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2023-02-16 16:46:57 | Biden\'s national cyber strategy to move risk from end users to technology producers (lien direct) |  The Biden administration's long-awaited national cyber strategy calls for “fundamental shifts” in how the U.S. will protect itself in cyberspace, a senior official told the Munich Cyber Security Conference on Thursday. Kemba Walden, the acting national cyber director, said the new strategy will entail a move to lift the “responsibility for cybersecurity risks… off of [… |
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2023-02-16 15:39:52 | The feds are creating a \'strike force\' to protect technology from foreign theft (lien direct) |  The U.S. government will launch a new “strike force” to protect American technology from theft and block threats to critical assets like semiconductors, a top law enforcement official announced on Thursday. In prepared remarks at London's Chatham House, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the “Disruptive Technology Strike Force,” which will be led by the […] |
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2023-02-16 15:04:20 | War brought big spikes in cyberattacks on Ukraine, NATO allies, Google says (lien direct) |  Google's Threat Analysis Group reports that cyberattacks on Ukraine and its supporters increased aggressively as Russia waged war |
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2023-02-15 21:47:54 | If you bought an iPhone after 2017, update it now, CISA says (lien direct) |  If the iPhone in your pocket is any newer than an iPhone 8 (circa 2017), or you own an iPad Pro or third generation iPad Air, you need to update the software. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added four new bugs in Apple and Microsoft products to its list of known exploited vulnerabilities [… |
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2023-02-15 21:35:27 | ESXiArgs ransomware has infected hundreds of new targets in Europe, researchers say (lien direct) |  More than 500 European organizations are dealing with new infections of the ESXiArgs ransomware, according to Censys |
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2023-02-15 18:44:59 | State of emergency as City of Oakland grapples with ransomware attack (lien direct) |  The City of Oakland has declared a state of emergency one week after a ransomware attack hampered local government operations. In a statement on Tuesday, interim City Administrator G. Harold Duffey said he was issuing the declaration “due to the ongoing impacts of the network outages resulting from the ransomware attack” that began February 8. [… |
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2023-02-15 18:32:01 | Scandinavian Airlines hit by cyberattack, \'Anonymous Sudan\' claims responsibility (lien direct) |  A group calling itself "Anonymous Sudan" took credit on Telegram for knocking the SAS website offline and exposing some customer data. |
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2023-02-15 16:27:19 | The return of ICEFALL: Two critical bugs revealed in Schneider Electric tech (lien direct) |  Two vulnerabilities affecting tools from Schneider Electric have been disclosed by the same researchers behind last year's “ICEFALL” findings |
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2023-02-15 13:35:39 | Hyundai, Kia to provide anti-theft software updates following viral TikTok challenge (lien direct) |  NHTSA said Hyundai and Kia are releasing software updates to block the kind of hotwiring shown in viral TikTok videos |
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2023-02-14 21:59:11 | MortalKombat ransomware found punching targets in US, UK, Turkey, Philippines (lien direct) |  Organizations in the U.S. and elsewhere have been hit with the new MortalKombat ransomware, according to researchers at Cisco Talos |
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2023-02-14 20:54:27 | Tonga is the latest Pacific Island nation hit with ransomware (lien direct) |  Tonga’s state-owned telecommunications company has been hit with ransomware, it warned customers on Monday. Tonga Communications Corporation (TCC) – one of two telecoms companies in the country – published a notice on Facebook saying the attack may slow down administrative operations. “Ransomware attack has been confirmed to encrypt and lock access to part of TCC's [… |
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2023-02-14 20:14:06 | Russian with alleged ties to Putin convicted in hack-and-trade scheme (lien direct) |  Vladislav Klyushin, a Russian with possible Kremlin ties, was convicted of a hack-and-trade scheme that allegedly netted him millions |
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2023-02-14 20:11:49 | Binance, Huobi freeze some cryptocurrency stolen in $100 million Harmony hack (lien direct) |  Cryptocurrency exchanges Binance and Huobi froze accounts that contained $1.4 million worth of assets stolen from blockchain company Harmony last June. The platforms were notified about the funds by blockchain research company Elliptic, which managed to trace it through sanctioned cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash. U.S. authorities said Tornado Cash was frequently used by hackers connected [… |
