Russia behind latest election disinformation video, US intel agencies say
Russian actors “manufactured” a bogus viral video that showed Haitians illegally voted several times in the state of Georgia, U.S. officials said on Friday. That conclusion is...
Election systems remain safe from foreign meddling, CISA chief says
Less than a week before Americans head to the polls, foreign actors have not compromised the country’s election systems, a top U.S. cybersecurity official said on Wednesday. ...
Large Peruvian bank warns of data theft after dark web post emerges
One of Peru’s largest banks apologized on Wednesday for a data breach that may expose information from up to 3 million customers. Interbank released multiple statements on...
North Korean Group Collaborates with Play Ransomware in Significant Cyber Attack
Oct 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Threat Intelligence
Threat actors in North Korea have been implicated in a recent incident that deployed a known ransomware family called Play, underscoring their financial...
North Korean hackers seen collaborating with Play ransomware group, researchers say
Hackers affiliated with North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau were involved in a Play ransomware attack identified by incident responders in September. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit42 published a...
Russia’s ‘Midnight Blizzard’ hackers target government workers in novel info-stealing campaign
Microsoft said Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has targeted government workers over the last week with a tool that provides the hackers with full access to a victim’s...
The FCC’s top privacy cop on how the agency views its data protection mission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken privacy enforcement up a notch under Chair Jessica Rosenworcel, who launched a privacy and data protection task force in June 2023....
Russia says it might build its own Linux community after removal of several kernel...
Russia has called Linux’s recent delisting of several Russian kernel maintainers “an act of discrimination” and pledged to establish an independent development community for the open-source operating system....
US names and charges Maxim Rudometov with developing the Redline infostealer
Authorities in the United States have identified and charged Maxim Rudometov, a Russian believed to reside in the city of Krasnodar, with developing and administering the notorious Redline...
Russia arrests hacker accused of preventing electronic voting during local election
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that it had detained a Moscow resident for conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks during local elections in September, targeting infrastructure in the...
