State Department offers $10 million for details on Conti ransomware gang members

As of January 2022, there were more than 1,000 victims of attacks associated with Conti ransomware and payouts exceeding $150 million.

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Russia’s digital attacks are haphazard, chaotic, says top Ukrainian cyber official

Moscow’s approach to incorporating cyberattacks into its ongoing assault reflects an “absence of strategy,” said Victor Zhora.

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Researchers uncover sophisticated global Chinese hacking operation

The group used six backdoors against more than a dozen industrial plants, research institutes and government agencies, according to Kaspersky.

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Cyber Front Z, a Russian troll operation ousted from Facebook, was clumsy, ineffective, according to Meta

The details were part of the company’s larger quarterly adversarial threat report.

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Hackers deploy new ransomware tool in attacks on Albanian government websites

The hackers linked to the Iranian government claimed to have attacked Albania for hosting an opposition group conference.

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Global network of fake news sites push Chinese propaganda, researchers find

More than 70 bogus sites in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia are part of an information operation pushing pro-Beijing messages.

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Environmental hacktivists publish 2 terabytes of mining company emails

The group called Guacamaya posted files from public and private mining companies and public agencies responsible for environmental oversight.

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Taiwanese government sites hit with DDoS attacks ahead of Pelosi’s visit

One attack appears to have shut down the president of Taiwan’s website Tuesday before Nancy Pelosi’s historic visit.

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Federal court system suffered previously undisclosed breach, congressional committee says

The breach is separate from the SolarWinds fallout and had not been previously publicly disclosed.

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On security researcher’s newsletter, exposing cybercriminals behind ransomware

An anonymous researcher shares detailed information on people allegedly involved with some of the most prominent cybercrime groups.

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