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31.12.24

New U.S. DoJ Rule Halts Bulk Data Transfers to Adversarial Nations to Protect Privacy The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has issued a final rule carrying out Executive Order (EO) 14117, which prevents mass transfer of citizens' personal data to BigBrothers

The Hacker News

30.12.24

New HIPAA Rules Mandate 72-Hour Data Restoration and Annual Compliance Audits The United States Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has proposed new cybersecurity requirements for healthcare BigBrothers

The Hacker News

26.12.24

Italy Fines OpenAI €15 Million for ChatGPT GDPR Data Privacy Violations Italy's data protection authority has fined ChatGPT maker OpenAI a fine of €15 million ($15.66 million) over how the generative artificial intelligence application BigBrothers The Hacker News
21.12.24 CISA Mandates Cloud Security for Federal Agencies by 2025 Under Binding Directive 25-01 The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 25-01, ordering federal civilian agencies to BigBrothers

The Hacker News

21.12.24 Dutch DPA Fines Netflix €4.75 Million for GDPR Violations Over Data Transparency The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) on Wednesday fined video on-demand streaming service Netflix €4.75 million ($4.93 million) for not giving consumers BigBrothers

The Hacker News

21.12.24 UAC-0125 Abuses Cloudflare Workers to Distribute Malware Disguised as Army+ App The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed that a threat actor it tracks as UAC-0125 is leveraging Cloudflare Workers service to trick military personnel in the country BigBrothers

The Hacker News

18.12.24 INTERPOL Pushes for "Romance Baiting" to Replace "Pig Butchering" in Scam Discourse INTERPOL is calling for a linguistic shift that aims to put to an end to the term " pig butchering ," instead advocating for the use of "romance baiting" to refer to online BigBrothers

The Hacker News

18.12.24 Meta Fined €251 Million for 2018 Data Breach Impacting 29 Million Accounts Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, has been fined €251 million (around $263 million) for a 2018 data breach BigBrothers

The Hacker News

1.11.24

Inside Iran's Cyber Playbook: AI, Fake Hosting, and Psychological Warfare U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity agencies have published a new advisory attributing an Iranian cyber group to targeting the 2024 BigBrothers

The Hacker News

29.10.24

Dutch Police Disrupt Major Info Stealers RedLine and MetaStealer in Operation Magnus The Dutch National Police, along with international partners, have announced the disruption of the infrastructure powering two BigBrothers

The Hacker News

29.10.24

U.S. Government Issues New TLP Guidance for Cross-Sector Threat Intelligence Sharing The U.S. government (USG) has issued new guidance governing the use of the Traffic Light Protocol ( TLP ) to handle threat intelligence BigBrothers

The Hacker News

28.10.24

Russian Espionage Group Targets Ukrainian Military with Malware via Telegram A suspected Russian hybrid espionage and influence operation has been observed delivering a mix of Windows and Android malware to BigBrothers

The Hacker News

27.10.24

CERT-UA Identifies Malicious RDP Files in Latest Attack on Ukrainian Entities The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has detailed a new malicious email campaign targeting government BigBrothers

The Hacker News

27.10.24

SEC Charges 4 Companies Over Misleading SolarWinds Cyber Attack Disclosures The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged four current and former public companies for making "materially BigBrothers

The Hacker News

26.10.24 U.S. Charges Two Sudanese Brothers for Record 35,000 DDoS Attacks Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have charged two Sudanese brothers with running a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet for hire BigBrothers The Hacker News

29.9.24

Ireland fines Meta €91 million for storing passwords in plaintext The Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland has fined Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL) €91 million ($100 million) for storing in plaintext passwords of hundreds of millions of users. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

29.9.24

Iranian hackers charged for ‘hack-and-leak’ plot to influence election The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment charging three Iranian hackers with a "hack-and-leak" campaign that aimed to influence the 2024 U.S. presidential election. BigBrothers BleepingComputer

29.9.24

U.S. charges Joker's Stash and Rescator money launderers The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced charges against two Russian nationals for operating billion-dollar money laundering services for cybercriminals, including ransomware groups. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

28.9.24

U.S. Charges Three Iranian Nationals for Election Interference and Cybercrimes U.S. federal prosecutors on Friday unsealed criminal charges against three Iranian nationals who are allegedly employed with the Islamic BigBrothers The Hacker News

27.9.24

U.S. Sanctions Two Crypto Exchanges for Facilitating Cybercrime and Money Laundering The U.S. government on Thursday sanctioned two cryptocurrency exchanges and unsealed an indictment against a Russian national BigBrothers The Hacker News

24.9.24

U.S. Proposes Ban on Connected Vehicles Using Chinese and Russian Tech The U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) said it's proposing a ban on the import or sale of connected vehicles that integrate software and hardware made by foreign adversaries, particularly that of the BigBrothers The Hacker News

22.9.24

Ukraine bans Telegram on military, govt devices over security risks Ukraine's National Coordination Centre for Cybersecurity (NCCC) has restricted the use of the Telegram messaging app within government agencies, military units, and critical infrastructure, citing national security concerns. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

21.9.24

Ukraine Bans Telegram Use for Government and Military Personnel Ukraine has restricted the use of the Telegram messaging app by government officials, military personnel, and other defense and BigBrothers The Hacker News

21.9.24

CISA warns of actively exploited Apache HugeGraph-Server bug The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has added five flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, among which is a remote code execution (RCE) flaw impacting Apache HugeGraph-Server. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

21.9.24

Police dismantles phone unlocking ring linked to 483,000 victims A joint law enforcement operation has dismantled an international criminal network that used the iServer automated phishing-as-a-service platform to unlock the stolen or lost mobile phones of 483,000 victims worldwide.  BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

21.9.24

Germany seizes 47 crypto exchanges used by ransomware gangs German law enforcement seized 47 cryptocurrency exchange services hosted in the country that facilitated illegal money laundering activities for cybercriminals, including ransomware gangs. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

21.9.24

Europol takes down "Ghost" encrypted messaging platform used for crime Europol and law enforcement from nine countries successfully dismantled an encrypted communications platform called "Ghost," which was used by organized crime such as drug trafficking and money laundering. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

21.9.24

CISA urges software devs to weed out XSS vulnerabilities CISA and the FBI urged tech companies to review their software and eliminate cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities before shipping. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

20.9.24

CISA warns of Windows flaw used in infostealer malware attacks ​CISA has ordered U.S. federal agencies to secure their systems against a recently patched Windows MSHTML spoofing zero-day bug exploited by the Void Banshee APT hacking group. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

20.9.24

Europol Shuts Down Major Phishing Scheme Targeting Mobile Phone Credentials Law enforcement authorities have announced the takedown of an international criminal network that leveraged a phishing platform to BigBrothers The Hacker News

