Cyber issues in the energy sector The energy sector is made up of vital infrastructures and provides essential services for a country. The sector, shaped by increasing digitalization, is undoubtedly a prime target for cyber attackers with consequences that are liable…
DECRYPTION THE RISE OF INITIAL ACCESS BROKERS As seen in the underground economy edition, the cybercriminal economy relies on the professionalization and specialization of its system. Among the main actors of this ecosystem, such as the Bullet Proof Hoster or…
TECH FOCUS SysJoker: Windows Version To produce this tech focus, we used data from: New SysJoker Backdoor Targets Windows, Linux, and macOS - Intezer CERT-W: FROM THE FRONT LINE The First Responder Word Reading Of The Month To learn more about…
THE ROLE OF DECRYPTION TOOL AGAINST THE RANSOMWARE THREAT The ransomware threat is increasing continuously and is now considered a national threat for countries, such as the US, France, or the UK. Last summer, the Virtual System Administrator (VSA) edited…
DECRYPTION CYBER CRIMINAL NETWORK DISMANTELING The last 6 months, large-scale coordinated international actions have dismantled several of the biggest cybercriminal networks such as Emotet, Netwalker, Egregor or even Cl0p. Let’s have a closer look at some of them. What is Emotet?…
Wavestone and Sigfox share a common passion for tech, innovation and security. Our discussions led us to explore the foundation of all cybersecurity initiatives (the risk analysis), why this is different for an IoT project and, most importantly, how you…
Monthly indicators TOP ATTACK The massive SolarWind hack Russian SVR Hackers have been romping through some 18,000 of SolarsWinds' Origin customer servers using the SUNBURST malware installed via a backdoored update server. FireEye, Microsoft and GoDaddy believe the avsvmcloud domain…
Monthly indicators TOP ATTACK Brazilian government recovers from "worst-ever" cyberattack After suffering the most severe cyberattack ever orchestrated against a Brazilian public sector institution on the 3rd , the Superior Electoral Court (STJ, in the Portuguese acronym) has managed to…
In a previous article, we shared an initial analysis of the dynamics of the cyber security startup ecosystem in France. The panorama of startups remains constant, with newly created startups already showing great promise. Others, with already several years of…
Towards realization despite adversity? Last year marked the beginning of the French cybersecurity startups ecosystem transformation. This year, many questions are being asked: has the momentum continued despite the health crisis? How has the ecosystem responded? What actions would support it…
