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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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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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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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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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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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★★★
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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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2022-11-17 22:16:06 |
Will #infosecTwitter survive Elon Musk? (lien direct) |
>Twitter is one of the key platforms for the information security community to share information. What happens if researchers flee?
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2022-11-17 20:24:12 |
Senate Democrats call on FTC to investigate Twitter\'s data security (lien direct) |
Lawmakers worry that Elon Musk's hasty changes on the Twitter platform such as altering its verification service could harm consumers.
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2022-11-17 19:08:11 |
ID.me misled IRS on processing times for identity verification, congressional investigators found (lien direct) |
>Wait times to receive identity verification were more than double than what ID.me initially represented to the IRS.
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2022-11-16 18:37:24 |
Iranian hackers use Log4Shell to mine crypto on federal computer system (lien direct) |
>Iranian hackers utilized a flaw in the ubiquitous open-source software library Log4j to breach a U.S. federal agency.
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2022-11-16 14:00:00 |
\'No guns, no guards, no gates.\' NSA opens up to outsiders in fight for cybersecurity (lien direct) |
The National Security Agency's Cybersecurity Collaboration Center is trying to improve threat-sharing with private sector partners.
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2022-11-15 19:47:11 |
(Déjà vu) FBI director says he\'s \'extremely concerned\' about China\'s ability to weaponize TikTok (lien direct) |
Christopher Wray said China could control TikTok's algorithm to support anti-American information operations, posing a serious risk.
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2022-11-15 19:47:11 |
FBI director say he\'s \'extremely concerned\' about China\'s ability to weaponize TikTok (lien direct) |
Christopher Wray said China could control TikTok's algorithm to support anti-American information operations, posing a serious risk.
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2022-11-15 14:52:59 |
Andy Greenberg on how \'Tracers in the Dark\' found the dark web\'s worst criminals (lien direct) |
The Wired journalist's new book reveals how investigators deployed cryptocurrency tracing technology to solve some of the internet's biggest crimes.
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2022-11-14 17:55:37 |
To win the internet, the Pentagon\'s info ops need more humanity and a dash of absurdity (lien direct) |
U.S. information operations should dispense with deception and obfuscation and embrace truth as well as the absurdity of meme culture.
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2022-11-10 18:03:26 |
White House cyber official advocates nimbler NATO to confront digital threats (lien direct) |
>White House official Anne Neuberger met with NATO officials in Rome to help craft plans to more rapidly respond to cyberthreats.
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Uber
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2022-11-10 17:37:51 |
LockBit ransomware suspect arrested in Canada, faces charges in US (lien direct) |
>Authorities arrested the suspect wanted for his alleged role in one of the most prolific ransomware crews in the world.
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Ransomware
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2022-11-10 17:00:00 |
Notorious Russian military hacking crew behind October ransomware attacks on Ukraine, Poland (lien direct) |
>Researchers at Microsoft said a ransomware attack on transportation and logistics companies was the work of Russian military intelligence
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Ransomware
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2022-11-10 14:05:36 |
Thousands of bogus Twitter accounts push NFT scams to steal cryptocurrency (lien direct) |
>Elon Musk vowed to rid Twitter of fake accounts, but fraudsters continue using thousands of them in cryptocurrency scams.
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2022-11-09 23:22:21 |
Election disinformation fueled midterm conspiracies, but far behind 2020 levels, experts found (lien direct) |
>Researchers found more than 40,000 tweets about tabulators in Maricopa County, Arizona, but disinformation didn't reach levels seen in 2020.
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2022-11-08 22:48:34 |
2020 redux: Trump and allies push another round of election fraud claims (lien direct) |
>Former President Trump and his allies made spurious claims that lay the groundwork for arguing the midterm elections were rigged.
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2022-11-08 17:00:12 |
Online disinformation fuels violent threats against poll workers (lien direct) |
>Election deniers are being radicalized online creaitng a risk for violence against election workers.
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2022-11-07 18:33:45 |
The disinformation threat facing US midterms extends beyond Election Day (lien direct) |
>Experts and national security officials worry that lies and conspiracies about voting could cause voters to reject outcomes or spark violence.
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Threat
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2022-11-04 18:38:41 |
Insurance giant settles NotPetya lawsuit, signaling cyber insurance shakeup (lien direct) |
>Cyber insurance have already started to find other ways to avoid covering losses related to cyberattacks linked to nation-state hackers.
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NotPetya
NotPetya
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2022-11-03 08:00:00 |
Four-year cybercrime campaign targeting African banks netted $30 million (lien direct) |
>Attacks on banks in more than 15 countries used sophisticated spearphishing and off-the-shelf tools.
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2022-11-01 21:42:15 |
Ransomware costs top $1 billion as White House inks new threat-sharing initiative (lien direct) |
>The Treasury Department released its finding as the White House is wrapping up an international summit on fighting the ransomware problem.
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Ransomware
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