Google reveals Spanish IT firm’s links to spyware targeting Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Defender

Google says it has deployed patches for zero-day vulnerabilities that a Spanish tech company may have used to develop spyware.

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Meta confirms U.S. military involvement in sprawling phony social media operation

Facebook’s parent company provides additional evidence blaming the U.S. military for a long-running influence operation.

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Iranian hackers use Log4Shell to mine crypto on federal computer system

Iranian hackers utilized a flaw in the ubiquitous open-source software library Log4j to breach a U.S. federal agency.

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Notorious Russian military hacking crew behind October ransomware attacks on Ukraine, Poland

Researchers at Microsoft said a ransomware attack on transportation and logistics companies was the work of Russian military intelligence

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Ransomware costs top $1 billion as White House inks new threat-sharing initiative

The Treasury Department released its finding as the White House is wrapping up an international summit on fighting the ransomware problem.

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U.S. sanctions two Iranian cyber operatives over crackdowns on Mahsa Amini protests

The pair started a cyber training academy that supports Iranian intelligence in the brutal response to protests, the U.S. government said.

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