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Unprecedented Cyberattack on US Telecommunications
NBC - Thu Dec 5, 2024
Amid an unprecedented cyberattack on telecommunications companies such as AT&T and Verizon, US officials have recommended that Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communications stay hidden from foreign hackers. More»

AI-Powered Fake News Campaign Targets Western Support for Ukraine and US Elections
The Hacker News - Mon Dec 2, 2024
A Moscow-based company sanctioned by the US earlier this year has been linked to yet another influence operation designed to turn public opinion against Ukraine and erode Western support since at least December 2023. More»

Hackers Steal Call Records of 'nearly all' AT&T Customers
BBC - Sat Jul 13, 2024
Hackers stole call and text records data from "nearly all" of 109 million AT&T Wireless customers, the telecommunications company disclosed on Friday. More»

Hundreds of thousands of US Internet Routers Destroyed in Newly Discovered 2023 Hack
Reuters - Fri May 31, 2024
WASHINGTON - An unidentified hacking group launched a massive cyberattack on a telecommunications company in the US heartland late last year that disabled hundreds of thousands of internet routers, according to research published Thursday. More»

The ‘AT&T breach’—what you need to know
malwarebytes - Mon Mar 25, 2024
Earlier this week, the data of over 70 million people was posted for sale on an online cybercrime forum. More»

China Accused of Hacking Ukraine Days Before Russian Invasion
The Times - Thu Apr 7, 2022
China staged a huge cyberattack on Ukraine’s military and nuclear facilities in the build-up to Russia’s invasion, according to intelligence memos obtained by The Times. More»

New Wiper Malware Targeting Ukraine Amid Russia's Military Operation
The Hacker News - Thu Feb 24, 2022
Cybersecurity firms ESET and Broadcom's Symantec said they discovered a new data wiper malware used in fresh attacks against hundreds of machines in Ukraine, as Russian forces formally launched a full-scale military operation against the country. More»

Apple Releases iOS, iPadOS, macOS Updates to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaw
The Hacker News - Fri Feb 11, 2022
Apple on Thursday released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari to address a new WebKit flaw that it said may have been actively exploited in the wild, making it the company's third zero-day patch since the start of the year. More»

CISA, FBI and NSA Publish Joint Advisory and Scanner for Log4j Vulnerabilities
The Hacker News - Thu Dec 23, 2021
Cybersecurity agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the US, and the UK on Wednesday released a joint advisory in response to widespread exploitation of multiple vulnerabilities in Apache's Log4j software library by nefarious adversaries. More»

Cyber Espionage Hackers Targeting Transportation Sector
The Hacker News - Wed Dec 22, 2021
The transportation industry and government agencies related to the sector are the victims of an ongoing campaign since July 2020 by a sophisticated and well-equipped cyberespionage group in what appears to be yet another uptick in malicious activities that are "just the tip of the iceberg. More»

Virginia's Legislature IT Hit With Ransomware Attack
NBC New York - Tue Dec 14, 2021
The information technology agency that serves Virginia's legislature has been hit by a ransomware attack that has substantially affected its operations, state officials said Monday. More»

AWS Outage: Several Sites Down, Amazon Delivery Operations Crippled
NBC New York - Tue Dec 7, 2021
Amazon Web Services suffered a major outage Tuesday, the company said, disrupting access to many popular sites. More»

New 'Trojan Source' Technique Lets Hackers Hide Vulnerabilities in Source Code
The Hacker News - Mon Nov 1, 2021
A novel class of vulnerabilities could be leveraged by threat actors to inject visually deceptive malware in a way that's semantically permissible but alters the logic defined by the source code, effectively opening the door to more first-party and supply chain risks. More»

Sinclair Broadcast Group has been hit by a ransomware attack
Engadget - Mon Oct 18, 2021
Sinclair Broadcast Group, the second-largest TV station operator in the US, said a ransomware attack has locked up some servers, workstations and networks. More»

FBI Warns of Ransomware Threat to Food and Agriculture
Malwarebytes Labs - Sun Sep 12, 2021
The FBI has issued a Private Industry Notification (PIN) about cybercriminal actors targeting the food and agriculture sector with ransomware attacks. More»