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2023-02-14 18:53:13 | Ransomware attacks on industrial infrastructure doubled in 2022: Dragos (lien direct) |  The number of ransomware attacks on industrial infrastructure grew significantly in 2022, according to cybersecurity firm Dragos |
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2023-02-14 18:48:40 | Louisiana HBCU says personal data from 44,000 students accessed in November cyberattack (lien direct) |  The only Catholic historically Black college or university (HBCU) reported a data breach this week involving Social Security numbers and other personal information from more than 44,000 students and vendors. In filings with the office of Maine's attorney general, Xavier University of Louisiana said it suffered a cyberattack on November 22. “Xavier engaged cybersecurity experts [… |
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2023-02-14 13:48:55 | ALPHV (BlackCat) ransomware gang claims attack on Irish university (lien direct) |  A darkweb post by the ALPHV ransomware group purports to include employee records from Munster Technological University |
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2023-02-14 12:15:03 | For a former \'Yahoo Boy,\' romance is a cut-and-paste proposition (lien direct) |  Just in time for Valentine's Day, the Federal Trade Commission released its latest report on romance scams. Last year, it said some 70,000 people reported being on the receiving end of some lovelorn scheme and paid out something in the neighborhood of $1.3 billion. That's as much as the previous five years combined. Romance scams [… |
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2023-02-13 23:02:31 | Cloudflare says it stopped largest DDoS attack on record (lien direct) |  Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare said that over the weekend it detected and mitigated the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ever recorded. The 71 million request-per-second (rps) DDoS attack is more than 35% larger than the previously reported record of 46 million rps in June 2022. Such attacks work by flooding targeted websites with junk traffic, [… |
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2023-02-13 22:05:10 | Facial recognition\'s latest foe: Italian knitwear (lien direct) |  At first glance, the sweater looks like something from The Cosby Show: colorful swirls, crazy textures, a sort of abstract collage of greens, reds, yellows. But his knitwear has a secret mission: fooling facial recognition software. Rachele Didero, the founder of Italian fashion tech startup Cap_able wanted her clothing and designs to “have a function” [… |
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2023-02-13 21:03:20 | Israel\'s top tech university postpones exams after ransomware attack (lien direct) |  Hackers from a previously unknown group called DarkBit demanded about $1.7 million from the Technion technical university. |
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2023-02-13 19:20:25 | Namecheap denies system breach after email service used to spread phishing scams (lien direct) |  Domain name registrar and web hosting company Namecheap denied that its systems were breached after some customers received scam emails from the platform on Sunday evening. In notices published on Twitter and on its website, the company explained that SendGrid – the system they use to send marketing emails and account information to customers – [… |
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2023-02-13 18:06:48 | Philadelphia Orchestra, Kimmel Center websites down after cyberattack cripples ticket sales (lien direct) |  The websites for the Philadelphia Orchestra and its home venue are still down days after they posted a notice saying they were dealing with a cyberattack. On Friday, the orchestra and the Kimmel Center said ticket sales were affected by a cyberattack, without providing further details. A spokesperson for the Philadelphia Orchestra did not respond [… |
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2023-02-13 13:49:32 | All but Florida, South Dakota apply for federal cyber grants allocated by infrastructure bill (lien direct) |  All but two U.S. states and territories have applied for federal funding set aside last year to help local communities address cybersecurity issues, with Florida and South Dakota the notable exceptions. As part of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure spending deal signed into law last year, $1 billion was allocated to state and local governments to [… |
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2023-02-10 21:43:54 | City of Oakland hit with ransomware attack, but says \'core functions\' are intact (lien direct) |  The City of Oakland confirmed reports that its networks had been hit with ransomware after rumors emerged online that several agencies were having issues with systems on Thursday. City officials did not respond to requests for comment but released a statement on Friday afternoon saying the ransomware attack began on Wednesday night. “The Information Technology […] |
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2023-02-10 21:09:22 | More than 18,500 ESXi servers still vulnerable to VMware bug behind initial ransomware spree (lien direct) |  Rapid7 said 18,581 VMware ESXi servers are still exposed to CVE-2021-21974 - a 2-year-old bug being exploited by the ESXiArgs ransomware |
