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2022-08-09 16:06:35 |
Collective of anti-disinformation \'Elves\' offer a bulwark against Russian propaganda (lien direct) |
A group known as the Elves formed after three Lithuanian friends decided to work together to take on Russian trolls.
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2022-08-08 17:22:01 |
Researchers uncover sophisticated global Chinese hacking operation (lien direct) |
>The group used six backdoors against more than a dozen industrial plants, research institutes and government agencies, according to Kaspersky.
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2022-08-08 16:31:28 |
Treasury Department sanctions cryptocurrency \'mixer\' Tornado Cash (lien direct) |
Treasury accused the mixer of failing to stop laundering from malicious cyber actors including North Korea's Lazarus Group.
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2022-08-08 16:28:03 |
Twilio, a texting platform popular with political campaigns, reports breach (lien direct) |
>The company says it became aware of the hack on Aug. 4 but it declined to say how many customers were affected by the incident.
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2022-08-05 19:22:14 |
Twitter breach exposes anonymous accounts to nation state hackers (lien direct) |
Exposed users could be in the millions.
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2022-08-05 13:56:30 |
Giving water sanitation inspectors cybersecurity oversight is a mistake, say industry groups, experts (lien direct) |
>The water sector is seen as among the nation's most vulnerable critical infrastructure to cyberattack after attacks in Florida and California.
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2022-08-04 21:09:50 |
Cyber Front Z, a Russian troll operation ousted from Facebook, was clumsy, ineffective, according to Meta (lien direct) |
The details were part of the company's larger quarterly adversarial threat report.
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2022-08-04 16:08:09 |
DOJ now relies on paper for its most sensitive court documents, official says (lien direct) |
>A top DOJ official said potential vulnerabilities in the online case management system means that "going online is not always the best thing."
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2022-08-04 14:00:00 |
Hackers deploy new ransomware tool in attacks on Albanian government websites (lien direct) |
>The hackers linked to the Iranian government claimed to have attacked Albania for hosting an opposition group conference.
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2022-08-04 13:00:00 |
Federal courts left Americans\' data exposed, senator tells Supreme Court chief justice (lien direct) |
Sen. Ron Wyden said privacy rules aren't being followed, putting thousands of Americans at risk of having their most sensitive data exposed.
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2022-08-04 10:00:00 |
Global network of fake news sites push Chinese propaganda, researchers find (lien direct) |
>More than 70 bogus sites in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia are part of an information operation pushing pro-Beijing messages.
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2022-08-03 20:12:55 |
State Department needs more cyber policy muscle, says cyberspace ambassador nominee (lien direct) |
>Nate Fick told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the threat from China is probably "the defining strategic question of my generation."
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2022-08-03 16:33:58 |
Opinion: The intellectual mistakes that crippled U.S. cyber policy (lien direct) |
>The U.S. will never successfully address cyberspace attacks against the U.S. private sector if it considers it outside the Pentagon's purview.
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2022-08-03 16:05:08 |
Environmental hacktivists publish 2 terabytes of mining company emails (lien direct) |
>The group called Guacamaya posted files from public and private mining companies and public agencies responsible for environmental oversight.
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2022-08-03 13:26:39 |
Solana hack wipes more than 7,000 wallets, totaling nearly $5 million in losses (lien direct) |
>The apparent software-based attack stands out among other major cryptocurrency hacks that have totaled nearly $2 billion so far in 2022.
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2022-08-02 16:05:44 |
Taiwanese government sites hit with DDoS attacks ahead of Pelosi\'s visit (lien direct) |
One attack appears to have shut down the president of Taiwan's website Tuesday before Nancy Pelosi's historic visit.
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2022-08-02 15:43:13 |
Security experts urge Fick\'s speedy confirmation as first U.S. cyber ambassador (lien direct) |
Supporters called Nate Fick a seasoned cybersecurity leader who is not afraid to take controversial positions.
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2022-08-02 14:05:59 |
Privacy bill strips FCC oversight of telecom data abuse, worrying consumer advocates (lien direct) |
>The commission would no longer have the authority to enforce its privacy regulations for common carriers such as AT&T and Verizon.
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2022-07-29 22:12:11 |
Russian national charged in sweeping influence operation to disrupt U.S. elections, sow discord (lien direct) |
>Federal charges accusing a Russian operative of running U.S. based influence operations are the "clearest signal yet" that Russia is using American extremist groups to spread dsinformation.
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2022-07-29 15:08:16 |
CISA, Ukrainian cyber agency deepen partnership to combat Russian threat (lien direct) |
>Ukrainian and American cyber officials met this week at the State Department, FBI and CISA to strengthen cybersecurity collaboration.
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2022-07-28 22:35:55 |
DOJ national security division chief backs tech antitrust bill (lien direct) |
>The Justice Department said it believes the antitrust legislation will address the threat posed by the "rise of dominant platforms."
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2022-07-28 22:15:35 |
Federal court system suffered previously undisclosed breach, congressional committee says (lien direct) |
The breach is separate from the SolarWinds fallout and had not been previously publicly disclosed.
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2022-07-28 21:45:47 |
Saudi Arabia a critical partner in fighting cyberthreats, White House cyber official says (lien direct) |
>The kingdom is a vital partner to ensure the U.S. can block Chinese telecom giant Huawei from dominating networks in the Mideast and Africa.
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2022-07-28 18:42:33 |
On security researcher\'s newsletter, exposing cybercriminals behind ransomware (lien direct) |
An anonymous researcher shares detailed information on people allegedly involved with some of the most prominent cybercrime groups.
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2022-07-27 18:54:54 |
House Intel Chairman vows to put \'greater emphasis\' on fighting spyware (lien direct) |
Spyware such as NSO Group-produced Pegasus is proliferating quickly and poses a threat to privacy and national security, experts said.
