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White House Pushes for Mandatory Regulations, More Offensive Cyber Action under National Cyber Strategy
The plan touts many of the cybersecurity regulations already handed down for oil and natural gas pipelines, aviation, rail, and water systems, but it notes that...
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U.S. Finds its 'Center of Gravity' in the Fight Against Ransomware
Yet the threat remains pervasive.
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Hundreds of Scam Predatory Loan Platforms Found on App Stores
App store comment sections were overrun with users saying they were hit with hidden fees, high interest rates, and predatory repayment terms after they signed up...
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Mississippi Election Websites Knocked Out by DDoS Attack
A senior CISA official said the agency was "aware" of the claim by Russian hackers, but refrained from pinning the outage on a specific actor.
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DOJ Seized Billions in Bitcoin Stolen from Silk Road Darknet Marketplace
The Justice Department called the seizure the largest involving cryptocurrency in its history and the second-largest financial seizure ever.
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Senate Confirms Fick as First U.S. Cyber Ambassador
Fick served in the U.S. Marine Corps and has extensive experience working in the private sector, including as CEO of the cybersecurity software company Endgame....
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CISA Floats Plan to Partner with Local Universities for '311' Cyberattack Triage Service
CISA director Jen Easterly lauded the idea and compared it to an effort by Craigslist founder Craig Newmark to create a "cyber civil defense" force.
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Russian Hacking Group Takes Credit for Wide-Ranging Cyberattack on Lithuania
Global Internet access monitor NetBlocks confirmed that several government networks were disrupted alongside public and private internet infrastructure.
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Twitter Apologizes for Abusing User Security Information After $150 million FTC settlement
n addition to the $150 million penalty, Twitter agreed to notify users that it misused the security data.
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Canadian Internet Outage Attributed to Beaver
The beaver's assault continues a long tradition of animals messing with the cables humans put where they live.
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Researchers Find Critical Vulnerability in Smartphone Chips
The researchers said they found "several out-of-bound read issues when the NAS handler functions read data from outside the Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message."
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Costa Rica's New President Declares State of Emergency After Conti Ransomware Attack
The attack crippled the country's customs and taxes platforms alongside several other government agencies, even bringing down one Costa Rican town's energy supplier...
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Governments Intentionally Shut Down Internet 182 Times Across 34 Countries in 2021: Report
Access Now noted the biggest offender was India, which shut down its Internet in sections of the country at least 106 times. This is the fourth consecutive year...
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Cloudflare Detects One of the Largest DDoS Attacks on Record Targeting Crypto Platform
The attack, which lasted less than 15 seconds, was launched from a botnet of approximately 6,000 unique bots and originated from 112 countries around the world....
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U.S. Agencies Warn of Custom-Made Hacking Tools Targeting Energy Sector Systems
The alert said the actors are specifically targeting Schneider Electric MODICON and MODICON Nano PLCs, and OMRON Sysmac NJ and NX PLCs.
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CISA Adds Google, Microsoft and QNAP Bugs to Exploited Vulnerabilities List
CISA has added 15 vulnerabilities to its catalog in April.
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U.S. Disrupts Prolific Botnet Controlled by Russian Military
U.S. officials worked with law enforcement in the U.K., and network security company WatchGuard, to analyze the malware and develop detection and remediation tools...
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Hackers Target Customers of 8 Malaysian Banks
According to Slovak security firm ESET, the malicious apps are tied to websites spoofing legitimate services in Malaysia, including six clearing services and a...
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