Google Threat Intelligence Group said it developed means to counter the activity, which it linked to APT41.
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Sina Gholinejad pleaded guilty to two counts in a scheme that most visibly hit the city of Baltimore, causing $19 million in damages.
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The deal reflects a growing trend in cybersecurity toward consolidation and integration.
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A Vietnam-based group has spread thousands of advertisements, fake websites and social media posts promising access to popular prompt-to-video AI generation tools, delivering infostealers and backdoors instead.
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Laundry Bear, a group recently identified by Dutch intelligence and security services, stole work-related contact details on the Netherlands’ national police force in September 2024, Microsoft researchers said.
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Sens. Warner and Lankford reintroduced their VDP bill after a companion version passed the House in March.
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A coordinated effort took down seven kinds of malware and targeted initial access brokers.
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The successful break-up of DanaBot marks the second high-profile law enforcement disruption of a widespread malware operation in as many days.
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Chair Brendan Carr said the agency is exploring how to expand STIR/SHAKEN protocols to older legacy phone networks.
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The legislation Sens. Gary Peters and James Lankford would create an executive branch panel to align federal cyber rules.
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Hanan Elatr Khashoggi has alleged that the spyware vendor played a role in the death of her husband.
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Cybercriminals used the prolific malware to target individuals and businesses, including Fortune 500 companies, according to the FBI.
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The campaign traces back at least to early 2022, coinciding with the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Global law enforcement authorities and Microsoft seized or disrupted the prolific infostealer’s central command infrastructure, malicious domains and marketplaces where the malware was sold.
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Experts tell CyberScoop that the U.S. telecom system is just too technologically fragmented to gather a clear picture of threats, and too big to ever fully eject all espionage efforts.
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It’s the first public break in the case that might be the largest breach of American schoolchildren's data.
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Seven sources tell CyberScoop that a lack of coordination and miscommunication between federal agencies and the telecommunications industry left critical networks exposed to the Chinese hacking group.
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The legislation comes amid DOGE-fueled cuts to CISA and warnings from lawmakers that Trump administration policies will cripple federal cyber recruiting.
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Elon Musk’s DOGE isn’t about efficiency — it’s about destruction. We should not let this administration tear down our best defenses against those trying to attack us in cyberspace.
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Sen. Mark Warner urged OPM’s acting director to ensure identity protection services continue for the more than 21 million individuals affected by the 2015 breach.
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