Cybersecurity
Following a Trump EO, OMB told all US agencies to provide DOGE with expansive data on and access to all databases, systems, and technologies. Experts say this effort threatens federal programs, jeopardizes funding of state initiatives, and could weaken the US government's cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity
Criminal scam network run by Darcula exposed by journalists, DragonForce takes credit for Co-op attack, NoName attacked Romanian gov't websites on election day, US indicts Black Kingdom ransomware dev, Trump wants to slash nearly $500m from CISA, Qilin claims Cobb Co. attack, much more
Cybersecurity
How North Korean workers are stealing your jobs, Why China bowed out of overseas hackathons, Interpol lab digs into cybercrime innovation, The Fourth Amendment can thwart AI-powered authoritarian surveillance, Meta turned a blind eye to preventing AI personas from sharing fantasy sex with children
Cybersecurity
Nefilim attacker charged & extradited to US, Hacker pleads guilty to Disney Slack data theft, WI man lands 3.75-year sentence for swatting spree, Apple sent new round of spyware notices, Raytheon and Nightwing Group fined for bad cyber, Kraken toys with fake DPRK job applicant, much more
Cybersecurity
Polish cops dismantle online fraud group, FBI shares 42K LabHost phishing domains, RSAC news round-up, RansomHub affiliates might have migrated to Qilin, MSFT won't change RDP protocol that permits revoked passwords, Japanese logistics provider hit by ransomware, Persona lands $200m, much more
Cybersecurity
Kristi Noem urges "back-to-basics" for CISA, WhatsApp to roll out private processing for new AI features, Indian court blocks Proton Mail, Nova Scotia Power copes with a cyber breach, Israeli hacker-for-hire PI loses extradition fight, Scammers use snail mail for Ledger wallet theft, much more
Cybersecurity
Take It Down Act goes to Trump's desk, Musk DOGE boys given access to highly guarded nuclear weapon data, Scattered Spider might be behind M&S attack, Zero days exploited in the wild dropped in 2024, British defense firms warned away from Chinese EVs, 4chan back after hack, so much more
Cybersecurity
Meta's AI digital companions do not protect underage users from sexually explicit banter, UK commissioner calls for ban on apps that create sexual images of children, SK Telecom plummets in wake of cyberattack, DeFi protocol Loopscale loses $5.8m in exploit, Juice-jacking mitigation found, much more
Cybersecurity
How young hackers got caught after stealing a quarter of a billion in crypto, What Hegseth's SignalGate really teaches us, Why the US needs to protect transparent security research, All web browsers except Tor are insecure, The divergent cybercrime paths of Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran
Cybersecurity
DPRK hackers used Russian internet infrastructure, Lazarus Group targeted multiple businesses in Operation SyncHole, DPRK workers use genAI for US and European jobs, Scattered Spider member extradited to US, Antitrust probe launched into TP-Link, FBI tracks down Nigerian sextortionists, much more
Cybersecurity
Hijacked brokerage accounts in Japan juiced $710m in fraudulent trading since Feb., BreachForums reportedly rises again, New malware appears in apps Russian soldiers use, S. Korea says DeepSeek transferred user data w/o permission, Millions affected by Blue Shield CA 2021 breach, so much more
Cybersecurity
No third-party cookies prompt for Google, Marks & Spencer warns of 'cyber incident,' XRP Ledger package could lead to 'catastrophic' supply chain attack, Verizon DBIR says ransomware attacks soared, China's Billbug breached SE Asian orgs, B'more City and Phoenix attorneys' offices hacked, much more