U.S. officials say the sanctioned Chinese firm provided botnet infrastructure for the China-backed hacking group Flax Typhoon
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Chinese government hackers targeted the U.S. Treasuryβs highly sensitive sanctions office during a December cyberattack, according to reports. According to The Washington Post, the state-sponsored hackers targeted the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a government department that imposes economic and trade sanctions against countries and individuals, to potentially access information on Chinese organizations that [β¦]
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Lumen says there is 'no evidence' that customer data was accessed during the intrusion
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These simple cybersecurity resolutions can help keep your startup protected from most malicious hackers.
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U.S. telecom giants AT&T and Verizon say they have secured their networks after being targeted by theΒ China-linked Salt Typhoon cyberespionage group. In a statement given to TechCrunch on Monday, AT&T spokesperson Alexander Byers said the company detects βno activity by nation-state actors in our networks at this time.β Verizon spokesperson Richard Young said in an [β¦]
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From LoanDepot to Evolve Bank and Blue Yonder, these ransomware attacks affect tens of millions of people.
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A US judge ruled that the Israeli spyware maker breached hacking laws by using WhatsApp to infect devices with Pegasus
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The move to urge Americans to use end-to-end encrypted apps comes as China-backed gangs are hacking into phone and internet giants.
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New details emerged about the Change Healthcare ransomware attack in Nebraska's complaint.
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The university's incident website blocks search engines from listing the site, making it more difficult for affected individuals to find the website in search results.
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Security researchers have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the infotainment units used in some Skoda cars that could allow malicious actors to remotely trigger certain controls and track the carsβ location in real time. PCAutomotive, a cybersecurity firm specializing in the automotive sector, unveiled 12 new security vulnerabilities impacting the latest model of the Skoda Superb [β¦]
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Byte Federal, one of the largest Bitcoin ATM operators in the U.S., said the personal data of thousands of customers may have been compromised during a recent breach. In a filing with Maineβs attorney general, Florida-based Byte Federal said hackers tried to access the data of 58,000 customers, including names, addresses, phone numbers, government-issued IDs, [β¦]
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The spyware, called EagleMsgSpy, has been used by Chinese law enforcement, according to cybersecurity firm Lookout.
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The U.S. sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity company and one of its employees for exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Sophos firewalls to target U.S. organizations. On Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury Department said Guan Tianfeng, an employee of Sichuan Silence, used the vulnerability to compromise approximately 81,000 firewalls in April 2020. The hacking campaign, detailed by Sophos [β¦]
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Threat actors are exploiting a high-risk bug in Cleo software - and Huntress warns that fully-patched systems are vulnerable
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Artivion, a medical device company that manufactures implantable tissues for cardiac and vascular transplant applications, says its services have been βdisruptedβ due to a cybersecurity incident.Β In an 8-K filing with the SEC on Monday, Georgia-based Artivion, formerly CryoLife, said it became aware of a βcybersecurity incidentβ that involved the βacquisition and encryptionβ of data [β¦]
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Supply chain software giant Blue Yonder says it is investigating claims of data theft after a ransomware gang threatened to publish troves of data stolen from the company.Β Arizona-based Blue Yonder, which provides supply chain management software to thousands of organizations including DHL, Starbucks and Walgreens, was hit by a cyberattack on November 21. The [β¦]
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