Ransomware

The Council of the European Union in July imposed for the first time restrictive measures against six individuals & three entities responsible for or involved in various cyber attacks.

Six alleged hackers & three organizations have been banned from entering European Union (EU) states & their assets frozen, in first-ever EU cyber sanctions.

Intel ($INTC) investigates alleged data breach that may involve intellectual property from an Intel partner portal, multiple reports say.

China's government leverages Taidoor malware for remote access trojan attacks, according to The Department of Homeland Security's CISA, the FBI, and the Department of Defense (DoD) warning.

Lazarus advanced persistent threat (APT) group linked to VHD ransomware attacks, Kaspersky research finds.

Twitter hacking & spear phishing incident 2020: Alleged hacker arrested. How the social media platform & FBI are investigating Twitter breach, which raised economic, political & national security concerns.

Increased use of Netflix, Disney+, Hulu & other streaming video services presents cyber criminals with new opportunities to launch attacks, Kaspersky research finds.