Collaborate Disseminate
The FBI warns of North Korean threat actors conducting social engineering campaigns targeting employees in the cryptocurrency industry.
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An old but persistent email scam known as “sextortion” has a new personalized touch: The missives, which claim that malware has captured webcam footage of recipients pleasuring themselves, now include a photo of the target’s home in a bid to make threats about publishing the videos more frightening and convincing. Continue reading Sextortion Scams Now Include Photos of Your Home
RansomHub, a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) outfit that “popped up” earlier this year, has already amassed at least 210 victims (that we know of). Its affiliates have hit government services, IT and communication companies, healthcare insti… Continue reading How RansomHub went from zero to 210 victims in six months
A group of Iranian hackers – dubbed Pioneer Kitten by cybersecurity researchers – is straddling the line between state-contracted cyber espionage group and initial access provider (and partner in crime) for affiliates of several ransomware … Continue reading Pioneer Kitten: Iranian hackers partnering with ransomware affiliates
Infamous hacker USDoD, linked to major data breaches, reveals his identity as a Brazilian citizen. Discover the implications… Continue reading USDoD Hacker Behind $3 Billion SSN Leak Reveals Himself as Brazilian Citizen
Audit finds weaknesses in FBI’s inventory management and disposition procedures for drives containing sensitive information.
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Wray declined to talk about any specific investigation or threat but said investigations into cyberattacks, including against election infrastructure, candidates or campaigns, require help from the private sector.
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A great many readers this month reported receiving alerts that their Social Security Number, name, address and other personal information were exposed in a breach at a little-known but aptly-named consumer data broker called NationalPublicData.com. This post examines what we know about a breach that has exposed hundreds of millions of consumer records. We’ll also take a closer look at the data broker that got hacked — a background check company founded by an actor and retired sheriff’s deputy from Florida. Continue reading NationalPublicData.com Hack Exposes a Nation’s Data
FBI Cleveland announced the disruption of “Radar/Dispossessor”—the criminal ransomware group led by the online moniker “Brain”—and the dismantling of three U.S. servers, three United Kingdom servers, 18 German servers, eight U.S.-base… Continue reading International investigation shuts down Radar/Dispossessor ransomware group
Sen. Mark Warner said influence operations are easy and cheap, and their social media audience is more willing to believe them.
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