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2023-02-10 19:45:08 | December ransomware attack leads to massive data breach from California health network (lien direct) |  Facilities within California's Heritage Provider Network reported a data breach related to a ransomware attack in December |
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2023-02-10 17:24:54 | Reddit suffers \'sophisticated and highly targeted\' phishing attack, exposing source code (lien direct) |  Reddit, the popular discussion website with 50 million daily users, said hackers gained access to the company's source code as well as limited contact information for hundreds of current and former employees. The incident began when unidentified attackers managed to steal employee credentials through a phishing website masquerading as Reddit's intranet portal. After obtaining the [… |
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2023-02-10 13:00:00 | Maine gov\'t says state systems were not breached despite hacking group\'s claims (lien direct) |  Maine government officials denied that a notorious hacking group breached their systems after the gang boasted of stealing information this week. The GhostSec hacking group posted to Telegram on Thursday claiming that they stole 40 GB of data from Maine's government websites. The group provided a zip file of the data they stole. But Sharon […] |
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2023-02-09 22:25:22 | Mount Saint Mary College confirms December ransomware attack (lien direct) |  Mount Saint Mary College – a liberal arts college in New York – confirmed it experienced a ransomware attack in December after a cybercrime group publicly shared details about the incident this week. The Vice Society ransomware gang, a group known for dozens of attacks on K-12 schools as well as colleges and universities, claimed [… |
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2023-02-09 21:44:38 | US and South Korea accuse North Korea of using hospital ransoms to fund more hacking (lien direct) |  When North Korea collects ransoms from healthcare facilities, the money could be funding operations against bigger targets, an advisory said |
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2023-02-09 20:54:55 | Russia\'s cyberattacks aimed at \'destabilizing\' Moldova, PM says (lien direct) |  Russia is waging a hybrid war not only in Ukraine but also throughout Europe, and Ukraine's neighbors and closest allies are bearing the brunt of it. That is especially true in Moldova. In an interview with Euronews on Tuesday, Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița accused Russia of trying to destabilize the country by sponsoring protests […] |
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2023-02-09 19:21:56 | Canadian book giant Indigo limited to cash sales by cyberattack (lien direct) |  Billion-dollar bookseller Indigo has been hit by a cyberattack that has severely limited their ability to fulfill orders. In a message on its website, the company said it was attacked on Wednesday and is working with cybersecurity experts to resolve the situation. The website is down and their physical stores are unable to accept electronic [… |
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2023-02-09 18:50:46 | Geotargeting tools are allowing phishing campaigns to home in on potential victims (lien direct) |  Hackers are using tools from Geo Targetly to tailor phishing attacks to specific locations, according to research from Avanan |
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2023-02-09 15:42:46 | Poland, Lithuania and UK warn of data-collection scam against Ukrainian refugees (lien direct) |  Ukrainian refugees and their hosts should be on the lookout for fake letters that are part of a data-collection scam |
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2023-02-09 15:28:22 | New hacking group targets Pakistan\'s Navy and maritime industry (lien direct) |  A previously unknown hacking group is using espionage tools to target Pakistan’s Navy, according to new research. Dmitry Bestuzhev, a threat Researcher at BlackBerry, told The Record that the group – which they named “NewsPenguin” – is a targeted attack group focused on militaries and the defense industry. The group used the upcoming Pakistan International […] |
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2023-02-09 13:34:05 | Britain and US make major move against ransomware gangs by sanctioning seven individuals (lien direct) |  The sanctions documents formally link the Conti and Ryuk ransomware gangs and the Trickbot banking trojan to a single criminal organization |
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2023-02-09 13:00:00 | Darknet market revenue plummeted to $1.3 billion in 2022 (lien direct) |  Revenues earned by darknet markets fell from $2.6 billion in 2021 to $1.3 billion in 2022, according to new research. Much of the decline was attributed by researchers at blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis to the shutdown of Hydra Market, which was taken down by law enforcement agencies in Germany and the U.S. in April 2022. [… |
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2023-02-09 03:03:33 | Deepfake news anchors spread Chinese propaganda on social media (lien direct) |  In a series of videos posted on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, Chinese state-aligned actors used AI-generated broadcasters to distribute content that promotes the interests of the Chinese Communist Party, according to a new report. At first glance, the news presenters of the likely fictitious media company Wolf News look like real people, and researchers with [… |
