BigBrothers List - 2024 2023 2021 2020 2019 2018
DATE | NAME | Info | CATEG. | WEB |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
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. | ||
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |