Fed cyber officials detail Chinese state hackers using common exploits against telcos

Hackers are able to use common exploits and open-source tools to obfuscate their activity, the agencies say.

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LockBit 2.0 gang claims Mandiant as latest victim; Mandiant sees no evidence of it

Mandiant said Monday it has no “evidence to support” the ransomware group’s claims, but will monitor the situation.

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CISA issues vulnerability advisory for select Dominion voting equipment, urges updates

The company insists its equipment is safe, and nobody has proof of the vulnerabilities having been used, CISA says.

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Previously unreported Lebanon-based hacking group targeting Israel, Microsoft says

The new group is suspected of collaborating with “multiple” Iranian-linked hacking efforts, researchers say

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U.S. cybersecurity officials issue notice on Karakurt extortion group

The suspected Conti ransomware group spinoff employs a variety of attack methods, the notice warns.

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FBI asks for more than $100M in cyber and data-related increases for 2023

Cyber is a major part of the agency’s work on a host of domestic and international issues, FBI Director Christopher Wray said.

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Hunter Biden emails that Trump allies shared contain signs of possible ‘tampering,’ analysis suggests

Researchers shared the data to provide a more complete context about the data and questions surrounding it, they said.

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DOJ revises computer fraud prosecution standards to ease off ‘good-faith’ research

The policy revision instructs prosecutors not to target good-faith security research under the historically fraught law.

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Mandiant: Belarusian disinformation operation pushes phony organ harvesting tale

The operation is just one of many information operations multiple nations have conducted in relation to Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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