Amazon will pay you $10 for your palm prints. Should you be worried?
Malwarebytes Labs - Sat Aug 14, 2021
Retail giant Amazon recently offered to pay $10 USD for your palm prints. More»

New Amazon Kindle Bug Could've Let Attackers Hijack Your eBook Reader
The Hacker News - Fri Aug 6, 2021
Amazon earlier this April addressed a critical vulnerability in its Kindle e-book reader platform that could have been potentially exploited to take full control over a user's device, resulting in the theft of sensitive information by just deploying a malicious e-book. More»

Apple Releases Urgent 0-Day Bug Patch for Mac, iPhone and iPad Devices
The Hacker News - Tue Jul 27, 2021
Apple on Monday rolled out an urgent security update for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to address a zero-day flaw that it said may have been actively exploited, making it the thirteenth such vulnerability Apple has patched since the start of this year. More»

Major Websites Go Down in "Widespread Internet Outage"
CNBC - Thu Jul 22, 2021
Delta Air Lines, British Airways, Capital One, Go Daddy, Vanguard, UPS, LastPass, AT&T and Costco were among the websites loading slowly or showing “DNS failure”. More»

Saudi Aramco facing $50M cyber extortion
Associated Press - Wed Jul 21, 2021
Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant acknowledged Wednesday that leaked data from the company — files now apparently being used in a cyber-extortion attempt involving a $50 million ransom demand — likely came from one of its contractors. More»

Military-grade spyware found on journalists' and activists' phones
The Hill - Sun Jul 18, 2021
Military-grade spyware licensed by an Israeli firm was used in attempts to hack into smartphones belonging to journalists and activists, according to a new investigation by The Washington Post and 16 media partners. More»

Russia Breached GOP in Ransomware Attack
Bloomberg - Tue Jul 6, 2021
Russian government hackers breached the computer systems of the Republican National Committee last week, around the time a Russia-linked criminal group unleashed a massive ransomware attack, according to two people familiar with the matter. More»

A 'Colossal' Ransomware Attack Hits Hundreds Of U.S. Companies
NPR - Sun Jul 4, 2021
WASHINGTON — A ransomware attack paralyzed the networks of at least 200 US companies on Friday, according to a cybersecurity researcher whose company was responding to the incident. More»

Unpatched Virtual Machine Takeover Bug Affects Google Compute Engine
The Hacker News - Wed Jun 30, 2021
An unpatched security vulnerability affecting Google's Compute Engine platform could be abused by an attacker to take over virtual machines over the network. More»

Hackers steal 26 MILLION logins for Amazon, Apple, Facebook and other tech giants
Daily Mail - Thu Jun 10, 2021
Hackers have stolen 26 million user logins for tech giants including Amazon, Apple, Facebook as well as vital payment information in the latest online security breach. More»

Cyber Criminals Compromised Congress Weeks Ago
Daily Mail - Tue Jun 8, 2021
At least 60 members of Congress from both parties have been unable to access data for weeks in the latest ransomware attack to strike the United States. More»

Microsoft Says Group Behind SolarWinds Hack Targeted 150 Organizations This Week
NBC New York - Fri May 28, 2021
The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted spear-phishing assault on US and foreign government agencies and think tanks this week using an email marketing account of the US Agency for International Development, Microsoft said. More»

FBI Analyst Charged With Stealing Counterterrorism and Cyber Threat Info
The Hacker News - Mon May 24, 2021
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) indicted an employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for illegally removing numerous national security documents and willfully retaining them at her personal residence during a 13-year period from June 2004 to December 2017. More»

Researchers Link CryptoCore Attacks On Cryptocurrency Exchanges to North Korea
The Hacker News - Mon May 24, 2021
State-sponsored hackers affiliated with North Korea have been behind a slew of attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges over the past three years, new evidence has revealed. More»

Biden issues executive order following mounting cyberattacks
Axios - Wed May 12, 2021
President Biden signed an executive order Wednesday to improve the country’s cybersecurity following a series of high-profile cyberattacks in both the public and private sectors. More»

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