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China Dismisses Hacking Report and Accuses US of Targeting Cybersecurity Industry China‘s Rejection of Hacking Report China‘s government has rejected a report by a US security firm that accuses Chinese-linked hackers of carrying out cyberattacks on public agencies, schools, and other targets globally. The report, released by Mandiant, alleges that China was behind the exploitation…
Cybercriminal Operator of Bulletproof Hosting Services Sentenced to Prison in US A Romanian dual national who ran a bulletproof hosting service, Mihai Ionut Paunescu, has been sentenced to three years in prison in the United States. He was also ordered to pay $3.5 million forfeiture and roughly $19,000 in restitution. Paunescu was arrested in 2021…
US Cyber Officials Offer Technical Details Associated with CL0P Ransomware Attacks On June 2, 2023, the CL0P ransomware group compromised a popular file sharing service by exploiting a previously undetected vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer file transfer software, exposing hundreds of companies worldwide to further attacks. The US government’s top cybersecurity agency and the FBI…
US and Israel Issue Guidance on Securing Remote Access Software The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Security Agency (NSA), the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), and the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD), has released a joint Guide to Securing Remote…
Cyberwarfare US, South Korea Detail North Korea’s Social Engineering Techniques North Korea has a notorious history of cyberattacks and is now targeting the employees of think tanks, academic and research institutions as well as news media organizations. According to a joint advisory by the United States and South Korea, the North Korean threat actors use…
Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has publicly disclosed an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor launching zero-click iMessage exploits on iOS-powered devices in its corporate network. This came on the same day that Russia‘s Federal Security Service (FSB) blamed US intelligence agencies for an ongoing spy campaign targeting thousands of iOS devices belonging to domestic subscribers and foreign…
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Microsoft Warns of China-Backed APT Infiltrating US Critical Infrastructure Microsoft has reported an active threat group, dubbed “Volt Typhoon,” sponsored by China that has gained persistent access to telecom and other critical infrastructure networks in the US with a focus on espionage and potentially, cyber warfare. The group, which has previously been observed in cyber…
Chinese-linked hackers have been discovered by Microsoft and US intelligence agencies targeting critical infrastructure entities in the United States and Guam. The hacking campaign, which has been active since mid-2021, has been dubbed “Volt Typhoon” by Microsoft, who assess that the attacks could lay the groundwork for disrupting communications between the US and Asia in…
US offers $10m bounty for Russian ransomware suspect outed in indictment The United States government has offered a bounty of $10m for the arrest and/ or conviction of Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev, a Russian national accused of carrying out or enabling ransomware attacks. Matveev, also known by his aliases Wazawaka, m1x, Boriselcin, and Uhodiransomwar, is accused…