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In light of the April 13th drone and missile attack on Israel, the US Department of State has announced new sanctions targetting Iran. These moves are being coordinated with the UK, which is amping up its own new restrictions on the country. While the sanctions are broad, they claim to be focused on limiting Iran’s ability to manufacture unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This focus on tech is an increasing feature of the 21st-century battlefield.

In a statement, the State Department said, “We will continue to work with our allies and partners to employ the full range of the tools at our disposal to address the revenue streams and disrupt the networks that support Iran’s reckless proliferation of weapons that destabilize the Middle East and beyond.”

A devastating cyberattack on France’s Cannes Hospital has staff scrambling to create a handwritten system of records as all IT systems shut down. A full third of the hospital’s non-urgent operations over the end of the week have been canceled, along with many consultations. Its emergency systems, however, remain up and running. No group has come forward yet looking for a ransom.

It’s a major blow, with the hospital annually serving 150,000 outpatients, 50,000 emergency room visits, and 9,000 surgeries. This comes as a sad echo of recent attacks on medical facilities and institutions, including the multiple Chase Healthcare hacks this year.

Thursday’s SEC filing by telecommunication juggernaut Frontier Communications revealed that it was forced to shut down parts of its systems after a threat actor gained “unauthorized access to portions of its information technology environment.” The company says the hack is likely the work of a cybercrime group looking for personally identifiable information.

Frontier has managed to continue providing internet, digital television, and technical support services despite its response to the attack.

Interesting Read

Palo Alto’s extended detection and response (XDR) software has been turned into a deviously powerful multitool by security researcher Shmuel Cohen, working for SafeBreach. This fascinating, though somewhat terrifying, process is outlined by Nate Nelson writing for DarkReading.

While Palo Alto Networks did end up working with Cohen to fix many of the issues that his work points to, many questions remain about how this could happen. Check out the full article to see the process.

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Stay Safe, Stay Secure.

The CybersecurityHQ Team