance.
The United States and Australia have signed a first-ever bilateral agreement that allows the U.S. Cyber Command and the Information Warfare Division of the Australian Defense Force to jointly develop and share a virtual cyber training platform. The two countries' departments of defense will achieve this by incorporating IWD's feedback into USCYBERCOM's simulated training domain known as the Persistent Cyber Training Environment.
The attack targeted organizations associated with a public-private global health partnership, called Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, which is aiming to leverage such cold-chain companies in order to safely transport the COVID-19 vaccine to underdeveloped regions. "However, the established role that Haier Biomedical currently plays in vaccine transport, and their likely role in COVID-19 vaccine distribution, increases the probability the intended targets may engage with the inbound emails without questioning the sender's authenticity."
Intellectual property theft will join ransomware, cloud-stored patient data theft and advanced phishing efforts as the main hallmarks of medical-related healthcare cyberattacks for the new year. These cyberattacks will have ramifications for geopolitics, with the "Attribution of attacks entailing serious consequences or aimed at the latest medical developments is sure to be cited as an argument in diplomatic disputes."