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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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 23, 2024
- 02:40 PM
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Frontier Communications shuts down systems after cyberattack

American telecom provider Frontier Communications is restoring systems after a cybercrime group breached some of its IT systems in a recent cyberattack.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 18, 2024
- 05:02 PM
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Moldovan charged for operating botnet used to push ransomware

The U.S. Justice Department charged Moldovan national Alexander Lefterov, the owner and operator of a large-scale botnet that infected thousands of computers across the United States.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 17, 2024
- 02:53 PM
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FBI warns of massive wave of road toll SMS phishing attacks

On Friday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned of a massive ongoing wave of SMS phishing attacks targeting Americans with lures regarding unpaid road toll fees.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 12, 2024
- 02:56 PM
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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.
- Bill Toulas
- April 11, 2024
- 06:27 PM
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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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 11, 2024
- 01:47 PM
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Acuity confirms hackers stole non-sensitive govt data from GitHub repos

Acuity, a federal contractor that works with U.S. government agencies, has confirmed that hackers breached its GitHub repositories and stole documents containing old and non-sensitive data.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 05, 2024
- 11:32 AM
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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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 03, 2024
- 02:55 PM
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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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 25, 2024
- 05:20 PM
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US sanctions APT31 hackers behind critical infrastructure attacks

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a Wuhan-based company used by the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) as cover in attacks against U.S. critical infrastructure organizations.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 25, 2024
- 12:06 PM
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Golden Corral restaurant chain data breach impacts 183,000 people

The Golden Corral American restaurant chain disclosed a data breach after attackers behind an August cyberattack stole the personal information of over 180,000 people.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 29, 2024
- 05:14 PM
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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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 28, 2024
- 03:50 PM
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Ransomware gang claims they stole 6TB of Change Healthcare data

The BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang has officially claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (UHG), which led to an ongoing outage affecting the Change Healthcare platform.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 28, 2024
- 02:33 PM
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UnitedHealth subsidiary Optum hack linked to BlackCat ransomware

A cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum that led to an ongoing outage impacting the Change Healthcare payment exchange platform was linked to the BlackCat ransomware group by sources familiar with the investigation.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 26, 2024
- 07:13 PM
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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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 26, 2024
- 04:34 PM
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Russian hackers shift to cloud attacks, US and allies warn

Members of the Five Eyes (FVEY) intelligence alliance warned today that APT29 Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) hackers are now switching to attacks targeting their victims' cloud services.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 26, 2024
- 12:31 PM
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Microsoft expands free logging capabilities after May breach

Microsoft has expanded free logging capabilities for all Purview Audit standard customers, including U.S. federal agencies, six months after disclosing that Chinese hackers stole U.S. government emails undetected in an Exchange Online breach between May and June 2023.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 21, 2024
- 05:31 PM
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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
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 21, 2024
- 01:39 PM
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US offers $15 million bounty for info on LockBit ransomware gang

The U.S. State Department is now also offering rewards of up to $15 million to anyone who can provide information about LockBit ransomware gang members and their associates.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 21, 2024
- 11:22 AM
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US offers up to $15 million for tips on ALPHV ransomware gang

The U.S. State Department is offering rewards of up to $10 million for information that could lead to the identification or location of ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware gang leaders.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 15, 2024
- 01:57 PM
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