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2023-02-08 21:17:09 | New info-stealing malware used against Ukraine organizations (lien direct) |  A new information-stealing malware named Graphiron is being used against a wide range of targets in Ukraine, according to new research. Researchers from Symantec declined to say which sorts of organizations are being targeted but confirmed that the attacks are being launched by an espionage group named Nodaria. They added that there is “limited evidence” [… |
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2023-02-08 20:42:52 | Hackers used fake websites to target state agencies in Ukraine and Poland (lien direct) |  Hackers attempted last week to infect Ukrainian government computer systems with malware hosted on fake websites impersonating legitimate state services. Ukraine's computer emergency response team, CERT-UA, attributed the attack to a group called WinterVivern. The group has been active since at least June and includes Russian-speaking members. In addition to its Ukrainian targets, it has [… |
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2023-02-08 19:41:06 | \'No evidence of malicious access,\' Toyota says about serious bug exploited by outside researcher (lien direct) |  Toyota said it remediated the vulnerability discovered by researcher Eaton Zveare. The company referred others to its bug disclosure platform. |
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2023-02-08 18:54:09 | Turkey\'s government restricts access to Twitter amid earthquake response (lien direct) |  Internet traffic data showed that Twitter was totally inaccessible from with Turkey. The government has warned about disinformation. |
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2023-02-08 17:14:52 | CISA publishes recovery script for ESXiArgs ransomware as Florida courts, universities reel (lien direct) |  CISA adapted work by two Turkish developers into a script for recovering files affected by ESXiArgs ransomware without having to decrypt them |
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2023-02-08 15:10:03 | UK High Court allows Bahraini activists to sue government over spyware (lien direct) |  Activists who highlighted human rights abuses in Bahrain can sue the country's government for using the FinSpy, or FinFisher, spyware on them |
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2023-02-08 13:57:06 | Estonian intelligence: Russia underestimated Ukraine\'s cyber resilience (lien direct) |  Estonia's Välisluureamet says Ukraine probably surprised Russia with its adaptability when faced with war-related cyberattacks. |
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2023-02-08 00:34:48 | First Linux variant of Clop ransomware targeted universities, colleges but was flawed (lien direct) |  The first Linux variant of the Clop ransomware was rife with issues that allowed researchers to create a decryptor tool for victims. SentinelOne researcher Antonis Terefos said his team observed the first Clop (also stylized as Cl0p) ransomware variant targeting Linux systems on December 26. Clop has existed since about 2019, targeting large companies, financial institutions, [… |
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2023-02-07 21:17:45 | Russian crypto exchange exec pleads guilty to laundering Ryuk ransomware funds (lien direct) |  A Russian man pleaded guilty on Monday in an Oregon court on charges related to laundering funds for the Ryuk ransomware group. Denis Dubnikov was arrested in November 2021 in the Netherlands before being extradited to the U.S. last August. Prosecutors accused him, along with 13 co-conspirators whose names were redacted in a federal indictment, [… |
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2023-02-07 21:07:51 | CISA says Killnet DDoS attacks on U.S. hospitals had little effect (lien direct) |  CISA said it helped dozens of hospitals respond to a series of DDoS attacks last week that were launched by a pro-Russian hacking group |
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2023-02-07 19:19:38 | House approves cybersecurity research bill focused on energy infrastructure (lien direct) |  The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday passed a bill that would provide funding for cybersecurity research with a focus on protecting the country's energy infrastructure. The Energy Cybersecurity University Leadership Act - inspired by the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline and several other incidents - proposes grants and other forms of funding to graduate [… |
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2023-02-07 17:41:31 | More than 2,000 cybersecurity patent applications filed since 2010: report (lien direct) |  The number of cybersecurity patent applications has skyrocketed over the past decade, with U.S. companies leading the way. According to French software company IS Decisions, about 2,270 cybersecurity-related patents have been filed since the turn of the century. Nearly all – about 97% – have been filed since 2010, a year that marked a huge [… |
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