18.9.24

GSMA Plans End-to-End Encryption for Cross-Platform RCS Messaging The GSM Association (GSMA), the governing body that oversees the development of the Rich Communications Services (RCS) protocol, BigBrothers The Hacker News

17.9.24

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Executives Linked to Intellexa Predator Spyware Operation The U.S. Department of Treasury has imposed fresh sanctions against five executives and one entity with ties to the Intellexa BigBrothers The Hacker News

15.9.24

FBI tells public to ignore false claims of hacked voter data The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are alerting the public of false claims that the U.S. voter registration data has been compromised in cyberattacks. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

14.9.24

Wix to block Russian users starting September 12 Wix.com has announced it will stop providing services to Russian users on September 12, 2024, with all accounts from Russia, including free and premium, to be blocked and their websites taken down BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

9.9.24

TIDRONE Espionage Group Targets Taiwan Drone Makers in Cyber Campaign A previously undocumented threat actor with likely ties to Chinese-speaking groups has predominantly singled out drone manufacturers BigBrothers The Hacker News

9.9.24

U.S. Offers $10 Million for Info on Russian Cadet Blizzard Hackers Behind Major Attacks The U.S. government and a coalition of international partners have officially attributed a Russian hacking group tracked as Cadet BigBrothers The Hacker News

8.9.24

Russian military hackers linked to critical infrastructure attacks The United States and its allies have linked a group of Russian hackers (tracked as Cadet Blizzard and Ember Bear) behind global critical infrastructure attacks to Unit 29155 of Russia's Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (also known as GRU). BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

8.9.24

US cracks down on Russian disinformation before 2024 election The FBI seized 32 web domains used by the Doppelgänger Russian-linked influence operation network in a disinformation campaign targeting the American public ahead of this year's presidential election. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

8.9.24

FTC: Over $110 million lost to Bitcoin ATM scams in 2023 The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reported a massive increase in losses to Bitcoin ATM scams, nearly ten times the amount from 2020 and reaching over $110 million in 2023. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

8.9.24

FBI Cracks Down on Dark Web Marketplace Managed by Russian and Kazakh Nationals Two men have been indicted in the U.S. for their alleged involvement in managing a dark web marketplace called WWH Club that BigBrothers The Hacker News

7.9.24

Verkada to pay $2.95 million for alleged CAN-SPAM Act violations The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requires security camera vendor Verkada to create a comprehensive information security program as part of a settlement after multiple security failures enabled hackers to access live video feeds from internet-connected cameras. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

6.9.24

Pavel Durov Criticizes Outdated Laws After Arrest Over Telegram Criminal Activity Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has broken his silence nearly two weeks after his arrest in France, stating the charges are misguided. "If a BigBrothers The Hacker News

5.9.24

U.S. Seizes 32 Pro-Russian Propaganda Domains in Major Disinformation Crackdown The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the seizure of 32 internet domains used by a pro-Russian propaganda BigBrothers The Hacker News

31.8.24

US offers $2.5 million reward for hacker linked to Angler Exploit Kit The U.S. Department of State and the Secret Service have announced a reward of $2,500,000 for information leading to Belarusian national Volodymyr Kadariya (Владимир Кадария) for cybercrime activities. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

31.8.24

Notion exits Russia and will terminate accounts in September Notion has announced it will exit the Russian market and is terminating all workspaces and accounts identified linked to users in the country. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

29.8.24

French Authorities Charge Telegram CEO with Facilitating Criminal Activities on Platform French prosecutors on Wednesday formally charged Telegram CEO Pavel Durov with facilitating a litany of criminal activity on the BigBrothers The Hacker News

27.8.24

Uber fined $325 million for moving driver data from Europe to US The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP) has imposed a fine of  €290,000,000 ($325 million) on Uber Technologies Inc. and Uber B.V. over GDPR violations. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

27.8.24

Audit finds notable security gaps in FBI's storage media management An audit from the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) identified "significant weaknesses" in FBI's inventory management and disposal of electronic storage media containing sensitive and classified information. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

26.8.24

Dutch Regulator Fines Uber €290 Million for GDPR Violations in Data Transfers to U.S. The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has fined Uber a record €290 million ($324 million) for allegedly failing to comply with BigBrothers The Hacker News

24.8.24

CISA Urges Federal Agencies to Patch Versa Director Vulnerability by September The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has placed a security flaw impacting Versa Director to its Known BigBrothers The Hacker News

24.8.24

U.S. charges Karakurt extortion gang’s “cold case” negotiator A member of the Russian Karakurt ransomware group has been charged in the U.S. for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion crimes. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

21.8.24

CISA warns critical SolarWinds RCE bug is exploited in attacks CISA warned on Thursday that attackers are exploiting a recently patched critical vulnerability in SolarWinds' Web Help Desk solution for customer support. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

21.8.24

NIST releases first encryption tools to resist quantum computing The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the first three encryption standards designed to resist future cyberattacks based on quantum computing technology. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

17.8.24

FBI disrupts the Dispossessor ransomware operation, seizes servers The FBI announced on Monday that it seized the servers and websites of the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware operation following a joint international investigation. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

17.8.24

South Korea says DPRK hackers stole spy plane technical data South Korea's ruling party, People Power Party (PPP), has issued an announcement stating that North Korean hackers have stolen crucial information about K2 tanks, the country's main battle tank, as well as its "Baekdu" and "Geumgang" spy planes. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

17.8.24

Hackers posing as Ukraine’s Security Service infect 100 govt PCs Attackers impersonating the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have used malicious spam emails to target and compromise systems belonging to the country's government agencies. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

16.8.24

Russia blocks Signal for 'violating' anti-terrorism laws Russia's telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor has restricted access to the Signal encrypted messaging service for what it describes as violations of Russian anti-terrorism and anti-extremism legislation. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

15.8.24

New Cyber Threat Targets Azerbaijan and Israel Diplomats, Stealing Sensitive Data A previously unknown threat actor has been attributed to a spate of attacks targeting Azerbaijan and Israel with an aim to steal sensitive BigBrothers The Hacker News

15.8.24

Belarusian-Ukrainian Hacker Extradited to U.S. for Ransomware and Cybercrime Charges A coalition of law enforcement agencies coordinated by the U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) has led to the arrest and extradition of BigBrothers The Hacker News

13.8.24

FBI Shuts Down Dispossessor Ransomware Group's Servers Across U.S., U.K., and Germany The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday announced the disruption of online infrastructure associated with a nascent BigBrothers The Hacker News

13.8.24

Ukraine Warns of New Phishing Campaign Targeting Government Computers The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new phishing campaign that masquerades as the BigBrothers The Hacker News

13.8.24

EastWind Attack Deploys PlugY and GrewApacha Backdoors Using Booby-Trapped LNK Files The Russian government and IT organizations are the target of a new campaign that delivers a number of backdoors and trojans as part of BigBrothers The Hacker News

