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A “highly sophisticated” hacking group has breached the U.S. Treasury Department, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), other government agencies and private sector compan… Continue reading Hackers breached U.S. government agencies via compromised SolarWinds Orion software
Group-IB has presented a report which examines key shifts in the cybercrime world internationally between H2 2019 and H1 2020 and gives forecasts for the coming year. The most severe financial damage has occurred as a result of ransomware activity. The… Continue reading The ransomware plague cost the world over $1 billion
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a list of 25 vulnerabilities Chinese state-sponsored hackers have been recently scanning for or have exploited in attacks. “Most of the vulnerabilities […] can be e… Continue reading 25 vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese state-sponsored hackers
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging organizations to patch a slew of old and new software vulnerabilities that are routinely exploited by foreign cyber actors and cyber criminals. “Foreign cyber actors continu… Continue reading Have you patched these top 10 routinely exploited vulnerabilities?
Since the start of the year, journalists and news outlets have become preferred targets of government-backed cyber attackers, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has noticed. “For example, attackers impersonate a journalist to seed false stories… Continue reading Government-backed cyber attackers increasingly targeting journalists
The information security landscape seems to evolve at a faster clip each year. The deluge of ever-changing threats, attack techniques and new breaches making headlines can be challenging to track and assess. That’s why each year the WatchGuard Threat L… Continue reading What the government infosec landscape will look this year
More than one in four security managers attribute attacks against their organization to cyberwarfare or nation-state activity, according to Radware. Nation-state intrusions soaring In 2018, 19% of organizations believed they were attacked by a nation-s… Continue reading Companies increasingly reporting attacks attributed to foreign governments
With the international political situation becoming increasingly fraught and divisive, it is hard to ignore the shadow of foreign interference looming over electoral proceedings around the world. Not only are the US elections arguably some of the most … Continue reading Why the 2020 US presidential election is still vulnerable to foreign interference
Many US companies, including Amazon and Apple, have been the victims of a clever supply chain attack that resulted in compromised hardware (servers) being installed at some of their facilities, an explosive report by Bloomberg claims. A summary The com… Continue reading China allegedly infiltrated US companies through implanted hardware backdoors
Google started warning Gmail users of state-sponsored attacks in 2012 and now the option has been made available to G Suite admins. What is G Suite? G Suite (formerly Google Apps for Work) is a suite of communication, storage and collaboration software… Continue reading Google to warn G Suite admins of government-backed attacks