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US govt contractor Serco discloses data breach after MoveIT attacks

Serco Inc, the Americas division of multinational outsourcing company Serco Group, has disclosed a data breach after attackers stole the personal information of over 10,000 individuals from a third-party vendor's MoveIT managed file transfer (MFT) server.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 03, 2023
- 12:39 PM
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Amazon agrees to $25 million fine for Alexa children privacy violations

The U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Amazon has agreed to pay a $25 million fine to settle alleged children's privacy laws violations related to the company's Alexa voice assistant service.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 21, 2023
- 08:02 AM
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U.S. preparing Cyber Trust Mark for more secure smart devices

A new cybersecurity certification and labeling program called U.S. Cyber Trust Mark is being shaped to help U.S. consumers choose connected devices that are more secure and resilient to hacker attacks.
- Ionut Ilascu
- July 18, 2023
- 09:12 PM
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Microsoft still unsure how hackers stole Azure AD signing key

Microsoft says it still doesn't know how Chinese hackers stole an inactive Microsoft account (MSA) consumer signing key used to breach the Exchange Online and Azure AD accounts of two dozen organizations, including government agencies.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 14, 2023
- 04:18 PM
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Microsoft: Chinese hackers breached US govt Exchange email accounts

A Chinese hacking group has breached the email accounts of more than two dozen organizations worldwide, including U.S. and Western European government agencies, according to Microsoft.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 12, 2023
- 08:51 AM
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CISA issues DDoS warning after attacks hit multiple US orgs

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned today of ongoing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks after U.S. organizations across multiple industry sectors were hit.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 30, 2023
- 12:24 PM
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Hundreds of devices found violating new CISA federal agency directive

Censys researchers have discovered hundreds of Internet-exposed devices on the networks of U.S. federal agencies that have to be secured according to a recently issued CISA Binding Operational Directive.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 27, 2023
- 02:06 PM
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FTC: Amazon trapped millions into hard-to-cancel Prime memberships

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says Amazon allegedly used dark patterns to trick millions of users into enrolling in its Prime program and trapping them by making it as difficult as possible to cancel the automatically-renewing subscriptions.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 21, 2023
- 11:35 AM
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CISA orders federal agencies to secure Internet-exposed network devices

CISA issued this year's first binding operational directive (BOD) ordering federal civilian agencies to secure misconfigured or Internet-exposed networking equipment within 14 days of discovery.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 13, 2023
- 01:33 PM
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Russians charged with hacking Mt. Gox crypto exchange, running BTC-e

Russian nationals Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner have been charged with the 2011 hacking of the leading (at the time) cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox and the laundering of around 647,000 bitcoins they stole.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 09, 2023
- 11:57 AM
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Amazon faces $30 million fine over Ring, Alexa privacy violations

Amazon will pay $30 million in fines to settle allegations of privacy violations related to the operation of its Ring video doorbell and Alexa virtual assistant services.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 31, 2023
- 04:44 PM
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Chinese hackers breach US critical infrastructure in stealthy attacks

Microsoft says a Chinese cyberespionage group it tracks as Volt Typhoon has been targeting critical infrastructure organizations across the United States, including Guam, an island hosting multiple military bases, since at least mid-2021.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 24, 2023
- 04:43 PM
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US sanctions orgs behind North Korea’s ‘illicit’ IT worker army

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions today against four entities and one individual for their involvement in illicit IT worker schemes and cyberattacks generating revenue to finance North Korea's weapons development programs.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 23, 2023
- 12:38 PM
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Pentagon explosion hoax goes viral after verified Twitter accounts push

Highly realistic AI-generated images depicting an explosion near the Pentagon that went viral on Twitter caused the stock market to dip briefly earlier today.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 22, 2023
- 02:14 PM
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FBI nukes Russian Snake data theft malware with self-destruct command

Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from all Five Eyes member nations took down the infrastructure used by the Snake cyber-espionage malware operated by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB).
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 09, 2023
- 12:29 PM
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Critical infrastructure also hit by supply chain attack behind 3CX breach

The X_Trader software supply chain attack that led to last month's 3CX breach has also impacted at least several critical infrastructure organizations in the United States and Europe, according to Symantec's Threat Hunter Team.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 21, 2023
- 03:26 PM
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Microsoft: Iranian hackers behind retaliatory cyberattacks on US orgs

Microsoft has discovered that an Iranian hacking group known as 'Mint Sandstorm' is conducting cyberattacks on US critical infrastructure in what is believed to be retaliation for recent attacks on Iran's infrastructure.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 18, 2023
- 04:03 PM
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FBI confirms access to Breached cybercrime forum database

Today, the FBI confirmed they have access to the database of the notorious BreachForums (aka Breached) hacking forum after the U.S. Justice Department also officially announced the arrest of its owner
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 24, 2023
- 05:59 PM
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LockBit ransomware gang now also claims City of Oakland breach

Another ransomware operation, the LockBit gang, now threatens to leak what it describes as files stolen from the City of Oakland's systems.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 21, 2023
- 12:57 PM
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Alleged BreachForums owner Pompompurin arrested on cybercrime charges

U.S. law enforcement arrested on Wednesday a New York man believed to be Pompompurin, the owner of the BreachForums hacking forum.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 17, 2023
- 07:32 PM
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