11.8.24

FBI: BlackSuit ransomware behind over $500 million in ransom demands CISA and the FBI confirmed today that the Royal ransomware rebranded to BlackSuit and has demanded over $500 million from victims since it emerged more than two years ago. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

9.8.24

Proton VPN adds ‘Discreet Icons’ to hide app on Android devices Proton VPN has announced a series of updates to its Windows and Android apps to help users combat censorship, circumvent blocks, and protect themselves from authoritarian governments due to using forbidden tools. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

9.8.24

DuckDuckGo blocked in Indonesia over porn, gambling search results Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has been blocked in Indonesia by its government after citizens reportedly complained about pornographic and online gambling content in its search results BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

9.8.24

DOJ Charges Nashville Man for Helping North Koreans Get U.S. Tech Jobs The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday charged a 38-year-old individual from Nashville, Tennessee, for allegedly running a BigBrothers The Hacker News

4.8.24

UK takes down major 'Russian Coms' caller ID spoofing platform The United Kingdom's National Crime Agency (NCA) has shut down Russian Coms, a major caller ID spoofing platform used by hundreds of criminals to make over 1.8 million scam calls. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

4.8.24

CISA and FBI: DDoS attacks won’t impact US election integrity CISA and the FBI said today that Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks targeting election infrastructure will, at most, hinder public access to information but will have no impact on the integrity or security of the 2024 U.S. general election processes. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

4.8.24

DOJ and FTC Sue TikTok for Violating Children's Privacy Laws The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), filed a lawsuit against popular video-sharing BigBrothers The Hacker News

3.8.24

UK govt links 2021 Electoral Commission breach to Exchange server The United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) revealed today that the Electoral Commission was breached in August 2021 because it failed to patch its on-premise Microsoft Exchange Server against ProxyShell vulnerabilities. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

2.8.24

U.S. Releases High-Profile Russian Hackers in Diplomatic Prisoner Exchange In a historic prisoner exchange between Belarus, Germany, Norway, Russia, Slovenia, and the U.S., two Russian nationals serving time for BigBrothers The Hacker News

1.8.24

Cyber Espionage Group XDSpy Targets Companies in Russia and Moldova Companies in Russia and Moldova have been the target of a phishing campaign orchestrated by a little-known cyber espionage group BigBrothers The Hacker News

28.7.24

French Authorities Launch Operation to Remove PlugX Malware from Infected Systems French judicial authorities, in collaboration with Europol, have launched a so-called "disinfection operation" to rid compromised BigBrothers The Hacker News

27.7.24

U.S. DoJ Indicts North Korean Hacker for Ransomware Attacks on Hospitals The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday unsealed an indictment against a North Korean military intelligence operative for BigBrothers The Hacker News

26.7.24

US sanctions Russian hacktivists who breached water facilities The US government has imposed sanctions on two Russian cybercriminals for cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

26.7.24

Police infiltrates, takes down DigitalStress DDoS-for-hire service DDoS-for-hire service DigitalStress was taken down on July 2 in a joint law enforcement operation led by the United Kingdom's National Crime Agency (NCA). BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

26.7.24

Spain arrests three for using DDoSia hacktivist platform The Spanish authorities have arrested three individuals for using DDoSia, a distributed denial of service platform operated by pro-Russian hacktivists, to conduct DDoS attacks against governments and organizations in NATO countries. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

25.7.24

CISA Adds Twilio Authy and IE Flaws to Exploited Vulnerabilities List The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities ( KEV ) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The BigBrothers The Hacker News

24.7.24

Chinese Hackers Target Taiwan and US NGO with MgBot Malware Organizations in Taiwan and a U.S. non-governmental organization (NGO) based in China have been targeted by a Beijing-affiliated state- BigBrothers The Hacker News

24.7.24

Ukrainian Institutions Targeted Using HATVIBE and CHERRYSPY Malware The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has alerted of a spear-phishing campaign targeting a scientific research BigBrothers The Hacker News

18.7.24

Kaspersky offers free security software for six months in U.S. goodbye Kaspersky is offering free security products for six months and tips for staying safe as a parting gift to consumers in the United States. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

18.7.24

Kaspersky is shutting down its business in the United States Russian cybersecurity company and antivirus software provider Kaspersky Lab will start shutting down operations in the United States on July 20. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

16.7.24

Kaspersky Exits U.S. Market Following Commerce Department Ban Russian security vendor Kaspersky has said it's exiting the U.S. market nearly a month after the Commerce Department announced a BigBrothers

The Hacker News

13.7.24

CISA urges devs to weed out OS command injection vulnerabilities ​CISA and the FBI urged software companies on Wednesday to review their products and eliminate path OS command injection vulnerabilities before shipping. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

12.7.24

Australian Defence Force Private and Husband Charged with Espionage for Russia

Two Russian-born Australian citizens have been arrested and charged in the country for spying on behalf of Russia as part of a

BigBrothers The Hacker News

11.7.24

Russia forces Apple to remove dozens of VPN apps from App Store Apple has removed 25 virtual private network (VPN) apps from the Russian App Store at the request of Roskomnadzor, Russia's telecommunications watchdog. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

11.7.24

Europol says Home Routing mobile encryption feature aids criminals Europol is proposing solutions to avoid challenges posed by privacy-enhancing technologies in Home Routing that hinder law enforcement's ability to intercept communications during criminal investigations. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

30.6.24

TeamViewer links corporate cyberattack to Russian state hackers RMM software developer TeamViewer says a Russian state-sponsored hacking group known as Midnight Blizzard is believed to be behind a breach of their corporate network this week. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

29.6.24

CISA: Most critical open source projects not using memory safe code The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published research looking into 172 key open-source projects and whether they are susceptible to memory flaws. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

27.6.24 FTC files complaint against Adobe for deceptive cancellation practices The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint in US federal court against Adobe and two executives, Maninder Sawhney and David Wadhwani, for deceptive practices related to their subscription plans. BigBrothers BleepingComputer
25.6.24 Wikileaks' Julian Assange Released from U.K. Prison, Heads to Australia WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been freed in the U.K. and has departed the country after serving more than five years in a BigBrothers The Hacker News
23.6.24 U.S. Treasury Sanctions 12 Kaspersky Executives Amid Software Ban The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions against a dozen individuals BigBrothers The Hacker News
23.6.24 Military-themed Email Scam Spreads Malware to Infect Pakistani Users Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new phishing campaign that has been identified as targeting people in Pakistan BigBrothers The Hacker News
20.6.24 French Diplomatic Entities Targeted in Russian-Linked Cyber Attacks State-sponsored actors with ties to Russia have been linked to targeted cyber attacks aimed at French diplomatic entities, the BigBrothers The Hacker News
20.6.24 Chinese Cyber Espionage Targets Telecom Operators in Asia Since 2021 Cyber espionage groups associated with China have been linked to a long-running campaign that has infiltrated several telecom operators BigBrothers The Hacker News
19.6.24 Empire Market owners charged for enabling $430M in dark web transactions Two men have been charged in a Chicago federal court for operating "Empire Market," a dark web marketplace that facilitated over $430 million in illegal transactions between February 2018 and August 2020. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

