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 […]

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The mobile security company said it detected Pegasus spyware attacks on seven iPhone owners, including government officials and a business leader.

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The U.S. consumer protection agency said it's closing the loophole to block the "widespread evasion" of federal law by data brokers.

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ENGlobal Corporation, a provider of engineering and automation services to the U.S. energy sector and federal government, says it has restricted access to its IT systems following a cyberattack, limiting the company to essential business operations only. In an 8-K filing with the SEC on Monday, Texas-based ENGlobal said it became aware of a “cybersecurity […]

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Russian media reports says that the accused hacker is on the FBI's most wanted list.

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Phobos ransomware has been used to extort at least $16 million from over a thousand victims globally, according to the DOJ

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