Cybercrime

Broking giant Aon Plc is not anticipating a huge blow from a cyber incident it recently discovered.

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/nz/news/cyber/aon-confirms-cyber-breach-impact-327010.aspx#.Yh3-Jeys7-U.twitter

Intelligence officials say they have no evidence or indication that Russian cyber attackers are preparing offensive assaults on infrastructure or organisations in Britain

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513732/No-imminent-cyber-threat-to-UK-from-Russia

The International Committee of the Red Cross now believes the January 2022 attack on its systems to have been the work of an undisclosed nation state

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513537/Red-Cross-cyber-attack-the-work-of-nation-state-actors

A surge in Trickbot infections is targeting some of the world’s most prominent brands, but UK organisations seem thankfully unaffected

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513598/UK-organisations-untroubled-by-Trickbot-surge

A series of DDoS attacks on Ukrainian defence and banking organisations last week is now being firmly attributed to Russian action

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513645/UK-joins-US-in-pinning-Ukraine-DDoS-attacks-on-Russia

A further wave of cyber attacks has taken place against targets in Ukraine amid heightened tension in the region

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513489/DDoS-attacks-hit-Ukrainian-defence-ministry-and-banks

The BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang has posted samples from a cache of data that it claims to have exfiltrated from...

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513488/BlackCat-ransomware-gang-claims-responsibility-for-Swissport-attack

UK’s National Cyber Security Centre teams up with US and Australian partners in a joint advisory warning organisations of the increasing sophistication exhibited by criminal ransomware gangs

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513166/Ransomware-more-sophisticated-and-impactful-warns-NCSC

Aviation services provider Swissport says its systems are mostly back up and running after a ransomware attack

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513022/Airport-services-firm-thwarts-attempted-ransomware-heist

Following a cyber attack on distribution facilities in Germany, more incidents have been reported in Belgium and the Netherlands, but it is too early to necessarily draw a link between them

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512974/Cyber-attacks-on-European-oil-facilities-spreading