19.6.24 Hackers use F5 BIG-IP malware to stealthily steal data for years A group of suspected Chinese cyberespionage actors named 'Velvet Ant' are deploying custom malware on F5 BIG-IP appliances to gain a persistent connection to the internal network and steal data. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

19.6.24 Signal Foundation Warns Against EU's Plan to Scan Private Messages for CSAM A controversial proposal put forth by the European Union to scan users' private messages for detection child sexual abuse material (CSAM) poses severe risks to end-to-end encryption (E2EE), warned BigBrothers The Hacker News
14.6.24 CISA warns of criminals impersonating its employees in phone calls Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that criminals are impersonating its employees in phone calls and attempting to deceive potential victims into transferring money. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

14.6.24 Chinese hackers breached 20,000 FortiGate systems worldwide The Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) warned today that the impact of a Chinese cyber-espionage campaign unveiled earlier this year is "much larger than previously known." BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

11.6.24 Google Takes Down Influence Campaigns Tied to China, Indonesia, and Russia Google has revealed that it took down 1,320 YouTube channels and 1,177 Blogger blogs as part of a coordinated influence operation BigBrothers The Hacker News
9.6.24 DDoS attacks target EU political parties as elections begin Hacktivists are conducting DDoS attacks on European political parties that represent and promote strategies opposing their interests, according to a report by Cloudflare. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

9.6.24 Ukraine says hackers abuse SyncThing tool to steal data The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) reports about a new campaign dubbed "SickSync," launched by the UAC-0020 (Vermin) hacking group in attacks on the Ukrainian defense forces. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

5.6.24

Chinese State-Backed Cyber Espionage Targets Southeast Asian Government An unnamed high-profile government organization in Southeast Asia emerged as the target of a "complex, long-running" Chinese state- BigBrothers The Hacker News

5.6.24

Russian Power Companies, IT Firms, and Govt Agencies Hit by Decoy Dog Trojan Russian organizations are at the receiving end of cyber attacks that have been found to deliver a Windows version of a malware called BigBrothers The Hacker News

5.6.24

Oracle WebLogic Server OS Command Injection Flaw Under Active Attack The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a security flaw impacting the Oracle WebLogic BigBrothers The Hacker News
3.6.24 Police dismantle pirated TV streaming network that made $5.7 million Spanish police have dismantled a network of illegal media content distribution that, since the start of its operations in 2015, has made over $5,700,000. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

3.6.24 CISA warns of actively exploited Linux privilege elevation flaw The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two vulnerabilities in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including a Linux kernel privilege elevation flaw. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

3.6.24 Snowflake account hacks linked to Santander, Ticketmaster breaches Europol and German law enforcement have revealed the identities of eight cybercriminals linked to the various malware droppers and loaders disrupted as part of the Operation Endgame law enforcement operation. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

2.6.24

CISA warns of actively exploited Linux privilege elevation flaw

The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two vulnerabilities in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including a Linux kernel privilege elevation flaw.

BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

1.6.24

Europol identifies 8 cybercriminals tied to malware loader botnets Europol and German law enforcement have revealed the identities of eight cybercriminals linked to the various malware droppers and loaders disrupted as part of the Operation Endgame law enforcement operation. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

1.6.24

Police seize over 100 malware loader servers, arrest four cybercriminals An international law enforcement operation codenamed 'Operation Endgame' has seized over 100 servers worldwide used by multiple major malware loader operations, including IcedID, Pikabot, Trickbot, Bumblebee, Smokeloader, and SystemBC. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

31.5.24

US govt sanctions cybercrime gang behind massive 911 S5 botnet The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a cybercrime network comprising three Chinese nationals and three Thailand-based companies linked to a massive botnet controlling a residential proxy service known as "911 S5." BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

31.5.24

Russian indicted for selling access to US corporate networks A 31-year-old Russian national named Evgeniy Doroshenko has been indicted for wire and computer fraud in the United States for allegedly acting as an "initial access broker" from February 2019 to May 2024. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

31.5.24

CISA Alerts Federal Agencies to Patch Actively Exploited Linux Kernel Flaw The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a security flaw impacting the Linux kernel to BigBrothers The Hacker News

31.5.24

FlyingYeti Exploits WinRAR Vulnerability to Deliver COOKBOX Malware in Ukraine Cloudflare on Thursday said it took steps to disrupt a month-long phishing campaign orchestrated by a Russia-aligned threat actor BigBrothers The Hacker News

29.5.24

U.S. Sentences 31-Year-Old to 10 Years for Laundering $4.5M in Email Scams The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has sentenced a 31-year-old to 10 years in prison for laundering more than $4.5 million through BigBrothers The Hacker News

26.5.24

Microsoft spots gift card thieves using cyber-espionage tactics Microsoft has published a "Cyber Signals" report sharing new information about the hacking group Storm-0539 and a sharp rise in gift card theft as we approach the Memorial Day holiday in the United States. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

26.5.24

Northern Ireland police faces £750k fine after exposing staff info UK's Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has announced the intention to impose a fine of £750,000 ($954,000) on the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) for exposing the entire workforce's personal details by inadvertently publishing a spreadsheet file online. BigBrothers

BleepingComputer

24.5.24

Hackers Created Rogue VMs to Evade Detection in Recent MITRE Cyber Attack The MITRE Corporation has revealed that the cyber attack targeting the not-for-profit company towards late December 2023 BigBrothers The Hacker News

24.5.24

CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Apache Flink Security Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a security flaw impacting Apache Flink, BigBrothers The Hacker News

19.5.24

SEC: Financial orgs have 30 days to send data breach notifications The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted amendments to Regulation S-P that require certain financial institutions to disclose data breach incidents to impacted individuals within 30 days of discovery. BigBrothers

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19.5.24

US arrests suspects behind $73M ‘pig butchering’ laundering scheme ​The U.S. Department of Justice charged two suspects for allegedly leading a crime ring that laundered at least $73 million from cryptocurrency investment scams, also known as "pig butchering." BigBrothers

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19.5.24

US woman allegedly aided North Korean IT workers infiltrate 300 firms ​The U.S. Justice Department charged five individuals today, a U.S. Citizen woman, a Ukrainian man, and three foreign nationals, for their involvement in cyber schemes that generated revenue for North Korea's nuclear weapons program. BigBrothers

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18.5.24

Russian hackers use new Lunar malware to breach a European govt's agencies Security researchers discovered two previously unseen backdoors dubbed LunarWeb and LunarMail that were used to compromise a European government's diplomatic institutions abroad. BigBrothers

