Latest round of MITRE ATT&CK evaluations put cybersecurity products through rigors of ransomware 

The sixth round of tests included two ransomware variants, while also incorporating macOS for the first time.

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Wyden legislation would mandate FCC cybersecurity rules for telecoms

It would go beyond the FCC’s own proposal to regulate telecommunications carriers under federal wiretapping law.

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New ‘Termite’ ransomware group claims responsibility for Blue Yonder cyberattack

The ransomware looks to be a re-worked variant of Babuk.

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FCC, for first time, proposes cybersecurity rules tied to wiretapping law

The proposed rules are a response to Salt Typhoon’s breach of at least eight U.S. telecom companies.

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Exclusive: Feds are probing 764, The Com’s use of cybercriminal tactics to carry out violent crimes

Documents reviewed by CyberScoop show that law enforcement is tracking these violent criminal groups’ use of malicious cyber tools to cause harm to children.

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How a Russian man’s harrowing tale shows the physical dangers of spyware

Citizen Lab and a Russian exile-led human rights group investigated spyware implanted on his phone after he was detained, beaten up and released.

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Russian-linked Turla caught using Pakistani APT infrastructure for espionage

Both Microsoft and Lumen’s BlackLotus Labs found Turla spying on Afghanistan and India via Pakistani infrastructure.

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Study shows potentially higher prevalence of spyware infections than previously thought

An investigation into the numbers has some caveats, but those behind it say even a drastic reduction from what they found would be big.

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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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