A Citizen Lab report finds that two European journalists had their iPhones hacked with Paragon spyware; Apple fixed the zero-day used in the spyware in February
Act Now To Prevent Attacks Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Apple Confirms iPhone Flaw Was Used to Spy on Journalists Kevin Poireault / Infosecurity : European Journalists Targeted by Paragon Spywar...
Brad Smith tells a US House committee that Microsoft “accepts responsibility” for the issues the CSRB found, its business in China serves US interests, and more
if they haven't shown good cybersecurity performance Jessica Lyons / The Register : Microsoft answered Congress' questions on security. Now the White House needs to act Sean Lyngaas / CNN : Microsoft ...
23andMe says hackers stole the ancestry data of 6.9M of its 14M customers, via a breach first disclosed in October 2023, by leveraging access to ~14K accounts
https://arstechnica.com/... John / @obeto@mas.to : That's the problem with biometric PIIs: they cannot be changed if a breach occurs. — If, some of the victims work in sensitive departments of our s...
Filing: Caesars confirms the casino operator was hacked via a social engineering attack on an outsourced IT support vendor; sources: Caesars paid a ~$15M ransom
CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act … Thomas Barrabi / New York Post : Caesars Entertainment paid about $15M to hackers who stole customer Social Security num...
A monthslong investigation exposes the secrets of Russian ransomware gang Trickbot, which thrived despite global disruption efforts, and a key member's identity
A WIRED investigation into a cache of documents posted by an unknown figure lays bare the Trickbot ransomware gang's secrets, including the identity of a central member. Mastodon: @mattburgess@infosec...
Sources: in a recent Microsoft breach, China-linked hackers accessed the emails of the US ambassador to China and the assistant secretary of state for East Asia
Presented by P&W Military Engines — Grassley defies FBI with Biden-focused clash John Sakellariadis / Politico : Top American diplomats on China swept up in Microsoft email hack NBC News : China-linke...
Oregon and Louisiana warn that the MOVEit hackers may have stolen the SSNs and driver's license numbers of 3.5M Oregonians and 3M+ Louisianians from state DMVs
what you need to know Kevin Collier / NBC News : Info from dozens of companies, millions of Americans compromised by Russia-speaking cybergrime group Benjamin Freed / StateScoop : More state governmen...
Internal docs and court records: FBI made a push in late 2020 and H1 2021 to deploy Pegasus in criminal investigations, before dropping the plans in July 2021
Christopher Wray, the F.B.I.'s director, told Congress last December that the bureau purchased the phone hacking tool Pegasus for research purposes. Tweets: @ronenbergman , @amypeikoff , @hatr , @llch...
How North Korean spies infiltrate US crypto firms, posing as remote workers; UN says the country has stolen billions of dollars' worth of crypto from exchanges
Washington (CNN)Devin, the founder of a cryptocurrency startup based in San Francisco, woke up one day in February to the most bizarre phone call of his life. Tweets: @kyleworton , @snlyngaas , @silve...
Microsoft identifies a destructive malware operation targeting Ukrainian organizations; the malware looks like ransomware but lacks a ransom recovery mechanism
European Union simulated a cyber attack on a fictitious Finnish power company Vilius Petkauskas / cybernews.com : Belarus state hackers suspected behind Ukraine cyberattack Grugq / grugq's domain : Uk...