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July 25, 2022
Building materials firm Knauf hit by Black Basta ransomware
The Knauf Group, a German-based multinational producer of construction materials, has announced that it's been the target of a cyberattack. The incident took place on the night of June 29, forcing its global IT team to shut down email systems, although communications were still possible via mobile devices and Microsoft Teams.
July 25, 2022
European data centers running hot
An ongoing heatwave in Europe has sent temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius / 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Among other problems, this has stressed cooling systems at various data centers across the continent. Oracle and Google have both had to contend with heat-related failures in their UK cloud data centers.
July 22, 2022
CloudMensis: a new macOS threat
In April 2022, ESET researchers found a yet-unknown backdoor on macOS. It was named CloudMensis due to the fact that it uses different public cloud storage for C2
communication. CloudMensis looks for different types of documents, captures keyboard input, searches local emails and can take screen captures.
July 19, 2022
U.S. healthcare organizations targeted with Maui ransomware
The FBI, CISA and U.S. Department of the Treasury have issued a joint advisory warning of alleged North-Korean-backed threat actors using Maui ransomware in attacks against healthcare and public health (HPH) organizations.
July 19, 2022
Bandai Namco hit by BlackCat ransomware
The Japanese video game giant Bandai Namco, known for publishing franchises like Elden Ring, Pac-Man and Tekken, has been hit by BlackCat/AlphV ransomware.
July 19, 2022
IT services giant SHI hit by cyberattack
SHI International, one of the world’s 15 largest IT service providers (with over 5,000 employees and annual sales of $12.3 billion in 2021), has fallen victim to a "coordinated and professional malware attack."
July 12, 2022
Publishing giant Macmillan hit by cyberattack
The U.S. offices of Macmillan, a publishing company with an annual revenue of over $500 million, have been hit by a cyberattack. Macmillan editors have lost access to their systems, emails and files, while book retailers nationwide were left unable to place new orders from the publisher.