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18.5.24

FBI seize BreachForums hacking forum used to leak stolen data The FBI has seized the notorious BreachForums hacking forum that leaked and sold stolen corporate data to other cybercriminals. BigBrothers

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18.5.24

FCC reveals Royal Tiger, its first tagged robocall threat actor The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has named its first officially designated robocall threat actor 'Royal Tiger,' a move aiming to help international partners and law enforcement more easily track individuals and entities behind repeat robocall campaigns. BigBrothers

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16.5.24

FBI Seizes BreachForums Again, Urges Users to Report Criminal Activity Law enforcement agencies have officially seized control of the notorious BreachForums platform, an online bazaar known for BigBrothers The Hacker News

12.5.24

Europol confirms web portal breach, says no operational data stolen Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, confirmed that its Europol Platform for Experts (EPE) portal was breached and is now investigating the incident after a threat actor claimed they stole For Official Use Only (FOUO) documents containing classified data. BigBrothers

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12.5.24

Poland says Russian military hackers target its govt networks Project management platform Monday.com has removed its "Share Update" feature after threat actors abused it in phishing attacks. BigBrothers

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9.5.24 UK confirms Ministry of Defence payroll data exposed in data breach The UK Government confirmed today that a threat actor recently breached the country's Ministry of Defence and gained access to part of the Armed Forces payment network. BigBrothers

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6.5.24 NATO and EU condemn Russia's cyberattacks against Germany, Czechia NATO and the European Union, with international partners, formally condemned a long-term cyber espionage campaign against European countries conducted by the Russian threat group APT28. BigBrothers

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6.5.24 CEO who sold fake Cisco devices to US military gets 6 years in prison Onur Aksoy, the CEO of a group of companies controlling multiple online storefronts, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for selling $100 million worth of counterfeit Cisco network equipment to government, health, education, and military organizations worldwide. BigBrothers

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6.5.24 CISA urges software devs to weed out path traversal vulnerabilities CISA and the FBI urged software companies today to review their products and eliminate path traversal security vulnerabilities before shipping. BigBrothers

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5.5.24 US govt warns of pro-Russian hacktivists targeting water facilities The US government is warning that pro-Russian hacktivists are seeking out and hacking into unsecured operational technology (OT) systems used to disrupt critical infrastructure operations. BigBrothers

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5.5.24 Microsoft Outlook Flaw Exploited by Russia's APT28 to Hack Czech, German Entities Czechia and Germany on Friday revealed that they were the target of a long-term cyber espionage campaign conducted by the BigBrothers The Hacker News
4.5.24 FBI warns of fake verification schemes targeting dating app users The FBI is warning of fake verification schemes promoted by fraudsters on online dating platforms that lead to costly recurring subscription charges. BigBrothers

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3.5.24 NSA, FBI Alert on N. Korean Hackers Spoofing Emails from Trusted Sources The U.S. government on Thursday published a new cybersecurity advisory warning of North Korean threat actors' attempts to send BigBrothers The Hacker News
1.5.24 Ex-NSA Employee Sentenced to 22 Years for Trying to Sell U.S. Secrets to Russia A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been sentenced to nearly 22 years (262 months) in prison for BigBrothers The Hacker News
30.4.24 New U.K. Law Bans Default Passwords on Smart Devices Starting April 2024 The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is calling on manufacturers of smart devices to comply with new BigBrothers The Hacker News
27.4.24 Ring customers get $5.6 million in privacy breach settlement The Federal Trade Commission is sending $5.6 million in refunds to Ring users whose private video feeds were accessed without consent by Amazon employees and contractors, or had their accounts and devices hacked because of insufficient security protections. BigBrothers

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27.4.24 US govt sanctions Iranians linked to government cyberattacks The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned four Iranian nationals for their involvement in cyberattacks against the U.S. government, defense contractors, and private companies. BigBrothers

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25.4.24 U.S. Treasury Sanctions Iranian Firms and Individuals Tied to Cyber Attacks The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Monday sanctioned two firms and four individuals for BigBrothers The Hacker News
24.4.24 Russian Sandworm hackers targeted 20 critical orgs in Ukraine Russian hacker group Sandworm aimed to disrupt operations at around 20 critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, according to a report from the Ukrainian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA). BigBrothers BleepingComputer
24.4.24 German Authorities Issue Arrest Warrants for Three Suspected Chinese Spies German authorities said they have issued arrest warrants against three citizens on suspicion of spying for China. The full names of BigBrothers The Hacker News
23.4.24 U.S. Imposes Visa Restrictions on 13 Linked to Commercial Spyware Misuse The U.S. Department of State on Monday said it's taking steps to impose visa restrictions on 13 individuals who are allegedly BigBrothers The Hacker News
16.4.24 FTC Fines Mental Health Startup Cerebral $7 Million for Major Privacy Violations The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ordered the mental telehealth company Cerebral from using or disclosing personal data BigBrothers The Hacker News
14.4.24 CISA makes its "Malware Next-Gen" analysis system publicly available The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a new version of "Malware Next-Gen," now allowing the public to submit malware samples for analysis by CISA. BigBrothers

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14.4.24 CISA orders agencies impacted by Microsoft hack to mitigate risks CISA has issued a new emergency directive ordering U.S. federal agencies to address risks resulting from the breach of multiple Microsoft corporate email accounts by the Russian APT29 hacking group. BigBrothers

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14.4.24 CISA says Sisense hack impacts critical infrastructure orgs The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is investigating the recent breach of data analytics company Sisense, an incident that also impacted critical infrastructure organizations. BigBrothers BleepingComputer
13.4.24 U.S. Treasury Hamas Spokesperson for Cyber Influence Operations The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday announced sanctions against an official BigBrothers The Hacker News
12.4.24 U.S. Federal Agencies Ordered to Hunt for Signs of Microsoft Breach and Mitigate Risks The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday issued an emergency directive (ED 24-02) urging federal BigBrothers The Hacker News
6.4.24 Microsoft still unsure how hackers stole MSA key in 2023 Exchange attack The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) has released a scathing report on how Microsoft handled its 2023 Exchange Online attack, warning that the company needs to do better at securing data and be more truthful about how threat actors stole an Azure signing key. BigBrothers

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6.4.24 US State Department investigates alleged theft of government data The U.S. Department of State is investigating claims of a cyber incident after a threat actor leaked documents allegedly stolen from a government contractor. BigBrothers

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1.4.24 Indian Government Rescues 250 Citizens Forced into Cybercrime in Cambodia The Indian government said it has rescued and repatriated about 250 citizens in Cambodia who were held captive and coerced into BigBrothers The Hacker News
28.3.24 Hackers Hit Indian Defense, Energy Sectors with Malware Posing as Air Force Invite Indian government entities and energy companies have been targeted by unknown threat actors with an aim to deliver a modified BigBrothers The Hacker News
28.3.24 Making Sense of Operational Technology Attacks: The Past, Present, and Future When you read reports about cyber-attacks affecting operational technology (OT), it's easy to get caught up in the hype and assume BigBrothers The Hacker News
27.3.24 US sanctions crypto exchanges used by Russian darknet market, banks The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned three cryptocurrency exchanges for working with OFAC-designated Russian dark web markets and banks. BigBrothers

