8 US telcos compromised, FBI advises Americans to use encrypted communications

FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) officials have advised Americans to use encrypted call and messaging apps to protect their communications from threat actors that have – and will – burrow into the networks and… Continue reading 8 US telcos compromised, FBI advises Americans to use encrypted communications

U.S. government says Salt Typhoon is still in telecom networks

The United States and other Western nations released guidance Tuesday designed to evict the China-linked group in the wake of the high-profile hack.

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Trio of South Dakota politicians set to have bigger roles on cybersecurity

The little-populated state is seeing its governor and two senators move into key positions to influence cyber policy.

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Here’s how simple it is for script kiddies to stand up DDoS services

How plug-and-play hacking tools and lax configs helped a Russian script kiddie start a scheme.

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Malware linked to Salt Typhoon used to hack telcos around the world

A report from Trend Micro details the highly sophisticated ways Salt Typhoon carries out its operations.

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