Meta disrupts covert influence operations by Belarus- and Russia-linked actors targeting Ukrainians, like hacking Ukrainian military staff's Facebook accounts
combining computer network exploitation with influence operations, CNE & active measures, in classic terminology (to be expected historically). Meta does an exceptionally good job ...
Meta disrupts covert influence operations by Belarus- and Russia-linked actors targeting Ukrainians, like hacking Ukrainian military staff's Facebook accounts
combining computer network exploitation with influence operations, CNE & active measures, in classic terminology (to be expected historically). Meta does an exceptionally good job ...
Sources: ransomware gang REvil was hacked and forced offline this week by an active multi-country operation that includes US law enforcement
The ransomware group REvil was itself hacked and forced offline this week by a multi-country operation, according to three private sector cyber experts working …
ACLU discloses that it shares personally identifiable info of its website users and donors with platforms like Facebook, Google, and others, for ad targeting
The American Civil Liberties Union revealed that it shares data with a company it regularly criticizes for privacy blunders: Facebook.
Officials say SolarWinds hackers succeeded in part because NSA is barred from monitoring domestic networks, leading to calls for new spying powers for the NSA
Kim Zetter / Zero Day : Tweets: @kimzetter , @kimzetter , and @chicagocyber Tweets: Kim Zetter / @kimzetter : I never submit my stories to Techmeme so this is a nice surprise to s...
Sources: Microsoft and industry partners seize key command and control domain used in SolarWinds hack
By seizing the domain, Microsoft and its partners hope to identify all victims, but are also preventing attackers from escalating intrusions in currently infected networks.
SolarWinds' top investors Silver Lake and Thoma Bravo sold a combined $286M worth of stock in the company on Dec. 7, six days before the hack was made public
The timing of the trades raises questions about whether major shareholders used inside information to avoid stark losses after the attack.
NSA and FBI say Russian state sponsored hacker group Fancy Bear is using a previously undisclosed Linux malware called Drovorub for cyber espionage operations
my favorite thing so far: NSA casually reveals that Drovorub is the codename used by GRU itself (!), and even offers a step-by-step translation https://www.nsa.gov/... https://twit...