FBI Analyst Charged With Stealing Counterterrorism and Cyber Threat Info
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) indicted an employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for illegally removing numerous national security documents and willfully retaining them...
Microsoft Warns of Data Stealing Malware That Pretends to Be Ransomware
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Microsoft on Thursday warned of a "massive email campaign" that's pushing a Java-based STRRAT malware to steal confidential data from infected systems while disguising itself as a...
Watering Hole Attack Was Used to Target Florida Water Utilities
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
An investigation undertaken in the aftermath of the Oldsmar water plant hack earlier this year has revealed that an infrastructure contractor in the U.S. state of Florida...
Rapid7 Source Code Breached in Codecov Supply-Chain Attack
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity company Rapid7 on Thursday revealed that unidentified actors improperly managed to get hold of a small portion of its source code repositories in the aftermath of...
Pakistan-Linked Hackers Added New Windows Malware to Its Arsenal
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybercriminals with suspected ties to Pakistan continue to rely on social engineering as a crucial component of its operations as part of an evolving espionage campaign against...
Colonial Pipeline Paid Darkside Hackers Nearly $5 Million in Ransom
By William Turton, Michael Riley, and Jennifer Jacobs
Payment came shortly after attack got underway last week FBI discourages organizations from paying ransom to hackers
Colonial Pipeline Co. paid nearly $5 million to Eastern European...
U.S. Declares Emergency in 17 States Over Fuel Pipeline Cyber Attack
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline's networks has prompted the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to issue a regional emergency declaration in 17 states and...
Ransomware Cyber Attack Forced the Largest U.S. Fuel Pipeline to Shut Down
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Colonial Pipeline, which carries 45% of the fuel consumed on the U.S. East Coast, on Saturday said it halted operations due to a ransomware attack, once again...
Tracking One Year of Malicious Tor Exit Relay Activities (Part II)
Malicious Tor Exit Relays Using MITM Proxy Attacks on Tor Users
nusenu21 hours ago·19 min read
>25% of the Tor network’s exit capacity has been attacking Tor users
In August 2020 I...
Top 12 Security Flaws Russian Spy Hackers Are Exploiting in the Wild
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cyber operatives affiliated with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) have switched up their tactics in response to previous public disclosures of their attack methods, according to...