Feds seize BreachForums platform, Telegram page
The website and Telegram page for the notorious BreachForums platform, a popular bazaar for stolen data and cybercriminal tools, appears to have been seized. On Wednesday morning,...
Ongoing Campaign Bombards Enterprises with Spam Emails and Phone Calls
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered an ongoing social engineering campaign that bombards enterprises with spam emails with the goal of obtaining initial access to their environments for follow-on exploitation.
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UK ‘increasingly concerned’ about Russian intelligence links to hacktivists
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom — British officials are “increasingly concerned about growing links between the Russian intelligence services and proxy groups to conduct cyberattacks,” a senior intelligence chief warned...
Tornado Cash co-founder convicted of laundering $1.2 billion by Dutch court
A Dutch court on Tuesday found the cofounder of the anonymizing cryptocurrency service Tornado Cash guilty of money laundering, sentencing him to five years and four months in...
Is this Iowa congressman the next House Republican point man on cyber?
As House Republicans hunt for new members who can steer their work on cyber issues in the wake of a high-profile departure, a freshman lawmaker is stepping up...
Black Basta Ransomware Strikes 500+ Entities Across North America, Europe, and Australia
The Black Basta ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation has targeted more than 500 private industry and critical infrastructure entities in North America, Europe, and Australia since its emergence in April 2022.
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After Ascension ransomware attack, feds issue alert on Black Basta group
Several U.S. government agencies warned that the Black Basta ransomware gang is targeting the healthcare industry and 12 of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors. In a Friday...
Hack of provincial Canadian government suspected to be ‘state-sponsored’
State-sponsored hackers are believed to be behind the “sophisticated cybersecurity incidents” affecting government networks in British Columbia, Canada’s westernmost province. Shannon Salter, the province’s deputy premier, told...
Vermont passes data privacy law allowing consumers to sue companies
Vermont’s legislature on Friday passed one of the country’s strongest comprehensive data privacy laws, with language allowing individuals to sue companies for violating their privacy rights — an...
FIN7 Hacker Group Leverages Malicious Google Ads to Deliver NetSupport RAT
The financially motivated threat actor known as FIN7 has been observed leveraging malicious Google ads spoofing legitimate brands as a means to deliver MSIX installers that culminate in the...
