Commentary A little over a year ago, a global wave of cyberattacks and data breaches rocked the world. After successfully breaching Microsoft Exchange Servers, attackers gained full access to hundreds of thousands of emails, passwords, and sensitive files. A quarter of a million servers fell victim to the attacks, including at least 30,000 organizations in…
South Korean Banks Subject to Hundreds of Cyberattacks Daily
South Korean banks have been subjected to an average of nearly 600 cyberattacks per day since 2017, with China being the chief country where attacks are originating from, says South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC). A recent FSC report disclosed by South Korean National Assembly member Kang Min-Kook showed that from 2017 to 2021, 17…
White House Accuses Russia of Cyberattacks Targeting Ukraine
WASHINGTON—The White House blamed Russia on Friday for this week’s cyberattacks targeting Ukraine’s defense ministry and major banks and warned of the potential for more significant disruptions in the days ahead. Anne Neuberger, the Biden administration’s deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technologies, said the United States had rapidly linked Tuesday’s attacks to…
Cyberattacks Hit Ukrainian Government Sites, Major Banks
KYIV, Ukraine—A series of cyberattacks on Tuesday knocked the websites of the Ukrainian army, the defense ministry and major banks offline, Ukrainian authorities said. Still, there was no indication the relatively low-level, distributed-denial-of-service attacks might be a smokescreen for more serious and damaging cyber mischief. At least 10 Ukrainian websites were unreachable due to the…
Russian Invasion Threat to Ukraine Imminent, Says Joly, Amid Diplomacy, Cyberattacks
OTTAWA—Canada’s foreign affairs minister says the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine remains high as cyberattacks undermined earlier optimism Tuesday that the Kremlin might be drawing down its military forces. “The latest information I have is that the threat is real and imminent,” Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly told The Canadian Press Tuesday. “Everybody’s…
Critical Infrastructure at Risk of Russian Cyberattacks, Canadian Cyberspy Agency Warns
The Canadian government is warning of Russian-backed cyberattacks on Canadian critical infrastructure, amid growing tensions between Western countries and Moscow over concerns of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre) said in a bulletin issued on Jan. 20 that it has become aware of Russian-backed cyber threat activities targeting Canadian critical…
White House Will Meet Executives From Apple, Amazon, IBM to Discuss Software Security
January 13, 2022
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The White House will meet executives from leading tech firms, including Alphabet-owned Google, Apple Inc., and Amazon.com Inc., on Thursday to discuss software security after the United States suffered several major cyberattacks last year. In December, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan sent a letter to chief executives of tech firms after the discovery…
Global Co-Operation Urged to Counter Cyberattacks, Though No Easy Solution
The vulnerability of governmental and financial systems to cyberattacks has prompted calls to action, though experts say the most widely proposed solutions have their own problems. On Dec. 9, 10 countries participated in a simulated cyberattack “war game” event in Israel, called “Collective Strength,” which was also attended by representatives from the World Bank, International…
Wave of Cyberattacks Target Government Websites in Canada
A rash of cyberattacks has targeted government websites in Canada recently, with the latest one prompting several federal and provincial government agencies to shut down their systems. On Dec. 10, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security issued an alert about a “critical vulnerability” in Apache Log4j—a widely used logging software—which would allow an unauthorized actor…
Microsoft Seizes 42 Websites Used by China-Based Hacking Group to Carry out Cyberattacks on US Organizations
Microsoft seized a number of websites that were being used by a China-based hacking firm to carry out cyberattacks against organizations in the United States and 28 other countries around the world, the company announced on Monday. In a news release, the technology corporation said that a federal court in Virginia had granted Microsoft’s Dec. 2 request to allow…
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