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27.3.24 CISA urges software devs to weed out SQL injection vulnerabilities CISA and the FBI urged executives of technology manufacturing companies to prompt formal reviews of their organizations' software and implement mitigations to eliminate SQL injection (SQLi) security vulnerabilities before shipping. BigBrothers

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27.3.24 Sketchy NuGet Package Likely Linked to Industrial Espionage Targets Developers Threat hunters have identified a suspicious package in the NuGet package manager that's likely designed to target developers BigBrothers The Hacker News
27.3.24 U.S. Charges 7 Chinese Nationals in Major 14-Year Cyber Espionage Operation The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday unsealed indictments against seven Chinese nationals for their involvement BigBrothers The Hacker News
26.3.24 CISA Alerts on Active Exploitation of Flaws in Fortinet, Ivanti, and Nice Products The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday placed three security flaws to its Known Exploited BigBrothers The Hacker News
24.3.24 Microsoft to shut down 50 cloud services for Russian businesses Microsoft plans to limit access to over fifty cloud products for Russian organizations by the end of March as part of the sanctions requirements against the country issued by EU regulators last December. BigBrothers

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24.3.24 Russian hackers target German political parties with WineLoader malware Researchers are warning that a notorious hacking group linked to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is targeting political parties in Germany for the first time, shifting their focus away from the typical targeting of diplomatic missions. BigBrothers

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24.3.24 Darknet marketplace Nemesis Market seized by German police The German police have seized infrastructure for the darknet Nemesis Market cybercrime marketplace in Germany and Lithuania, disrupting the site's operation. BigBrothers BleepingComputer
24.3.24 German Police Seize 'Nemesis Market' in Major International Darknet Raid German authorities have announced the takedown of an illicit underground marketplace called Nemesis Market that peddled BigBrothers The Hacker News
23.3.24 Ivanti fixes critical Standalone Sentry bug reported by NATO Ivanti warned customers to immediately patch a critical severity Standalone Sentry vulnerability reported by NATO Cyber Security Centre researchers. BigBrothers

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22.3.24 U.S. Justice Department Sues Apple Over Monopoly and Messaging Security The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), along with 16 other state and district attorneys general, on Thursday accused Apple of illegally maintaining a BigBrothers The Hacker News
21.3.24 CISA shares critical infrastructure defense tips against Chinese hackers CISA, the NSA, the FBI, and several other agencies in the U.S. and worldwide warned critical infrastructure leaders to protect their systems against the Chinese Volt Typhoon hacking group BigBrothers

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21.3.24 FTC warns scammers are impersonating its employees to steal money The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned today that scammers are impersonating its employees to steal thousands of dollars from Americans. BigBrothers

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21.3.24 How the New NIST 2.0 Guidelines Help Detect SaaS Threats NIST just-released its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0, which seems to have SaaS security in mind. Learn more from Adaptive Shield about how the NIST 2.0 framework can help detect SaaS threats. BigBrothers

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21.3.24 Making Sense of Operational Technology Attacks: The Past, Present, and Future When you read reports about cyber-attacks affecting operational technology (OT), it's easy to get caught up in the hype and assume every single one is BigBrothers The Hacker News
21.3.24 U.S. Sanctions Russians Behind 'Doppelganger' Cyber Influence Campaign The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday announced sanctions against two 46-year-old Russian nationals BigBrothers The Hacker News
20.3.24 U.S. EPA Forms Task Force to Protect Water Systems from Cyberattacks The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it's forming a new "Water Sector Cybersecurity Task Force" to devise methods to counter the BigBrothers The Hacker News
17.3.24 PornHub now also blocks Texas over age verification laws PornHub has now added Texas to its blocklist, preventing users in the state from accessing its site in protest of age verification laws. BigBrothers

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14.3.24 RedCurl Cybercrime Group Abuses Windows PCA Tool for Corporate Espionage The Russian-speaking cybercrime group called RedCurl is leveraging a legitimate Microsoft Windows component called the Program Compatibility BigBrothers The Hacker News
12.3.24 South Korean Citizen Detained in Russia on Cyber Espionage Charges Russia has detained a South Korean national for the first time on cyber espionage charges and transferred from Vladivostok to Moscow for further BigBrothers The Hacker News
10.3.24 Microsoft says Russian hackers breached its systems, accessed source code Microsoft says the Russian 'Midnight Blizzard' hacking group recently accessed some of its internal systems and source code repositories using authentication secrets stolen during a January cyberattack. BigBrothers

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10.3.24 CISA, NSA share best practices for securing cloud services The NSA and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have released five joint cybersecurity bulletins containing on best practices for securing a cloud environment. BigBrothers

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9.3.24 NSA shares zero-trust guidance to limit adversaries on the network The National Security Agency is sharing new guidance to help organizations limit an adversary's movement on the internal network by adopting zero-trust framework principles. BigBrothers

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7.3.24 Chinese State Hackers Target Tibetans with Supply Chain, Watering Hole Attacks The China-linked threat actor known as Evasive Panda orchestrated both watering hole and supply chain attacks targeting Tibetan users at least since BigBrothers The Hacker News
6.3.24 U.S. sanctions Predator spyware operators for spying on Americans The U.S. has imposed sanctions on two individuals and five entities linked to the development and distribution of the Predator commercial spyware used to target Americans, including government officials and journalists. BigBrothers

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6.3.24 Ukraine claims it hacked Russian Ministry of Defense servers The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense claims that it breached the servers of the Russian Ministry of Defense (Minoborony) and stole sensitive documents. BigBrothers

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3.3.24 U.S. charges Iranian for hacks on defense orgs, offers $10M for info The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has unveiled an indictment against Alireza Shafie Nasab, a 39-year-old Iranian national, for his role in a cyber-espionage campaign targeting U.S. government and defense entities. BigBrothers

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3.3.24 CISA cautions against using hacked Ivanti VPN gateways even after factory resets The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed today that attackers who hack Ivanti VPN appliances using one of multiple actively exploited vulnerabilities may be able to maintain root persistence even after performing factory resets. BigBrothers

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3.3.24 New executive order bans mass sale of personal data to China, Russia U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that aims to ban the bulk sale and transfer of Americans' private data to "countries of concern" such as China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela. BigBrothers

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2.3.24 U.S. Court Orders NSO Group to Hand Over Pegasus Spyware Code to WhatsApp A U.S. judge has ordered NSO Group to hand over its source code for Pegasus and other products to Meta as part of the social media giant's BigBrothers The Hacker News
29.2.24 White House urges devs to switch to memory-safe programming languages The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) urged tech companies today to switch to memory-safe programming languages, such as Rust, to improve software security by reducing the number of memory safety vulnerabilities. BigBrothers

