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FBI Seizes BreachForums, One Site Administrator Likely Arrested
Oz e-script provider MediSecure downed by ransomware attack, Two brothers busted and indicted for stealing $25 million in 12-second Ethereum exploit, Nissan North America ransomware attack exposed SSNs on thousands of employees, Security officials warn of foreign interference in upcoming elections, GCHQ to offer device security to high-risk election candidates, Mustang Panda is targeting commercial shipping, Google patches yet another zero-day, much more
North Korea Has Laundered $3.6 Billion in Stolen Crypto
Microsoft plugged 60 security flaws in latest Patch Tuesday update, Dell may have experienced a new breach, City of Helsinki hit with massive breach, Criminal offers INC Ransom source code for $300k, Iress client data leaked, Docs stolen from Sumo Energy shared on hacking forum following breach, Hackers partially drained hedge BlockTower Capital hedge fund, $20m stolen from Sonne Finance in minutes, Cypher Protocol developer admits insider theft, Parity Multisig Wallet hacker waits seven years to move funds, much more
White House Orders Chinese Crypto Mining Company to Vacate Property Near Nuclear Arsenal Air Force Base
Chinese LiDAR company accused of aiding China's military, Tornado Cash co-founder sentenced to five-plus years, Interception operation has launched thousands of automated calls to defeat MFA, LockBitSupp has a long history of malware development, Ascension admits ransomware attack, New GCHQ head worried about hacktivists, UK Tory party exposed hundreds in botched email, much more
Europol Expert Platform Breached, IntelBroker Claims Theft of Classified Data
Half of Christie's annual revenue jeopardized by 'technology security issue,' Former US Marine pilot wanted by US 'unknowingly' worked with Chinese hacker, Lazarus group stole massive amount from S. Korean court computer network, British Columbia cyberattack likely state-sponsored, Embargo group leaks 500GB of Firstmac data, Dell hacker claims he brute-forced portal to scrape data, Feds warn of Black Basta activity following Ascension hack, Hacker returns $68m in stolen crypto, Alleged Russian hacker attacks UK news sites, much more
Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 5/4/24
A peek into the Cyber Army of Russia's motivations, Russia is exploiting the campus protests, MAGA Republicans swallow state-backed misinformation, How a college kid got rich off tracking ID scams, ByteDance execs call the shots for US TikTok employees, Is Project Texas still real?, Murdoch may have used phone hacking to boost business interests
Feds to Launch Project Fortress to Protect Financial System From Nightmare Attack
Dell warns of breach affecting 49 million customers, Biden admin to require minimum cyber standards for hospitals, Cyberattack crisis deepens at Ascension, CISA Vulnrichment plan aims to alleviate NIST's NVD woes, London Drugs attack was not ransomware, Google fixes Chrome zero day exploited in the wild, The Mask APT group resurfaces after ten-year dormancy, much more
Another Major Healthcare Provider, Ascension, Hit With a Cyber Attack
Scattered Spider now targeting banks and insurance companies, British Columbia government hit with a cyber attack, Zscaler takes test environment offline amid breach rumors, F5 fixes two high-severity bugs, Nearly 52K Tinyproxy instances vulnerable to critical RCE flaw, Microsoft launched air-gapped generative AI for intel community, Nearly 70 software makers sign CISA secure-by-design pledge, Two face voter data breach charges in MI, Boeing confirms LockBit $200m ransom demand, LockBit claims Wichita attack, Apex Legends hacker returns, much more
LockBit Mastermind Revealed by Operation Cronos, Sanctioned by US, UK and Australia
TikTok files suit to stop ban, Vast China-based network of fake online designer brand shops steals data and money, US revokes licenses for Huawei chips and laptops, UK names and blames payroll contractor in armed services breach, BetterHelp settles with FTC for sharing customer data with advertisers, Wiz raises $1 billion in funding round, much more
Chinese Hack of UK Defense Ministry Resulted in Massive Military Personnel Data Breach
State Department unveils new strategy for securing cyberspace, Germany recalls its Russian ambassador following hacker attacks, Ransomware group released large volume of NHS patient data, Technique shows VPN users can connect to rogue servers, Kronos hacker sends $25m to Tornado Cash, much more
Microsoft Unveils New Security Promises in Wake of Blistering CSRB Report
LockBit site reemerges with promises of new information, Suspected Russian cybercrime kingpin pleads partially guilty to money laundering, Fsociety hack of Bitfinex 'seems fake' CTO says, Wichita hit with ransomware attack, Android malware campaign breaches Finnish bank accounts, Microsoft previews zero trust DNS, much more
Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 4/27/24
How TikTok's missteps led to legislation that might ban it, Thousands of young web scammers in West Africa are raking in hundreds of millions, A shady AI tool is used in violent crime cases, Databreaches.net gets studied by academic researchers, How Bob Kahn helped create the internet
Germany Blames Russia for Attack on Social Democrat Party
Security agencies say Russian hackers have hit more water plants, Man sentenced to 6.5 years for selling counterfeit Cisco gear, Israeli man wanted by US busted in London for PR firm espionage, Microsoft warns that April patches break VPN connections, Kimsuky exploits DMARC for phishing, CISA's KEV speed remediation, Microsoft adds security chiefs, much more