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2022-08-25 13:13:21 |
Ransomware attacks jump as new malware strains proliferate, research finds (lien direct) |
>Ransomware cases increased 47 percent amid a rise in attacks involving new strains of malware from the LockBit cybercrime syndicate.
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2022-08-24 17:06:12 |
Researchers unveil details of sprawling pro-Western influence campaigns (lien direct) |
>The operations likely emanated from the U.S. and the United Kingdom, but conclusive attribution is not yet available.
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2022-08-23 11:00:00 |
Google researchers expose Iranian hackers\' tool to steal emails from Gmail, Yahoo and Outlook (lien direct) |
Security researchers linked the program to the so-called Charming Kitty Iranian hacker group known to carry out intelligence operations.
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2022-08-22 16:36:31 |
Will spyware maker NSO Group\'s struggles reduce use of its eavesdropping tech? Critics doubt it. (lien direct) |
The company announced layoffs and a reorganization on Sunday, but spyware researchers doubt that will reduce the use of its technology.
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2022-08-19 17:33:02 |
The Pentagon may require vendors certify their software is free of known flaws. Experts are split. (lien direct) |
>The debate is over whether the provision is unrealistic or if it's a game changing move to cut down on software vulnerabilities.
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2022-08-19 16:49:31 |
Opinion: Why doctrinal arguments continue to stymie effective cyber policies (lien direct) |
>U.S. cyberspace policymakers view military principles with a dangerous disregard of what it actually takes to make American networks secure.
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2022-08-18 16:53:51 |
Cyber Command\'s rotation \'problem\' exacerbates talent shortage amid growing digital threat (lien direct) |
Many former Cyber Command and NSA officials say the military's rotation system and approach to retirement robs the military of cyber talent.
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2022-08-18 13:13:37 |
U.S. Cyber Command completes defensive cyber mission in Croatia (lien direct) |
>Cyber National Mission Force deployed to Croatia recently, the latest example of a so-called "hunt forward" operation.
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2022-08-17 13:08:33 |
DEF CON Voting Village takes on election conspiracies, disinformation (lien direct) |
>In the era of the "Big Lie," the Voting Village has another - and possibly more challenging - mission to fight conspiracy theories.
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2022-08-17 01:33:23 |
House leaders demand law enforcement agencies provide details on use of private data (lien direct) |
>Public records and reporting has revealed that federal agencies have spent millions of dollars on contracts with massive data brokers.
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2022-08-16 15:41:45 |
Pentagon put microgrid technology to the test at DEF CON, drawing on hackers\' ingenuity (lien direct) |
The collaboration unfolded at the cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas where more than 1,700 attendees attempted to outsmart DOD technology.
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2022-08-15 22:07:08 |
Why Tornado Cash sanctions are drawing fierce criticism, potential court challenge from crypto group (lien direct) |
>Sanctions against the cryptocurrency mixer have ignited concern from industry stakeholders, privacy advocates and legal experts.
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2022-08-12 21:44:48 |
CISA expands efforts to fight election disinformation ahead of \'challenging\' 2024 vote (lien direct) |
CISA Director Jen Easterly said election security has grown more complex as disinformation and threats against election workers have surged.
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2022-08-12 15:30:03 |
Ex-CISA chief Krebs advocates for standalone cyber agency. Experts say that\'s impractical. (lien direct) |
Former cybersecurity officials said CISA would be less effective if it lost the clout that it gets from being housed inside DHS.
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2022-08-11 19:01:35 |
State Department offers $10 million for details on Conti ransomware gang members (lien direct) |
>As of January 2022, there were more than 1,000 victims of attacks associated with Conti ransomware and payouts exceeding $150 million.
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2022-08-11 15:54:42 |
Russia\'s digital attacks are haphazard, chaotic, says top Ukrainian cyber official (lien direct) |
Moscow's approach to incorporating cyberattacks into its ongoing assault reflects an "absence of strategy," said Victor Zhora.
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2022-08-11 15:02:58 |
FTC will explore new privacy rules to protect consumers from \'hackers and data thieves\' (lien direct) |
Concerns about the commercial surveillance industry outlined in the agency's notice include poor data security for consumer information.
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2022-08-11 00:07:54 |
China could be reviewing security bugs before tech companies issue patches, DHS official says (lien direct) |
>This could give Beijing the upper hand when carrying out cyberattacks against the U.S. or its other digital adversaries.
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2022-08-10 14:14:08 |
Why robotexts are scammers\' favorite new tool (lien direct) |
Technology meant to limit robocalls has pushed scammers toward SMS-based attacks, which experts say can be even more dangerous.
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2022-08-09 16:30:30 |
What to watch for as \'Hacker Summer Camp\' gets underway in Las Vegas (lien direct) |
Black Hat, DEF CON and BSidesLV take place this year amid a backdrop of COVID, cyberwarfare in Ukraine and digital attacks on Taiwan.
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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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Ransomware
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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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Data Breach
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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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