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2022-07-27 15:50:24 |
Children\'s privacy legislation advances through the Senate, but fight is brewing (lien direct) |
Federal privacy legislation fails to gain momentum in the Senate.
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2022-07-27 14:48:13 |
US, UK law enforcement to implement data sharing law, troubling privacy advocates (lien direct) |
>Other countries seeking data sharing agreements similar to the one with the U.K. include Turkey, Japan, India and most of Europe.
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2022-07-27 10:00:00 |
Fallout from massive Shanghai Police data breach reverberates on dark web (lien direct) |
>A surge in Chinese activity on a popular data breach site followed the June 30 post offering information on 1 billion residents of China.
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2022-07-26 16:01:03 |
Spree of multimillion dollar hacks creates booming business for blockchain security experts (lien direct) |
>Nation-state threats have spooked the industry into being more diligent. But a band-aid approach may not be enough.
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2022-07-26 15:51:59 |
DHS plans to overhaul disinformation efforts to \'increase trust with the public\' (lien direct) |
Disinformation scholars worry that a formal government apparatus to label and quash disinformation could be manipulated by partisan politics.
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2022-07-25 16:09:09 |
Ransomware group targets Italian tax agency (lien direct) |
>LockBit, one of the most prolific ransomware operations, claims to have 100GB of data from the agency.
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2022-07-25 15:25:21 |
Congress goes after spyware purveyors. Will it make a difference? (lien direct) |
>The crackdown on foreign commercial surveillance comes in the wake of high-profile attacks on diplomats and government officials abroad.
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2022-07-22 18:41:33 |
Hackers leak huge cache of data from evangelical organization that supported Dobbs decision (lien direct) |
>The hack is meant to expose donors to evangelical Christian groups opposed to LGBTQ and abortion rights, a message read.
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2022-07-21 22:15:19 |
Researchers uncover potential ransomware network with U.S. connections (lien direct) |
>Researchers at Censys found what appears to be a command and control network capable of launching attacks, including one host in Ohio.
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2022-07-21 20:52:42 |
Battling Moscow\'s hackers prior to invasion gave Kyiv \'full dress rehearsal\' for today\'s cyber warfare (lien direct) |
Years of cyberattacks have helped prepare Ukraine to fight back against Russia's arsenal of digital weapons.
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2022-07-21 18:50:39 |
Cyber criminals attack Ukrainian radio network, broadcast fake message about Zelensky\'s health (lien direct) |
The company that operates nine radio stations across Ukraine said the message did "not correspond to reality."
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2022-07-21 12:00:00 |
Hackers attempt to infiltrate Ukrainian tech company with backdoor malware, Talos says (lien direct) |
Attack could have been part of an attempted supply chain attack, the researchers said.
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2022-07-20 21:57:15 |
Federal privacy legislation progresses, but concerns about data brokers loom (lien direct) |
>The latest version of the legislation still leaves loopholes for abuses of data including reproductive health data.
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2022-07-20 21:42:47 |
CyberScoop 50 nominations now open (lien direct) |
>Nominate and recognize trailblazing cybersecurity leaders as well as the most significant innovations in both the public and private sectors.
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2022-07-20 18:53:56 |
FBI flew cyber officials from Ukraine to U.S. for training, Ukrainian official says (lien direct) |
>The trip shines a light on growing cooperation between Ukraine and the U.S. to confront the cyberthreat from Moscow.
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2022-07-20 15:30:35 |
The growth in targeted, sophisticated cyberattacks troubles top FBI cyber official (lien direct) |
>Assistant Director for Cyber Bryan Vorndran worries about future threats posed by deep fakes and artificial intelligence.
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2022-07-20 15:18:23 |
U.S. Cyber Command exposes malware targeting Ukrainian entities (lien direct) |
>The details are part of an effort to help defend critical infrastructure "and our democratic values and institutions," a spokesperson said.
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2022-07-20 00:50:10 |
FBI director expects onslaught of digital assaults targeting midterm elections (lien direct) |
>U.S. Cyber Command has conducted 50 hunt forward operations to combat election interference and other threats to U.S. interests, according to Gen. Paul Nakasone.
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2022-07-19 15:18:09 |
Attackers can surveil, disrupt vehicles outfitted with popular GPS tracker, CISA warns (lien direct) |
>Experts say the vulnerabilities found in the MiCODUS GPS tracker reflect a larger security problem in the Internet of Things ecosystem.
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2022-07-19 14:36:53 |
U.S. government recovers nearly $500,000 from North Korean hack on Kansas medical facility (lien direct) |
>Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said it's just the latest example of the benefits of prompt incident reporting.
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2022-07-19 10:00:00 |
Russian hacking unit Cozy Bear adds Google Drive to its arsenal, researchers say (lien direct) |
>APT29, one of the SVR's most active and successful hacking groups, has been using the cloud service to help deliver malware, the researchers said.
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2022-07-18 15:27:46 |
Bogus cryptocurrency apps swindle users out of millions, FBI warns (lien direct) |
>The FBI is cautioning investors to take a second look before sending funds to new investment apps.
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2022-07-15 19:28:47 |
A look inside Russian cybercrime syndicate TrickBot reveals an organized, potent adversary (lien direct) |
The massive trove of leaked messages and other data offer a deep look inside the cybercrime ecosystem.
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2022-07-14 22:23:37 |
Langevin amendment to boost cyber defenses for critical infrastructure wins House approval (lien direct) |
The designated entities will be required to report how they manage cyber risk for critical assets.
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2022-07-14 18:45:31 |
Biden\'s cyber strategy expected to boost federal role in protecting critical systems from hackers (lien direct) |
The national cyber director's office is leading the drafting of the document.
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