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The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has indicted nine Iranian nationals with cyberespionage for cyberattacks that resulted in the theft of more than 30TB of data from domestic and foreign universities, commercial companies and government institutions… Continue reading U.S. Charges 9 Iranians with Data Theft in Cyberespionage Campaign
As we close out 2018, we at Security Boulevard wanted to highlight the five most popular articles of the year. Following is the third in our weeklong series of the Best of 2018. The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced Feb.16 that a Federal gran… Continue reading Best of 2018: Project Lakhta: Russian Meddling Gets Russians Indicted
A group of Chinese hackers recently indicted by the Department of Justice were involved in an international cyber espionage operation connected to a foreign intelligence agency, security researchers tell CyberScoop. On Monday, senior Justice Department officials announced eight relevant criminal charges against the Chinese hackers. Although the indictment was originally issued in September, it was sealed until Monday. The criminal activity allegedly dates as far back as 2011. Court documents describe that Chinese nationals Wu Yingzhuo, Dong Hao and Xia Lei hacked into and stole data from several American companies, including Siemens AG, Moody’s Analytics and GPS technology company Trimble. The trio worked together at a company named Boyusec, also known as the Guangzhou Bo Yu Information Technology Co. Business registration records show that Wu and Dong are executives at Boyusec. Conservative news outlet The Washington Free Beacon reported in November 2016 that Boyusec, which it described as a Chinese cybersecurity firm, […]
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WannaCry hero Marcus Hutchins pleaded not guilty last week could be freed today on $30,000 bond before the case moves to Wisconsin. Continue reading Marcus Hutchins’ Only Certainty is Uncertainty
A group of Iranian hackers broke into multiple U.S. defense contractors between 2007 and 2013 in order to steal intellectual property, software and other proprietary information that they then sold to foreign enterprises and governments, including the Iranian government, according to a newly unsealed indictment by the Department of Justice. The indictment, published Monday, effectively shows how the Iranian government may have been able to circumvent previous export sanctions tied to the sale and purchase of U.S. defense technology by employing a group of contracted freelance hackers who would steal software products through a network of compromised computers based in the United States. The hackers allegedly stole software from Vermont-based engineering consulting and software design company Arrow Tech Associates and sold it to Iranian clients. The product, PRODAS, is a software platform designed for aerodynamics analysis and design for projectiles. It sells for $40,000 to $800,000, and customers receive a dongle to download a software license from […]
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A top Justice Department official says there is a “silver lining” in the fact that Russia’s Federal Security Service was reliant on a pair of alleged cybercriminals to hack into Yahoo and collect information. Two contractors with cybercrime connections were among four individuals indicted in March by the Justice Department in a massive data breach that occurred at Yahoo in 2014. The other two were officers from FSB, which is one of Russia’s top intelligence agencies. Such a “blended threat” can create openings for investigators, said Adam Hickey, deputy assistant attorney general for the National Security Division. “It’s an advantage to us because those are individuals that are more willing to travel, they are more likely to be less op-sec savvy in certain respects compared to an intelligence officer and that matters because apprehending them can … give us that human intelligence into the state-sponsored hacking,” Hickey said. “That can be very, very valuable in […]
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As more connected devices find their way into our lives, how much can the authorities rely on them for evidence if we are accused of a crime? Continue reading Pacemaker data used to help indict alleged arsonist
To his horror, his lead prosecutor is Carmen Ortiz: she who went after Aaron Swartz and Jonathan James. Both committed suicide pre-trial. Continue reading Anonymous hacker charged with #opJustina DDoS attacks on hospitals
[James Liang], an engineer at Volkswagen for 33 years, plead guilty today to conspiracy. He was an engineer involved in delivering Diesel vehicles to market which could detect an emissions test scenario and perform differently from normal operation in order to pass US emission standards.
A year ago we talked about the Ethics in Engineering surrounding this issue. At the time we wondered why any engineer would go along with a plan to defraud customers. We may get an answer to this after all. [Mr. Liang] will cooperate with authorities as the VW probe continues.
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NASDAQ, the New York Stock Exchange and more were bombarded with DDoS attacks between 2011 and 2013, and a dam’s SCADA control system was breached. Continue reading US indicts 7 Iranians for cyber attacks against Wall Street, NY dam