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29.2.24 Hackers exploit 14-year-old CMS editor on govt, edu sites for SEO poisoning Threat actors are exploiting a CMS editor discontinued 14 years ago to compromise education and government entities worldwide to poison search results with malicious sites or scams. BigBrothers

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29.2.24 President Biden Blocks Mass Transfer of Personal Data to High-Risk Nations U.S. President Joe Biden has issued an Executive Order that prohibits the mass transfer of citizens' personal data to countries of concern. The BigBrothers The Hacker News
25.2.24 Microsoft Expands Free Logging Capabilities for all U.S. Federal Agencies Microsoft has expanded free logging capabilities to all U.S. federal agencies using Microsoft Purview Audit irrespective of the license tier, more than six BigBrothers The Hacker News
24.2.24 FTC to ban Avast from selling browsing data for advertising purposes The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will order Avast to pay $16.5 million and ban the company from selling the users' web browsing data or licensing it for advertising purposes. BigBrothers

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24.2.24 US govt shares cyberattack defense tips for water utilities CISA, the FBI, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shared a list of defense measures U.S. water utilities should implement to better defend their systems against cyberattacks BigBrothers

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23.2.24 North Korean hackers linked to defense sector supply-chain attack In an advisory today Germany's federal intelligence agency (BfV) and South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) warn of an ongoing cyber-espionage operation targeting the global defense sector on behalf of the North Korean government. BigBrothers

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23.2.24 FTC Slams Avast with $16.5 Million Fine for Selling Users' Browsing Data The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has hit antivirus vendor Avast with a $16.5 million fine over charges that the firm sold users' browsing data to BigBrothers The Hacker News
20.2.24 Iran and Hezbollah Hackers Launch Attacks to Influence Israel-Hamas Narrative Hackers backed by Iran and Hezbollah staged cyber attacks designed to undercut public support for the Israel-Hamas war after October 2023. This BigBrothers The Hacker News
17.2.24 FCC orders telecom carriers to report PII data breaches within 30 days Starting March 13th, telecommunications companies must report data breaches impacting customers' personally identifiable information within 30 days, as required by FCC's updated data breach reporting requirements. BigBrothers

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16.2.24 U.S. State Government Network Breached via Former Employee's Account The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has revealed that an unnamed state government organization's network BigBrothers The Hacker News
16.2.24 U.S. Government Disrupts Russian-Linked Botnet Engaged in Cyber Espionage The U.S. government on Thursday said it disrupted a botnet comprising hundreds of small office and home office (SOHO) routers in the country that BigBrothers The Hacker News
15.2.24 Alert: CISA Warns of Active 'Roundcube' Email Attacks - Patch Now The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a medium-severity security flaw impacting Roundcube BigBrothers The Hacker News
12.2.24 CISA and OpenSSF Release Framework for Package Repository Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced that it's partnering with the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) BigBrothers The Hacker News
12.2.24 U.S. Offers $10 Million Bounty for Info Leading to Arrest of Hive Ransomware Leaders The U.S. Department of State has announced monetary rewards of up to $10 million for information about individuals holding key positions within the BigBrothers The Hacker News
10.2.24 UK to replace physical biometric immigration cards with e-visas By 2025, Britain is set to ditch physical immigration documents like Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) and Biometric Residence Cards (BRCs) in a bid to make its borders digital, in-line with developed countries like Australia. Understand what these Home Office changes mean for existing BRP and BRC holders, and what you need to do. BigBrothers

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10.2.24 Americans lost record $10 billion to fraud in 2023, FTC warns The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says Americans lost over $10 billion to scammers in 2023, marking a 14% increase in reported losses compared to the previous year. BigBrothers

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9.2.24 Denmark orders schools to stop sending student data to Google The Danish data protection authority (Datatilsynet) has issued an injunction regarding student data being funneled to Google through the use of Chromebooks and Google Workspace services in the country's schools. BigBrothers

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8.2.24 Chinese Hackers Operate Undetected in U.S. Critical Infrastructure for Half a Decade The U.S. government on Wednesday said the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as Volt Typhoon had been embedded into some BigBrothers The Hacker News
7.2.24 Chinese hackers infect Dutch military network with malware A Chinese cyber-espionage group breached the Dutch Ministry of Defence last year and deployed malware on compromised devices, according to the Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) of the Netherlands. BigBrothers

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7.2.24 Google says spyware vendors behind most zero-days it discovers Commercial spyware vendors (CSV) were behind 80% of the zero-day vulnerabilities Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) discovered in 2023 and used to spy on devices worldwide. BigBrothers

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7.2.24 US announces visa ban on those linked to commercial spyware Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced today a new visa restriction policy that will enable the Department of State to ban those linked to commercial spyware from entering the United States. BigBrothers

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7.2.24 Global Coalition and Tech Giants Unite Against Commercial Spyware Abuse A coalition of dozens of countries, including France, the U.K., and the U.S., along with tech companies such as Google, MDSec, Meta, and Microsoft, BigBrothers The Hacker News
6.2.24 U.S. Imposes Visa Restrictions on those Involved in Illegal Spyware Surveillance The U.S. State Department said it's implementing a new policy that imposes visa restrictions on individuals who are linked to the illegal use of BigBrothers The Hacker News
4.2.24 Interpol operation Synergia takes down 1,300 servers used for cybercrime An international law enforcement operation code-named 'Synergia' has taken down over 1,300 command and control servers used in ransomware, phishing, and malware campaigns. BigBrothers

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3.2.24

CISA orders federal agencies to disconnect Ivanti VPN appliances by Saturday CISA has ordered U.S. federal agencies to disconnect all Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure VPN appliances vulnerable to multiple actively exploited bugs before Saturday. BigBrothers BleepingComputer

3.2.24

CISA warns of patched iPhone kernel bug now exploited in attacks CISA warned today that a patched kernel security flaw affecting Apple iPhones, Macs, TVs, and watches is now being actively exploited in attacks. BigBrothers BleepingComputer

3.2.24

CISA: Vendors must secure SOHO routers against Volt Typhoon attacks CISA has urged manufacturers of small office/home office (SOHO) routers to ensure their devices' security against ongoing attacks attempting to hijack them, especially those coordinated by Chinese state-backed hacking group Volt Typhoon (Bronze Silhouette). BigBrothers

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3.2.24

U.S. Sanctions 6 Iranian Officials for Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attacks The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against six officials associated with the Iranian BigBrothers The Hacker News

2.2.24

FBI: Tech support scams now use couriers to collect victims' money ​Today, the FBI warned about courier services being used to collect money and valuables from victims of tech support and government impersonation scams. BigBrothers

