Cyberattack Prompts FBI to Urge Americans to Use Encrypted Messaging Apps
CNETOfficials from the FBI and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency say Americans' communications are vulnerable during cyberattack. more…
Officials from the FBI and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency say Americans' communications are vulnerable during cyberattack. more…
A Chinese espionage campaign scooped up data on hundreds of thousands of American mobile phone users, likely stealing information about more than 1 million customers. more…
You should be using an encrypted messaging app instead of texting between iPhones and Android phones, federal security agencies say. more…
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The United States on Monday launched its third crackdown in three years on China’s semiconductor industry, curbing exports to 140 companies. more…
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US telecom providers have been infiltrated to a worrying level by an APT group. The advice is to use encrypted messaging. more…
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One of the largest hacks in U.S. history has prompted more warnings about how to protect yourself from hackers, fraudsters and criminals. more…
China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon has breached telecommunications companies in dozens of countries, US govt warns. President Biden’s deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger said that China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon has breached telecommunication… more…
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. warn of PRC-linked cyber espionage targeting telecom networks in a joint advisory. Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. issued a joint advisory to warn of People’s Republic of China (PRC)-linked cyber espio… more…
BT Group (formerly British Telecom)’s Conferencing division shut down some of its servers following a Black Basta ransomware attack. British multinational telecommunications holding company BT Group (formerly British Telecom) announced it has shut down some o… more…
ENGlobal Corporation disclosed a ransomware attack, discovered on November 25, disrupting operations, in a filing to the SEC. A ransomware attack disrupted the operations of a major energy industry contractor, ENGlobal Corporation. Founded in 1985, ENGlobal C… more…
The Tor Project seeks help deploying 200 WebTunnel bridges by year-end to counter government censorship. Recent reports from Russia show increased censorship targeting the Tor network, including blocking bridges, pluggable transports, and circumvention apps. … more…
McAfee researchers discovered 15 SpyLoan Android apps on Google Play with a combined total of over 8 million installs. 15 SpyLoan apps with a combined total of 8M+ installs were found on Google Play, targeting users in South America, Southeast Asia, and Afric… more…
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Cisco warns customers that a decade-old ASA vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2014-2120, is being actively exploited in the wild. Cisco warns that the decade-old ASA vulnerability CVE-2014-2120 is being actively exploited in attacks in the wild, and urges custome… more…
Russian authorities arrested ransomware affiliate Mikhail Matveev, aka Wazawaka, for developing malware and ties to hacking groups. Russian authorities arrested a ransomware affiliate, Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev (also known as Wazawaka, Uhodiransomwar, m1x, an… more…
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Poland probes Pegasus spyware abuse under the PiS government; ex-security chief Piotr Pogonowski arrested to testify before parliament. Poland’s government has been investigating the alleged misuse of Pegasus spyware by the previous administration and arreste… more…
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A bootloader vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS affects 100+ switches, allowing attackers to bypass image signature checks. Cisco released security patches for a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-20397 (CVSS score of 5.2), in the NX-OS software’s bootloader that c… more…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Chinese government-backed hackers have infiltrated major U.S. telecom networks, and officials are now struggling to remove their access, U.S. authorities announced Tuesday.... Read More The post US Struggles to Remove Chinese Hack… more…
Officials with the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are imploring Americans to use encrypted messaging apps in the wake of an unprecedented Chinese cyberattack on major companies like AT&T and Verizon. The post Officials Urge Am… more…
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CISA released guidance today to help network defenders harden their systems against attacks coordinated by the Salt Typhoon Chinese threat group that breached multiple major global telecommunications providers earlier this year. [...] more…
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BT Group, a major telecommunications firm, has been hit by a ransomware attack from the Black Basta group. The attack targeted the company's Conferencing division, leading to server shutdowns and potential data theft. more…
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Dozens of nations have been hit by a Chinese hacking campaign, a senior White House official has said. more…
Kevin Collier: The hacking campaign, nicknamed Salt Typhoon by Microsoft, is one of the largest intelligence compromises in U.S. history, and it has not yet been fully remediated. Officials on a news call Tuesday refused to set a timetable for declaring the c… more…
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Officials from the FBI and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency say Americans' communications are vulnerable during cyberattack. more…
You should be using an encrypted messaging app instead of texting between iPhones and Android phones, federal security agencies say. more…
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The FBI has warned Americans that the ongoing state-sponsored Chinese hacking of U.S. telecommunications networks is much larger than previously understood. As reported by Forbes, the government agency is now urging Americans to use encrypted messaging and ph… more…
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FBI urged citizens to use encryption to secure their communications amid a massive Chinese cyberattack. more…
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