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2023-01-06 15:15:37 |
Notorious Russian hacking group appears to resurface with fresh cyberattacks on Ukraine (lien direct) |
>The group's first known activity in Ukraine after Russia's invasion registered dormant domains in order to obscure their attacks.
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2023-01-05 16:58:35 |
It\'s time to focus on information warfare\'s hard questions (lien direct) |
With Moscow and Meta at a state of equilibrium in launching and taking down information operations, we need answers to fundamental questions.
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★★★
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2023-01-05 14:00:00 |
Cryptocurrency hacks shot up in 2022, amounting to almost $4 billion in losses (lien direct) |
>The massive losses have prompted scrutiny from U.S. officials about how the illicit use of cryptocurrency poses a national security threat.
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★★★
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2023-01-05 11:00:00 |
French-speaking cybercriminals continue attacks on African banks (lien direct) |
>Researchers reveal new details about a highly successful cybercrime group thought to have stolen millions over the last few years.
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★★
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2023-01-04 22:14:57 |
Mud, sweat and data: The hard work of democratizing data at scale (lien direct) |
>Effective decision-making starts with managing and analyzing surges of data across agency leaders, teams, and missions.
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Guideline
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★★
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2023-01-04 16:35:14 |
European regulators fine Meta over $400 million for targeted ad program (lien direct) |
>Meta now has three months to bring its practices into compliance with GDPR. The tech giant says it plans to appeal the decision, potentially resulting in a drawn-out legal battle.
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★★★
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2023-01-03 17:07:44 |
Can these researchers help defend satellite systems targeted by hackers? (lien direct) |
>As threats against space systems increase, a new tool aims to improve efforts to defend against cyberattacks.
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Tool
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★★
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2022-12-23 18:11:09 |
Global counter-ransomware task force to become active in January (lien direct) |
>The task force led by Australia is the latest step in a global effort that began in Washington to fight cyberattacks.
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★★
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2022-12-22 20:24:46 |
Software bills of material face long road to adoption (lien direct) |
>Most cybersecurity leaders want a standard recipe list for software, but implementing an effective compliance regime remains the challenge.
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Guideline
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★
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2022-12-22 19:45:47 |
Insiders worry CISA is too distracted from critical cyber mission (lien direct) |
>The agency appears to be struggling with internal divisions, morale problems and growing concerns about leadership priorities.
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Guideline
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★
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2022-12-21 19:40:45 |
Chris Inglis to resign as national cyber director (lien direct) |
>A 30-year veteran of the NSA, Inglis has helped stand up a new office aimed to bring unity of effort to U.S. cybersecurity policy.
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★★
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2022-12-21 19:19:49 |
FCC proposes record $300 million fine against auto warranty robocall campaign (lien direct) |
>The campaign reached more than half a billion U.S. phone numbers with more than 6 billion calls between January and March 2021.
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2022-12-20 22:47:50 |
\'Russian hackers\' help two New York men game JFK taxi system (lien direct) |
Operation involved malware loaded onto system computers, unauthorized wi-fi access and stolen equipment, feds say.
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Malware
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★★★
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2022-12-20 13:00:00 |
Senators want agencies to encrypt data before sharing with new NSF database (lien direct) |
>Encryption is the best way to keep the data out of the hands of hackers and foreign adversaries, senators say.
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★★
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2022-12-20 11:00:00 |
Russian hackers attempted to breach petroleum refining company in NATO country, researchers say (lien direct) |
>The Russian hacking group Trident Ursa is mostly known for phishing campaigns targeting organizations in NATO states.
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★
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2022-12-19 15:45:16 |
FTC brings record $520 million children\'s privacy settlement against Epic Games (lien direct) |
Epic will adopt privacy settings for kids and teens that turn off voice and text communications by default.
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★★★★
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2022-12-19 14:00:00 |
Foreign disinformation efforts to interfere in US midterms mostly fizzle, but remain concerning, researchers say (lien direct) |
Crude and trollish, the efforts nevertheless show continued willingness of nation-states to meddle in U.S. elections.