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2.2.24

DHS employees jailed for stealing data of 200K U.S. govt workers Three former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees were sentenced to prison for stealing proprietary U.S. government software and databases containing the personal data of 200,000 federal employees. BigBrothers

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2.2.24

CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of Flaw in Apple iOS and macOS The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a high-severity flaw impacting iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, BigBrothers The Hacker News

1.2.24

The SEC Won't Let CISOs Be: Understanding New SaaS Cybersecurity Rules The SEC isn't giving SaaS a free pass. Applicable public companies, known as "registrants," are now subject to cyber incident disclosure and cybersecurity BigBrothers The Hacker News

31.1.24

SEC confirms X account was hacked in SIM swapping attack The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed today that its X account was hacked through a SIM-swapping attack on the cell phone number associated with the account. BigBrothers

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29.1.24

NSA Admits Secretly Buying Your Internet Browsing Data without Warrants The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has admitted to buying internet browsing records from data brokers to identify the websites and apps BigBrothers The Hacker News

22.1.24

FTC Bans InMarket for Selling Precise User Location Without Consent The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is continuing to clamp down on data brokers by prohibiting InMarket Media from selling or licensing precise location BigBrothers The Hacker News

21.1.24

CISA emergency directive: Mitigate Ivanti zero-days immediately CISA issued this year's first emergency directive ordering Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to immediately mitigate two Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure zero-day flaws in response to widespread and active exploitation by multiple threat actors. BigBrothers

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21.1.24

FTC bans one more data broker from selling your location info The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues to target data brokers, this time in a settlement with InMarket Media, which bans the company from selling Americans' precise location data. BigBrothers

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21.1.24

Chinese Hackers Silently Weaponized VMware Zero-Day Flaw for 2 Years An advanced China-nexus cyber espionage group previously linked to the exploitation of security flaws in VMware and Fortinet appliances has been BigBrothers The Hacker News

20.1.24

Google: Russian FSB hackers deploy new Spica backdoor malware Google says the ColdRiver Russian-backed hacking group is pushing previously unknown backdoor malware using payloads masquerading as a PDF decryption tool. BigBrothers

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19.1.24

FBI: Androxgh0st malware botnet steals AWS, Microsoft credentials CISA and the FBI warned today that threat actors using Androxgh0st malware are building a botnet focused on cloud credential theft and using the stolen information to deliver additional malicious payloads. BigBrothers

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19.1.24

U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Warns of Actively Exploited Ivanti EPMM Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a now-patched critical flaw impacting Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile BigBrothers The Hacker News

19.1.24

Russian COLDRIVER Hackers Expand Beyond Phishing with Custom Malware The Russia-linked threat actor known as COLDRIVER has been observed evolving its tradecraft to go beyond credential harvesting to deliver its first-ever BigBrothers The Hacker News

18.1.24

Iranian Hackers Masquerade as Journalists to Spy on Israel-Hamas War Experts High-profile individuals working on Middle Eastern affairs at universities and research organizations in Belgium, France, Gaza, Israel, the U.K., and the U.S. BigBrothers The Hacker News

18.1.24

Feds Warn of AndroxGh0st Botnet Targeting AWS, Azure, and Office 365 Credentials The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned that threat actors deploying the BigBrothers The Hacker News

14.1.24

New Findings Challenge Attribution in Denmark's Energy Sector Cyberattacks The cyber attacks targeting the energy sector in Denmark last year may not have had the involvement of the Russia-linked Sandworm hacking group, new BigBrothers The Hacker News

11.1.24

Fidelity National Financial: Hackers stole data of 1.3 million people Fidelity National Financial (FNF) has confirmed that a November cyberattack (claimed by the BlackCat ransomware gang) has exposed the data of 1.3 million customers. BigBrothers BleepingComputer

11.1.24

Pro-Ukraine hackers breach Russian ISP in revenge for KyivStar attack A pro-Ukraine hacktivist group named 'Blackjack' has claimed a cyberattack against Russian provider of internet services M9com as a direct response to the attack against Kyivstar mobile operator. BigBrothers

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11.1.24

US SEC’s X account hacked to announce fake Bitcoin ETF approval The X account for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was hacked today to issue a fake announcement on the approval of Bitcoin ETFs on security exchanges. BigBrothers

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11.1.24

China claims it cracked Apple's AirDrop to find numbers, email addresses A Chinese state-backed research institute claims to have discovered how to decrypt device logs for Apple's AirDrop feature, allowing the government to identify phone numbers or email addresses of those who shared content. BigBrothers

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11.1.24

FTC bans data broker from selling Americans’ location data Today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) banned data broker Outlogic, formerly X-Mode Social, from selling Americans' raw location data that could be used for tracking purposes. BigBrothers

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10.1.24

FTC Bans Outlogic (X-Mode) From Selling Sensitive Location Data The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday prohibited data broker Outlogic , which was previously known as X-Mode Social , from sharing or BigBrothers The Hacker News

10.1.24

CISA Flags 6 Vulnerabilities - Apple, Apache, Adobe , D-Link, Joomla Under Attack The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added six security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities ( KEV ) catalog, citing BigBrothers The Hacker News

9.1.24

Turkish hackers Sea Turtle expand attacks to Dutch ISPs, telcos The Turkish state-backed cyber espionage group tracked as Sea Turtle has been carrying out multiple spying campaigns in the Netherlands, focusing on telcos, media, internet service providers (ISPs), and Kurdish websites. BigBrothers

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7.1.24

Sea Turtle Cyber Espionage Campaign Targets Dutch IT and Telecom Companies Telecommunication, media, internet service providers (ISPs), information technology (IT)-service providers, and Kurdish websites in the Netherlands BigBrothers The Hacker News

6.1.24

Russian hackers wiped thousands of systems in KyivStar attack The Russian hackers behind a December breach of Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest telecommunications service provider, have wiped all systems on the telecom operator's core network. BigBrothers

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6.1.24

FTC offers $25,000 prize for detecting AI-enabled voice cloning The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has started accepting submissions for its Voice Cloning Challenge, a public competition with a $25,000 top prize for ideas that protect consumers from the danger of AI-enabled voice cloning for fraudulent activity. BigBrothers

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6.1.24

Pro-Iranian Hacker Group Targeting Albania with No-Justice Wiper Malware The recent wave of cyber attacks targeting Albanian organizations involved the use of a wiper called No-Justice . The findings come from BigBrothers The Hacker News

5.1.24

Russian Hackers Had Covert Access to Ukraine's Telecom Giant for Months Ukrainian cybersecurity authorities have disclosed that the Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as Sandworm was inside telecom operator BigBrothers The Hacker News

4.1.24

CISA warns of actively exploited bugs in Chrome and Excel parsing library The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added two vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, a recently patched flaw in Google Chrome and a bug affecting an open-source Perl library for reading information in an Excel file called Spreadsheet::ParseExcel. BigBrothers

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