Tagged: Critical Infrastructure
Government plans in the United Kingdom to prohibit ransom payments by operators of critical infrastructure have ignited an intense debate among companies and professional communities. The initiative, introduced by the Home Office over the...
Hacktivists have infiltrated Canada’s critical infrastructure systems, altering control parameters across several facilities — actions that authorities warn could have led to dangerous consequences. The incident marks yet another example of cyberattacks carried out...
In mid-summer 2025, the ToolShell vulnerability (CVE-2025-53770) became the catalyst for a major wave of compromises. Attackers exploited the flaw on SharePoint servers shortly after Microsoft released its patch, gaining unauthenticated access to files...
In recent years, cyberspace has become a theater of covert conflict, where the actions of one state can directly affect the scientific and technological institutions of another. A large-scale, long-running cyber operation was recently...
Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digitalization, Krzysztof Gawkowski, commented on the aftermath of the major disruption caused by a cyberattack on European airports, assuring that Polish infrastructure remained unaffected. In an interview,...
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has reported that disruptions across several European airports over the weekend were caused by a targeted ransomware attack against the U.S.-based provider of check-in and boarding systems,...
The U.S. National Security Agency, the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre, and partners from more than ten countries have attributed the global Salt Typhoon operations to three Chinese technology companies. Now, the FBI and...
Several automated traffic enforcement cameras in the Netherlands were temporarily taken out of service following a July incident. As confirmed by the Dutch Openbaar Ministerie (OM)—the national public prosecutor’s office—the shutdown affected not only...
Authorities in Saint Paul, Minnesota, are still grappling with the aftermath of a cyberattack that crippled large portions of the city’s municipal operations. Responsibility for the incident has been claimed by the hacking group...
Analysts from FortiMail Workspace Security have uncovered a targeted campaign against Israeli companies and organizations within critical infrastructure sectors. The attackers exploited a compromised internal email system to send highly convincing messages to regional...
The FortiGuard Labs team has published an in-depth analysis of a heavily obfuscated web shell that was used in an attack targeting critical infrastructure in the Middle East. The research focuses on a script...
The British government has announced its preparation for a bold and decisive move in the fight against cybercrime—a sweeping ban on ransom payments following ransomware attacks. This new prohibition will apply to public sector...