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FBI’s IC3 publishes its 2023 Internet Crime Report, which reveals a 10% increase in the number of cybercrime complaints compared to 2022.
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The Washington Post is reporting on the FBI’s increasing use of push notification data—”push tokens”—to identify people. The police can request this data from companies like Apple and Google without a warrant.
The investigative technique goes back years. Court orders that were issued in 2019 to Apple and Google demanded that the companies hand over information on accounts identified by push tokens linked to alleged supporters of the Islamic State terrorist group.
But the practice was not widely understood until December, when Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), in a …
There are indications that U.S. healthcare giant Change Healthcare has made a $22 million extortion payment to the infamous BlackCat ransomware group (a.k.a. “ALPHV”) as the company struggles to bring services back online amid a cyberattack that has disrupted prescription drug services nationwide for weeks. However, the cybercriminal who claims to have given BlackCat access to Change’s network says the crime gang cheated them out of their share of the ransom, and that they still have the sensitive data that Change reportedly paid the group to destroy. Meanwhile, the affiliate’s disclosure appears to have prompted BlackCat to cease operations entirely. Continue reading BlackCat Ransomware Group Implodes After Apparent $22M Payment by Change Healthcare
The ransomware group LockBit told officials with Fulton County, Ga. they could expect to see their internal documents published online this morning unless the county paid a ransom demand. Instead, LockBit removed Fulton County’s listing from its victim shaming website this morning, claiming county officials had paid. But county officials said they did not pay, nor did anyone make payment on their behalf. Security experts say LockBit was likely bluffing and probably lost most of the data when the gang’s servers were seized this month by U.S. and U.K. law enforcement. Continue reading Fulton County, Security Experts Call LockBit’s Bluff
The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack that targeted Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (UHG), causing disruption to the Change Healthcare platform and affecting pharmacy transactions across the US. AL… Continue reading ALPHV/BlackCat threatens to leak data stolen in Change Healthcare cyberattack
A swift esponse to a major outage can make a big difference in regards to retaining customer confidence. Continue reading What the AT&T Outage Can Teach Organizations About Customer Communication and IT Best Practices
By Deeba Ahmed
Russian hackers, part of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff, are using compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to…
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Russian threat actors APT29 are changing their techniques and expanding their targets to access cloud environments, members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have warned. About APT29 APT29 (aka Midnight Blizzard, aka Cozy Bear) is a cyber espionag… Continue reading APT29 revamps its techniques to breach cloud environments
The FBI’s takedown of the LockBit ransomware group last week came as LockBit was preparing to release sensitive data stolen from government computer systems in Fulton County, Ga. But LockBit is now regrouping, and the gang says it will publish the stolen Fulton County data on March 2 unless paid a ransom. LockBit claims the cache includes documents tied to the county’s ongoing criminal prosecution of former President Trump, but court watchers say teaser documents published by the crime gang suggest a total leak of the Fulton County data could put lives at risk and jeopardize a number of other criminal trials. Continue reading FBI’s LockBit Takedown Postponed a Ticking Time Bomb in Fulton County, Ga.
Check out my “live reaction” (isn’t that what all the kids post on social media these days?) to the much-hyped revelation of the identity of the LockBit ransomware’s administrator. Continue reading LockBitsupp unmasked!!? My reaction to the FBI and NCA’s LockBit ransomware revelation