Cyberwarfare
The US government has announced the disruption of Snake, a sophisticated cyberespionage malware officially attributed to a unit of Russia’s FSB agency.
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Government
The bill was approved on a bipartisan basis, 273-147, though it will still have to clear the Senate to become law.
Government
Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to bring forward a Plan B that would reform and extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act...
Government
A bill that would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was blocked by a conservative revolt.
Privacy & Compliance
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expires on April 19.
Ransomware
The US is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on BlackCat ransomware affiliates that targeted US critical infrastructure.
Tracking & Law Enforcement
UK Judges said the U.S. must guarantee that Assange, who is Australian, “is afforded the same First Amendment protections as a United States citizen,...
Cybercrime
US authorities have seized 13 internet domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services.
Data Breaches
Former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan was sentenced to probation and community service for covering up the data breach suffered by the ride-sharing giant...
Privacy
Apple and Google propose new industry specification for Bluetooth location-tracking devices, to prevent unwanted tracking.
Cybercrime
Authorities in the US and Ukraine have worked together to shut down nine websites offering cryptocurrency exchange services to cybercriminals.
Cybercrime
The FBI has seized Genesis Market, a major cybercrime website offering stolen device fingerprints.
Government
Executive order will require the head of any U.S. agency using commercial spyware programs to certify that the program doesn’t pose a significant counterintelligence...
Cybercrime
The US Justice Department charged Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, founder of BreachForums, a major underground website for computer hackers.
Cybercrime
The popular cybercrime forum BreachForums is being shut down following the arrest of Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, who is accused of running the website.
Cybercrime
Sagar Singh and Nicholas Ceraolo have been charged for their alleged roles in a doxing operation that involved hacking a law enforcement platform and...
Tracking & Law Enforcement
The Biden administration urged Congress to renew the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that the government sees as vital in countering overseas terrorism, and...
Cybercrime
Spanish Court agreed to extradite Joseph James O’Connor to he U.S., who allegedly took part in the July 2020 hacking of Twitter accounts of...
Malware & Threats
Palo Alto Networks has started releasing hotfixes for the firewall zero-day CVE-2024-3400, which some have linked to North Korea’s Lazarus.
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Data Breaches
Cisco Duo warns that breach exposed phone numbers, phone carriers, metadata and other logs that could lead to downstream social engineering attacks.
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