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★★★
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2022-12-16 13:58:24 |
CISA researchers: Russia\'s Fancy Bear infiltrated US satellite network (lien direct) |
The agency said it discovered the Russian hacking group in a satellite communications provider with critical infrastructure customers.
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APT 28
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★★
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2022-12-15 19:13:17 |
NSA cyber director warns of Russia digital assaults on global energy sector (lien direct) |
>The agency's cyber director, Rob Joyce, also said he's worried that TikTok has the ability to conduct 'large scale influence.'
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★★
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2022-12-15 13:00:00 |
Meta takes down surveillance-for-hire firms, calls for government action against the industry (lien direct) |
>The surveillance-for-hire industry is growing quickly as new firms crop up around the globe to meet market demand.
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★★
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2022-12-14 10:00:00 |
Iranian hacking group expands focus to US politicians, critical infrastructure, researchers find (lien direct) |
>The group known as TA453 has added "outlier" attacks to its portfolio over the past two years, seemingly in concert with Iranian hardliners.
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★★
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2022-12-13 18:40:33 |
Russian disinformation rampant on far-right social media platforms (lien direct) |
>The report found a web of 35 accounts linked to suspected Russian information operators spreading lies about rigged elections, the Ukraine war and political issues.
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★★
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2022-12-13 18:15:49 |
NSA says Chinese hackers are actively attacking flaw in widely used networking device (lien direct) |
>A severe flaw in a Citrix device allowed hackers believed to be part of the group known as APT5 to carry out remote code execution.
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APT 5
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★★★
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2022-12-13 17:09:26 |
Most apps used in US classrooms share students\' personal data with advertisers, researchers find (lien direct) |
Apps custom-designed for schools are sending staggering amounts of data to Facebook and Google, researchers found.
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★★★
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2022-12-12 20:16:39 |
LockBit ransomware crew claims attack on California Department of Finance (lien direct) |
>The ransomware crew claims to have stolen nearly 76 gigabytes of files, and has given the agency until Christmas Eve to respond.
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Ransomware
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★★
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2022-12-12 18:15:28 |
Fleeing Twitter users face uncertain privacy, security features on alternative platforms (lien direct) |
>Users are leaving Elon Musk's Twitter in droves but risk seeing their data exposed on niche, less resourced platforms.
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★★★
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2022-12-08 20:24:29 |
White House argues platforms should be liable if algorithms promote harmful content (lien direct) |
>The Biden administration argues that companies such as Google should be responsible for harmful content their algorithms promote.
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★★
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2022-12-08 15:42:41 |
US National Cyber Director plans Japan trip to bolster digital cooperation (lien direct) |
>Inglis's trip reflects Japan's status as an increasingly important ally on cybersecurity, particularly as the administration focuses more on China.
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★★
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2022-12-07 20:30:00 |
Ensuring compliance without compromising on IT modernization initiatives (lien direct) |
>Cloud providers can play a key role in modernizing how government agencies ensure compliance across their workloads, says security leader Jeanette Manfra.
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Guideline
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★★
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2022-12-07 19:34:59 |
Apple will encrypt iCloud backups, addressing longstanding criticism (lien direct) |
>Privacy groups said the encryption features - which require users to opt in - are welcome but long overdue.
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★★
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2022-12-07 18:52:24 |
$858 billion defense bill focuses heavily on cyber. These are some highlights. (lien direct) |
>The National Defense Authorization Act omits some efforts such as one to compel federal contractors to provide software bills of material.
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★★
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2022-12-07 16:00:00 |
North Korean hackers exploit Itaewon tragedy to infiltrate South Korean targets (lien direct) |
>The notorious hacking group used the Halloween tragedy that killed more than 150 people to trick South Koreans into downloading malware.
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★★
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2022-12-07 01:02:43 |
CISA\'s 2023 priorities include election security, corporate cyber risk (lien direct) |
Director Jen Easterly said the agency's focus will include working with the C-suite, local officials and educators on key cyber issues.
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★★
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2022-12-06 16:41:01 |
ChatGPT shows promise of using AI to write malware (lien direct) |
>Large language models pose a major cybersecurity risk, both from the vulnerabilities they risk introducing and the malware they could produce.
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Malware
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ChatGPT
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★★★★
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2022-12-06 16:04:10 |
Regulation won\'t fix internet routing security (lien direct) |
A push for routing security regulation from U.S. agencies including the FCC won't result in the sort of safe digital ecosystem we all want.
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★★
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2022-12-05 20:54:58 |
DHS secretary says US faces \'a new kind of warfare\' (lien direct) |
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a speech that the convergence of international and national threats is unprecedented.
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★★★
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2022-12-02 14:53:51 |
DHS Cyber Safety Review Board to focus on Lapsus$ hackers (lien direct) |
>DHS officials said Lapsus$ is the perfect target for the next CSRB report and described the hacking group's hacks as "ongoing."
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★★★
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2022-12-01 17:46:45 |
More than a dozen journalists sue NSO Group in U.S. court over alleged spyware targeting (lien direct) |
The lawsuit is the third against the Israeli firm in the U.S., but the first brought by journalists.
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★★
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2022-11-30 20:27:29 |
FCC faces long road in stripping Chinese tech from US telecom networks (lien direct) |
>Gear from Chinese companies is ubiquitous on U.S. networks even after order clamping down on firms like Huawei and ZTE.
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Threat
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★★
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2022-11-30 17:00:00 |
Google reveals Spanish IT firm\'s links to spyware targeting Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Defender (lien direct) |
Google says it has deployed patches for zero-day vulnerabilities that a Spanish tech company may have used to develop spyware.
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★★★
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2022-11-29 07:00:00 |
Wave of cyber-enabled scams target FIFA World Cup fans (lien direct) |
>Digital scams looking to steal data and dollars from World Cup fans are in full force as the tournament enters week two.
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★★★
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2022-11-28 17:47:57 |
Rights groups: Kids\' online safety bill could put vulnerable teens at risk (lien direct) |
The groups say the bill has laudable goals but could come with unintended consequences for vulnerable children.
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★★
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2022-11-23 21:11:26 |
Elon Musk wants encrypted messaging for Twitter. It might not be that simple. (lien direct) |
Experts say Elon Musk needs to build trust for encryption to work.
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General Information
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★★
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2022-11-23 14:00:00 |
How the cyber incident reporting law could finally fix the information sharing problem (lien direct) |
>CISA must to navigate a litany of federal laws and organizations with varying cyber maturity to implement the cyber reporting law.
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★★★
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2022-11-22 18:00:00 |
Meta confirms U.S. military involvement in sprawling phony social media operation (lien direct) |
>Facebook's parent company provides additional evidence blaming the U.S. military for a long-running influence operation.
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2022-11-21 22:13:04 |
Beyond Trump, Twitter welcomes back purveyors of far-right disinformation (lien direct) |
>Soon after allowing Trump's return to Twitter, Musk brought back other accounts that have promoted disinformation frequently in the past.
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★★★★
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2022-11-21 18:12:07 |
How Xi Jinping leveled-up China\'s hacking teams (lien direct) |
China's investments in cybersecurity education set the stage for a new, more prolific era of digital espionage.
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Threat
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★★★★
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2022-11-18 16:51:52 |
White House expected to issue executive order reining in spyware (lien direct) |
>The prospect of an executive order limiting use of spyware within U.S. intelligence unleashes potentially even more debate in Washington.
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2022-11-17 23:24:03 |
Watchdog: Agency overseeing cybersecurity for offshore energy falling short (lien direct) |
>The Government Accountability Office said that a worst-case scenario for an offshore oil and gas facility could lead to fatalities.
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Guideline
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2022-11-17 22:26:43 |
Biden set to approve expansive authorities for Pentagon to carry out cyber operations (lien direct) |
>The State Department fought hard to win back the cyber ops' authorities that it lost under the Trump administration but did not prevail
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