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US govt sanctions North Korea’s Kimsuky hacking group

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned the North Korean-backed Kimsuky hacking group for stealing intelligence in support of the country's strategic goals.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 30, 2023
- 05:08 PM
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Capital Health Hospitals hit by cyberattack causing IT outages

Capital Health hospitals and physician offices across New Jersey are experiencing IT outages after a cyberattack hit the non-profit organization's network earlier this week.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 30, 2023
- 02:12 PM
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Staples confirms cyberattack behind service outages, delivery issues

American office supply retailer Staples took down some of its systems earlier this week after a cyberattack to contain the breach's impact and protect customer data.
- Bill Toulas
- November 30, 2023
- 12:22 PM
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Cybersecurity firm executive pleads guilty to hacking hospitals

The former chief operating officer of a cybersecurity company has pleaded guilty to hacking two hospitals, part of the Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC), in June 2021 to boost his company's business.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 20, 2023
- 02:13 PM
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Mortgage giant Mr. Cooper says customer data exposed in breach

Mr. Cooper, the largest home loan servicer in the United States, says it found evidence of customer data exposed during a cyberattack disclosed last week, on October 31.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 10, 2023
- 04:57 PM
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Dozens of countries will pledge to stop paying ransomware gangs

An alliance of 40 countries will sign a pledge during the third annual International Counter-Ransomware Initiative summit in Washington, D.C., to stop paying ransoms demanded by cybercriminal groups.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 31, 2023
- 12:54 PM
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SEC sues SolarWinds for misleading investors before 2020 hack

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today charged SolarWinds with defrauding investors by allegedly concealing cybersecurity defense issues before a December 2020 linked to APT29, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) hacking division.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 30, 2023
- 05:54 PM
- 1
City of Philadelphia discloses data breach after five months

The City of Philadelphia is investigating a data breach after attackers "may have gained access" to City email accounts containing personal and protected health information five months ago, in May.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 23, 2023
- 05:25 AM
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D.C. Board of Elections: Hackers may have breached entire voter roll

The District of Columbia Board of Elections (DCBOE) says that a threat actor who breached a web server operated by the DataNet Systems hosting provider in early October may have obtained access to the personal information of all registered voters.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 23, 2023
- 04:32 AM
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Kansas courts IT systems offline after ‘security incident’

Information systems of state courts across Kansas are still offline after they've been disrupted in what the Kansas judicial branch described last Thursday as a "security incident."
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 16, 2023
- 04:08 PM
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CISA shares vulnerabilities, misconfigs used by ransomware gangs

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has unveiled additional details regarding misconfigurations and security vulnerabilities exploited by ransomware gangs, aiming to help critical infrastructure organizations thwart their attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 13, 2023
- 10:55 AM
- 0
ALPHV ransomware gang claims attack on Florida circuit court

The ALPHV (BlackCat) ransomware gang has claimed an attack that affected state courts across Northwest Florida (part of the First Judicial Circuit) last week.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 09, 2023
- 05:32 PM
- 0
FTC warns of ‘staggering’ losses to social media scams since 2021

The Federal Trade Commission says Americans have lost at least $2.7 billion to social media scams since 2021, with the real number likely many times larger due to unreported incidents.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 06, 2023
- 01:07 PM
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Emergency alert on US phones and TVs today — Don’t worry, it’s just a test

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will run an emergency alert test today to check Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) capabilities nationwide.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 04, 2023
- 05:24 AM
- 1
Microsoft breach led to theft of 60,000 US State Dept emails

Chinese hackers stole tens of thousands of emails from U.S. State Department accounts after breaching Microsoft's cloud-based Exchange email platform in May.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 28, 2023
- 04:45 PM
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National Student Clearinghouse data breach impacts 890 schools

U.S. educational nonprofit National Student Clearinghouse has disclosed a data breach affecting 890 schools using its services across the United States.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 23, 2023
- 10:04 AM
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Google pays $93M to settle Android tracking lawsuit in California

California's Attorney General announced today that Google will pay $93 million to settle a privacy lawsuit alleging it violated the U.S. state's consumer protection laws.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 15, 2023
- 09:57 AM
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Iranian hackers breach US aviation org via ManageEngine, Fortinet bugs

State-backed hacking groups have breached a U.S. aeronautical organization using exploits targeting critical Zoho ManageEngine and Fortinet vulnerabilities, a joint advisory published by CISA, the FBI, and the United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) revealed on Thursday.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 07, 2023
- 05:32 PM
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US and UK sanction 11 TrickBot and Conti cybercrime gang members

The USA and the United Kingdom have sanctioned eleven Russian nationals associated with the TrickBot and Conti ransomware cybercrime operations.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 07, 2023
- 10:27 AM
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New HiatusRAT malware attacks target US Defense Department

In a new HiatusRAT malware campaign, threat actors have targeted a server belonging to the U.S. Department of Defense in what researchers described as a reconnaissance attack.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 22, 2023
- 12:47 PM
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