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US federal agency hacked using old Telerik bug to steal data

Last year, a U.S. federal agency's Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) web server was hacked by exploiting a critical .NET deserialization vulnerability in the Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX component.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 15, 2023
- 12:39 PM
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Blackbaud to pay $3M for misleading ransomware attack disclosure

Cloud software provider Blackbaud has agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), alleging that it failed to disclose the full impact of a 2020 ransomware attack that affected more than 13,000 customers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 10, 2023
- 11:30 AM
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FBI investigates data breach impacting U.S. House members and staff

The FBI is investigating a data breach affecting U.S. House of Representatives members and staff after their account and personal information was stolen from DC Health Link's servers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 08, 2023
- 05:48 PM
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White House releases new U.S. national cybersecurity strategy

The Biden-Harris administration today released its national cybersecurity strategy that focuses on shifting the burden of defending the country's cyberspace towards software vendors and service providers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 02, 2023
- 11:49 AM
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U.S. Marshals Service investigating ransomware attack, data theft

The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) is investigating the theft of sensitive law enforcement information following a ransomware attack that has impacted what it describes as "a stand-alone USMS system."
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 27, 2023
- 07:48 PM
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FTC: Americans lost $8.8 billion to fraud in 2022 after 30% surge

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed today that Americans lost almost $8.8 billion to various types of scams in 2022, following a significant surge of over 30% more lost to fraud compared to the previous year.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 23, 2023
- 03:52 PM
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Russian malware dev behind NLBrute hacking tool extradited to US

A Russian malware developer accused of creating and selling the NLBrute password-cracking tool was extradited to the United States after being arrested in the Republic of Georgia last year on October 4.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 23, 2023
- 12:36 PM
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FTC: $1.3 billion lost by 70,000 Americans to romance scams last year

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says Americans once again reported record losses of $1.3 billion to romance scams in 2022, with median losses of $4,400.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 13, 2023
- 10:24 AM
- 0
US offers $10M bounty for Hive ransomware links to foreign governments

The U.S. Department of State today offered up to $10 million for information that could help link the Hive ransomware group (or other threat actors) with foreign governments.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 26, 2023
- 03:41 PM
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U.S. sues Google for abusing dominance over online ad market

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a federal lawsuit today against Google for abusing its dominant position in the online advertising market.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 24, 2023
- 02:03 PM
- 2
Iowa’s largest school district cancels classes after cyberattack

Des Moines Public Schools, the largest school district in Iowa, canceled all classes on Tuesday after taking all networked systems offline in response to "unusual activity" detected on its network one day before.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 10, 2023
- 01:10 PM
- 1
FCC proposes record-breaking $300 million fine against robocaller

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission proposed today a record-breaking $300 million fine against an auto warranty robocall operation that made billions of calls to more than 550 million phones across the United States.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 21, 2022
- 03:07 PM
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Epic Games to pay $520 million for privacy violations, dark patterns

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, will pay $520 million to settle allegations of violating children's privacy laws and using dark patterns to trick millions of gamers into making unintentional in-game purchases.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 19, 2022
- 10:27 AM
- 2
CISA orders agencies to patch exploited Google Chrome bug by Dec 26th

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added one more security vulnerability to its list of bugs known to be exploited in attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 05, 2022
- 05:06 PM
- 1
DHS Cyber Safety Board to review Lapsus$ gang’s hacking tactics

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cyber Safety Review Board will review attacks linked to an extortion group known as Lapsus$, which breached multiple high-profile companies in recent attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 02, 2022
- 02:05 PM
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US bans sales of Huawei, Hikvision, ZTE, and Dahua equipment

The United States government, through the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has banned the sale of equipment from Chinese telecommunications and video surveillance vendor Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua due "unacceptable risks to national security".
- Bill Toulas
- November 28, 2022
- 09:18 AM
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Meta links U.S. military with covert Facebook influence operation

Meta has removed several accounts on Facebook and Instagram associated with the U.S. military, saying they were used as part of covert influence operations targeting the Middle East and Russia.
- Bill Toulas
- November 23, 2022
- 02:38 PM
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US charges BEC suspects with targeting federal health care programs

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged ten defendants for their alleged involvement in business email compromise (BEC) schemes targeting numerous victims across the country, including U.S. federal funding programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 18, 2022
- 12:26 PM
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US govt: Iranian hackers breached federal agency using Log4Shell exploit

The FBI and CISA revealed in a joint advisory published today that an unnamed Iranian-backed threat group hacked a Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) organization to deploy XMRig cryptomining malware.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 16, 2022
- 11:34 AM
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US Health Dept warns of Venus ransomware targeting healthcare orgs

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned today that Venus ransomware attacks are also targeting the country's healthcare organizations.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 10, 2022
- 04:50 PM
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