US Sanctions Chinese Cybersecurity Company, Employee for Ragnarok Ransomware Attacks

Europol takes down 27 booters, Microsoft issues patches for at least 70 flaws, AI-generated videos were used to target European audiences, BadRAM undercuts AMD's security promises, The average container has 604 vulnerabilities, Cyberattack disrupts Krispy Kreme's online operations, much more

Eurocops Bust Airbnb-Dwelling Cybercrime Network

Romanian electricity supplier hit with ransomware, Hackers stole files from medical device giant, Japanese water treatment company hit with ransomware, Fake meeting apps target Web3 workers, Ultralytics YOLO11 AI model compromised in supply chain attack, Heist targets AWS customers, much more

Court Annuls Romania's Presidential Election After 'Aggressive Hybrid Russian Attacks'

SpaceX to expand more secure Starlink terminals in Ukraine, Mass. community hospital suffers ransomware attack, $500K stolen via Cardano X account hack, Radiant Capital $50m hack was carried out by fake DPRK contractor, Termite cops to BlueYonder hack, Phishing gang busted in EU, much more

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 11/30/24

Ransomware's painful destruction of small businesses, China's drone threats to the food supply, GRU's most-wanted cyberspy's embrace of Pablo González, How corporations spy on employees, No one likes the UN cybercrime convention

China's Salt Typhoon Likely Stole Data From at Least One Million Americans, Sources

FCC to penalize telcos for poor protection against Chinese hackers, EU orders TikTok data freeze due to Russian campaign in Romania, Large US org in China breached by Chinese actors, Child abuse groups use TTPs of cybercriminals, Ukraine launched alleged cyberattack on Gazprombank, much more

Salt Typhoon Hacked Eight US Telcos, Dozens of Other Countries Affected, in Two-Year Spree

Senators press DoD on Salt Typhoon, Cops KO massive Russian money-laundering networks, Scattered Spider suspect breached two telcos, Russian programmer hit by spyware, Turla hacks other hackers, BT shutters conferencing arm after ransomware attack, Telegram caves on child protection, so much more

Feds Push Defense Measures Against Salt Typhoon, Say Americans Should Use Encrypted Apps

Ransomware attack helped push Stoli vodka maker to bankruptcy, FTC acts against top location data companies, Cops stop encrypted messaging platform MATRIX, Germany takes down its largest cybercrime market, New Scattered Spider suspect arrested, Iranian hackers targeted Kash Patel, much more

UK Cybersecurity Chief Warns of Rise in Hostile Cyber Activity

Russia sentences Hydra Market leader to life in prison, Former Polish security chief forced into Pegasus spyware hearing, CFPB publishes proposed data brokers rule, SEC settles ICBC ransomware records case, FDD argues for Chinese-made lidar sensor ban, Hack forces DMM Bitcoin shutdown, much more

Russian Authorities Bust Ransomware Developer Wazawaka

T-Mobile stopped Salt Typhoon on a provider's network, Hackers stole $16.8m from Bank of Uganda, FBI probes DC lobbying group in Exxon hack-and-leak op, Bologna football club hit by ransomware, Moucka raised the ire of Allison Nixon, Eurocops bust up illegal streaming network, so much more

Interpol Busts 1,006 Suspects in Africa for a Host of Financial Cybercrimes

The third Snowflake suspect might be a US Army soldier, US court reverses sanctions on Tornado Cash, RomCom group chained zero days to target Firefox and Tor browsers, Uniswap offers $15.5m bug bounty, CrowdStrike can't gauge financial impact of July outage yet, much more

Supply Chain Cyberattack Disrupts Giant Retailers Including Starbucks, Sainsburys

NY fines Geico and Travelers $11.3m over 2020 hacks, Oz passes standalone Cyber Security Act, Long-withheld LifeLabs investigation released, Liverpool hospital goes down due to cyber incident, IT worker sentenced to four years for sharing data with China, QNAP issues flurry of fixes, much more

China Is Prepositioning Itself to Carry Out Disruptive Attacks, Cyber Command

WH summoned telecom chiefs to talk Chinese hackers, Fancy Bear uses new nearest neighbor attack technique, China's Glassbridge group operates hundreds of fake news sites, Chinese citizens sell surveillance data, Microsoft Recall rolls out to insiders, Thai cops bust SMS phish blaster, much more